British Candidate Study, 1992

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>This dataset consists of two files:<br>
1. The survey of party members (members.por) included 1,634 Labour and Conservative activists who attended 26 selection meetings in contituencies throughout Britain. The constituencies to which the researchers had access were chosen to be broadly representative in terms of party, major census region, and marginality.<br>
2. The survey of parliamentary candidates (elite.por) included 1,320 MPs and prospective parliamentary candidates who were selected by constituencies for the April 1992 General Election at the time of the fieldwork. The survey included MPs and PPCs for the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Scottish National, Plaid Cymru and Green parties. Incumbent MPs who were retiring and independents were excluded. The survey also included 361 applicants who failed to be selected to become candidates.

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本数据集包含两份文件：
1. 党员调查问卷（members.por）：共收录1634名工党（Labour）与保守党（Conservative）党籍活动人士，他们参与了英国境内各选区举办的26场候选人遴选会议。研究人员纳入调研的选区样本，在政党属性、主要普查区域（census region）以及选举边际性（marginality）层面均具备广泛代表性。
2. 议会候选人调查问卷（elite.por）：共收录1320名议员（Member of Parliament, MP）与准议会候选人（prospective parliamentary candidate, PPC），上述人员均为实地调研开展期间，已由各选区推选为1992年4月英国大选候选人的群体。本次调研涵盖保守党、工党、自由民主党（Liberal Democrat）、苏格兰民族党（Scottish National）、威尔士民族党（Plaid Cymru）以及绿党的相关议员与准议会候选人。已退休的现任议员以及独立候选人均被排除在本次调研之外。此外，本次调研还纳入了361名未能成功获选成为正式候选人的申请者。