Variable names in bes_2019

Due to the 98 variables included in the bes_2019 dataset, including information on each variable in the parlitools reference manual is very lengthy and not very user friendly. The ‘Name’ column refers to the variable name used in the bes_2019 dataset and the ‘Label’ is the description of the variable.

Name	Label
pano	Press Association Constituency ID
ons_const_id	ONS Constituency ID
ons_region_id	ONS Region ID
constituency_name	Constituency Name
county	County name
region	Region
country	Country
constituency_type	County or Borough Constituency
seat_change_1719	2019 winning party gain from 2017 winning party
winner_19	2019 Winning party
electorate_19	2019 Size of electorate
total_vote_19	2019 Total number of votes cast
rejected_vote_19	2019 Number of rejected ballots
majority_19	2019 Majority
con_vote_19	2019 Conservative number of votes
lab_vote_19	2019 Labour number of votes
ld_vote_19	2019 Liberal Democrat number of votes
brexit_vote_19	2019 Brexit Party number of votes
green_vote_19	2019 Green Party number of votes
snp_vote_19	2019 Scottish National Party (SNP) number of votes
pc_vote_19	2019 Plaid Cymru number of votes
dup_vote_19	NA
sf_vote_19	NA
sdlp_vote_19	NA
uup_vote_19	NA
alliance_vote_19	NA
other_vote_19	NA
speaker_vote_19	NA
turnout_19	2019 Turnout
con_19	2019 Conservative vote share
lab_19	2019 Labour vote share
ld_19	2019 Liberal Democrat vote share
brexit_19	2019 Brexit Party vote share
green_19	2019 Green Party vote share
snp_19	2019 Scottish National Party (SNP) vote share
pc_19	2019 Plaid Cymru vote share
dup_19	NA
sf_19	NA
sdlp_19	NA
uup_19	NA
alliance_19	NA
other_19	2019 Combined other vote share
speaker_19	NA
con_1719	2017-19 Conservative vote share change
lab_1719	2017-19 Labour vote share change
ld_1719	2017-19 Liberal Democrat vote share change
green_1719	2017-19 Green vote share change
snp_1719	2017-19 SNP vote share change
pc_1719	2017-19 Plaid Cymru vote share change
winner_17	2017 Winning party
con_17	2017 Conservative vote share
lab_17	2017 Labour vote share
ld_17	2017 Liberal Democrat vote share
snp_17	2017 Scottish National Party (SNP) vote share
pc_17	2017 Plaid Cymru vote share
ukip_17	2017 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) vote share
green_17	2017 Green Party vote share
other_17	2017 Combined other vote share
majority_17	2017 Majority
turnout_17	2017 Turnout
con_vote_17	2017 Conservative number of votes
lab_vote_17	2017 Labour number of votes
ld_vote_17	2017 Liberal Democrat number of votes
snp_vote_17	2017 Scottish National Party (SNP) number of votes
pc_vote_17	2017 Plaid Cymru number of votes
ukip_vote_17	2017 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) number of votes
green_vote_17	2017 Green Party number of votes
total_vote_17	2017 Total number of votes cast
rejected_vote_17	2017 Number of rejected ballots
electorate_17	2017 Size of electorate
green_ppc_19	Green Party 2019 candidate name
ld_ppc_19	Liberal Democrat 2019 candidate name
lab_ppc_19	Labour 2019 candidate name
ukip_ppc_19	NA
pc_ppc_19	Plaid Cymru 2019 candidate name
con_ppc_19	Conservative 2019 candidate name
speaker_ppc_19	NA
sdlp_ppc_19	NA
snp_ppc_19	SNP 2019 candidate name
dup_ppc_19	NA
brexit_ppc_19	Brexit Party 2019 candidate name
alliance_ppc_19	NA
uup_ppc_19	NA
green_ppc_sex_19	Green Party 2019 candidate sex
ld_ppc_sex_19	Liberal Democrat 2019 candidate sex
lab_ppc_sex_19	Labour 2017 candidate sex
ukip_ppc_sex_19	NA
pc_ppc_sex_19	Plaid Cymru 2019 candidate sex
con_ppc_sex_19	Conservative 2019 candidate sex
speaker_ppc_sex_19	NA
sdlp_ppc_sex_19	NA
snp_ppc_sex_19	SNP 2019 candidate sex
dup_ppc_sex_19	NA
brexit_ppc_sex_19	Brexit Party 2019 candidate sex
alliance_ppc_sex_19	NA
uup_ppc_sex_19	NA
leave_hanretty	Hanretty (2017) Estimate of EU Referendum Leave %
remain_hanretty	Hanretty (2017) Estimate of EU Referendum Remain %