Urban Local Elections in England and Wales, 1968 and 1969

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>To collect data about local electoral behaviour in urban authorities.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Variables<br>
Information was collected in order to examine behaviour under a number of significant headings:<br>
Competition between candidates; turnout - and unused votes in multi - seat wards; partizanship - several aspects of party in local elections; personnel - the characteristics of the individuals standing in these areas.<br>
The main headings were:<br>
the local authority itself: apart from information about the ward system, much behavioural data can be derived from the data about wards and candidates;<br>
the individual ward: some of the evidence about the characteristics of the ward is provided directly but much more may be derived from the data about canditures;<br>
the individual canditure: ultimately local electoral behaviour rests on the behaviour of the electorate towards individual candidates standing in a specific election.