Votes0105               package:tapiR               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A data frame

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(Votes0105)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     The votes are organized as a data frame data frame with 657 
     observations (MPs) on the following 1247 variables (1246 of which
     are divisions of the House).

     '_p_a_r_t_y' a factor with levels 'Con' 'DUP' 'Ind' 'IndCon' 'LD' 'Lab'
          'PC' 'SDLP' 'SNP' 'UU'

     '_d_i_v_0_0_1._0_1_0_6_2_6' a factor with levels '-' 'n' 'y'

     ... 1245 further such variables, ending with

     '_d_i_v_1_5_5._0_5_0_4_0_6' a factor with levels '-' 'n' 'y'

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     Some divisions have the additional factor level 'b', indicating 
     that one or more MPs voted both Aye and No.

_N_o_t_e:

     Corresponding data for the 1992-1997 and 1997-2001 parliaments can
     be found at  <URL: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/tapir>

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Derived, using 'get.divisions', from the online  pages of the
     official Parliamentary record _Hansard_.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Firth, D and Spirling, A (2003) Divisions of the United Kingdom
     House of  Commons, from 1992 to 2003 and beyond.  Submitted for
     publication.  At <URL: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/tapir>.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'Topics0105'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(Votes0105)

