UK Public Opinion and Party Cohesion Panel Data, 2015-2024

United Kingdom issue-month panel data from June 2015 to May 2024, covering the Conservative Party government period. The dataset integrates public opinion, party cohesion, and legislative agenda activity across 21 major policy topics coded with the Comparative Agendas Project scheme. It was authored by Chen Zhan and hosted on Harvard Dataverse, last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between party cohesion and public opinion representation based on the integrated panel structure.
• Track legislative agenda activity over time based on the 21 policy topics coded with the Comparative Agendas Project scheme.
• Model the effects of government tenure on policy alignment based on the issue-month panel covering a 9-year period.

Strengths

• Covers a 9-year period from June 2015 to May 2024.
• Integrates three distinct data components: public opinion, party cohesion, and legislative activity.
• Structured around 21 major policy topics using a standardized coding scheme.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Likely compiled from public opinion surveys, parliamentary records, and party voting data.

Time Range

June 2015 to May 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 16:03:06; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom