Summary information

Study title

Labour Parliamentarians and European Integration Survey, 1995-1996

Creator

Gamble, A., University of Sheffield

Seawright, D., University of Lincoln, Department of Economics and International Studies

Baker, D., Nottingham Trent University

Ludlam, S., University of Sheffield

Study number / PID

3703 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3703-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The principal aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the ideological mapping of Labour politicians is best drawn on the basis of two dimensions: state/market and national sovereignty/interdependence. The research was intended to contribute to knowledge and understanding of the ideological configuration of the Labour Party, particularly over European integration.
Main Topics:

Topics covered include Labour Parliamentarians' attitudes to the issues of: Economic and Monetary Union; Economic Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM); European Union (EU) fiscal policy; industrial strategy; `subsidiarity'; constitutional reform of EU institutions with particular reference to Qualified Majority Voting (QMV), the sovereignty of the UK Parliament; `enlargement'; jurisprudence.
Standard Measures
Respondents were asked to `tick' a scale from `strongly agree' `agree', `neither', `disagree', to `strongly disagree', for 59 attitudinal statements.

Government, political systems and organisationsPolitical behaviour and attitudes

AGRICULTUREARMED FORCESATTITUDESBORDER CONTROLSBUDGETSCONSTITUTIONSCOSTSCOUNCIL OF MINISTERSCURRENCIESDECENTRALIZED GOVERNMENTDEFENCEDEMOCRACY

Data collection period

10/11/1995 - 27/02/1996

Country

United Kingdom

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

National

Members of Parliament

Universe

Labour members of Parliament at Westminster, and Labour members of the European Parliament at Strasbourg.

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Postal survey

The questionnaire was sent to all Labour MPs and MEPs in four mailings between November 1995 and February 1996. All non-respondents were contacted by telephone at the end of January 1996. The overall response rate was 33% for MPs and 47% for MEPs. The sample was tested for validity using several measures of parliamentary behaviour over Europe, and also by analysis of respondents in terms of their cohort, i.e. which general election had brought them into Parliament or followed their entry in a by-election.

Grant number

R000221560

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1997

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Gamble, A., Ludlam, S. and Baker, D. (1996) 'Labour and Europe :: a survey of MPs and MEPs', Political Quarterly, 353–371