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vote

Political party supported

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indresp

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1793	12.43%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Conservative	1	2588	17.95%
Labour	2	2843	19.72%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	926	6.42%
Scot Nat	4	488	3.38%
Plaid Cymru	5	226	1.57%
Green Party	6	157	1.09%
Other Party	7	189	1.31%
Other answer	8	35	0.24%
None	10	2300	15.95%
Can't vote	11	305	2.12%
Ulster Unionist	12	441	3.06%
sdlp	13	335	2.32%
Alliance Party	14	145	1.01%
Democratice Unionist	15	391	2.71%
Sinn Fein	16	232	1.61%
Other Party	17	60	0.42%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Valid Observations

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1804	11.72%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Conservative	1	2407	15.64%
Labour	2	3280	21.31%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1300	8.45%
Scot Nat	4	438	2.85%
Plaid Cymru	5	221	1.44%
Green Party	6	229	1.49%
Other Party	7	232	1.51%
Other answer	8	48	0.31%
None	10	2384	15.49%
Can't vote	11	333	2.16%
Ulster Unionist	12	495	3.22%
sdlp	13	430	2.79%
Alliance Party	14	115	0.75%
Democratice Unionist	15	417	2.71%
Sinn Fein	16	240	1.56%
Other Party	17	42	0.27%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1381	8.84%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Conservative	1	2372	15.19%
Labour	2	3964	25.38%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1606	10.28%
Scot Nat	4	396	2.54%
Plaid Cymru	5	206	1.32%
Green Party	6	179	1.15%
Other Party	7	142	0.91%
Other answer	8	54	0.35%
None	10	2213	14.17%
Can't vote	11	287	1.84%
Ulster Unionist	12	480	3.07%
sdlp	13	457	2.93%
Alliance Party	14	119	0.76%
Democratice Unionist	15	504	3.23%
Sinn Fein	16	233	1.49%
Other Party	17	42	0.27%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1703	10.78%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Conservative	1	2248	14.24%
Labour	2	3639	23.04%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1551	9.82%
Scot Nat	4	423	2.68%
Plaid Cymru	5	212	1.34%
Green Party	6	207	1.31%
Other Party	7	285	1.8%
Other answer	8	43	0.27%
None	10	2284	14.46%
Can't vote	11	290	1.84%
Ulster Unionist	12	568	3.6%
sdlp	13	469	2.97%
Alliance Party	14	109	0.69%
Democratice Unionist	15	400	2.53%
Sinn Fein	16	230	1.46%
Other Party	17	116	0.73%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1740	10.72%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Conservative	1	2318	14.28%
Labour	2	3743	23.05%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1682	10.36%
Scot Nat	4	442	2.72%
Plaid Cymru	5	218	1.34%
Green Party	6	165	1.02%
Other Party	7	161	0.99%
Other answer	8	43	0.26%
None	10	2526	15.56%
Can't vote	11	296	1.82%
Ulster Unionist	12	650	4.0%
sdlp	13	518	3.19%
Alliance Party	14	149	0.92%
Democratice Unionist	15	340	2.09%
Sinn Fein	16	238	1.47%
Other Party	17	118	0.73%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1688	10.17%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Conservative	1	2389	14.39%
Labour	2	4516	27.21%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1427	8.6%
Scot Nat	4	513	3.09%
Plaid Cymru	5	252	1.52%
Green Party	6	143	0.86%
Other Party	7	109	0.66%
Other answer	8	49	0.3%
None	10	2277	13.72%
Can't vote	11	274	1.65%
Ulster Unionist	12	754	4.54%
sdlp	13	554	3.34%
Alliance Party	14	148	0.89%
Democratice Unionist	15	276	1.66%
Sinn Fein	16	224	1.35%
Other NI party	17	115	0.69%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1721	9.12%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Conservative	1	2647	14.03%
Labour	2	5880	31.17%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1574	8.34%
Scot Nat	4	563	2.98%
Plaid Cymru	5	241	1.28%
Green Party	6	154	0.82%
Other Party	7	105	0.56%
Other answer	8	51	0.27%
None	10	2331	12.35%
Can't vote	11	300	1.59%
Ulster Unionist	12	859	4.55%
sdlp	13	678	3.59%
Alliance Party	14	201	1.07%
Democratice Unionist	15	327	1.73%
Sinn Fein	16	239	1.27%
Other NI party	17	195	1.03%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1901	12.18%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Conservative	1	3093	19.82%
Labour	2	5081	32.56%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1568	10.05%
Scot Nat	4	647	4.15%
Plaid Cymru	5	286	1.83%
Green Party	6	169	1.08%
Other Party	7	96	0.62%
Other answer	8	85	0.54%
None	10	1833	11.75%
Can't vote	11	322	2.06%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1959	12.54%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Conservative	1	2968	19.0%
Labour	2	5671	36.3%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1479	9.47%
Scot Nat	4	681	4.36%
Plaid Cymru	5	317	2.03%
Green Party	6	162	1.04%
Other Party	7	103	0.66%
Other answer	8	53	0.34%
None	10	1524	9.75%
Can't vote	11	271	1.73%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1088	9.98%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Conservative	1	2347	21.52%
Labour	2	4281	39.25%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1191	10.92%
Scot Nat	4	187	1.71%
Plaid Cymru	5	21	0.19%
Green Party	6	122	1.12%
Other Party	7	46	0.42%
Other answer	8	16	0.15%
None	10	1055	9.67%
Can't vote	11	194	1.78%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1509	13.48%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Conservative	1	2227	19.9%
Labour	2	4718	42.15%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1100	9.83%
Scot Nat	4	133	1.19%
Plaid Cymru	5	14	0.13%
Green Party	6	77	0.69%
Other Party	7	48	0.43%
Other answer	8	16	0.14%
None	10	817	7.3%
Can't vote	11	169	1.51%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	740	7.84%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Conservative	1	2397	25.4%
Labour	2	3611	38.26%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	991	10.5%
Scot Nat	4	127	1.35%
Plaid Cymru	5	22	0.23%
Green Party	6	113	1.2%
Other Party	7	50	0.53%
Other answer	8	16	0.17%
None	10	888	9.41%
Can't vote	11	182	1.93%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	786	8.5%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Conservative	1	2229	24.1%
Labour	2	3648	39.44%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	981	10.61%
Scot Nat	4	120	1.3%
Plaid Cymru	5	13	0.14%
Green Party	6	95	1.03%
Other Party	7	24	0.26%
Other answer	8	14	0.15%
None	10	765	8.27%
Can't vote	11	152	1.64%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	801	8.45%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Conservative	1	2294	24.2%
Labour	2	3569	37.64%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1072	11.31%
Scot Nat	4	145	1.53%
Plaid Cymru	5	12	0.13%
Green Party	6	134	1.41%
Other Party	7	37	0.39%
Other answer	8	10	0.11%
None	10	814	8.59%
Can't vote	11	172	1.81%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	709	7.39%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Conservative	1	2671	27.82%
Labour	2	3028	31.54%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1465	15.26%
Scot Nat	4	119	1.24%
Plaid Cymru	5	11	0.11%
Green Party	6	111	1.16%
Other Party	7	42	0.44%
Other answer	8	27	0.28%
None	10	683	7.11%
Can't vote	11	158	1.65%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.12%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	182	1.77%
don't know	-1	682	6.64%
Conservative	1	3551	34.6%
Labour	2	3244	31.61%
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1046	10.19%
Scot Nat	4	146	1.42%
Plaid Cymru	5	14	0.14%
Green Party	6	164	1.6%
Other Party	7	40	0.39%
Other answer	8	122	1.19%
None	10	575	5.6%
Can't vote	11	134	1.31%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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