AX 141989-1990Local Government Boundary Commission for England: Policy and Proposals, Registered Files (Numbered Series): Humberside Dataset
The Humberside attitudes and preferences survey dataset comprises the data collected by the Research Surveys of Great Britain Limited (RSGB) as part of the survey they undertook on behalf of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBC) during their second review of Humberside carried out during 1989 and 1990. The survey consisted of a representative sample survey of 2918 residents aged 18 or over in private households in the County of Humberside and the District of Selby. The sample was structured so as to allow for separate analysis of views in the District of Selby and six areas of Humberside. Although Selby was part of North Yorkshire, not Humberside, it was decided to include interviews with Selby residents as part of the survey because one of the options for changing the local administration in Humberside included creating a county of East Yorkshire of which Selby would form a part. Following the reorganisation of Humberside in 1996 and the creation of the East Riding of Yorkshire county council, Selby remained as part of North Yorkshire.
Separate questionnaires were designed for Humberside and Selby residents which sought to obtain respondents' views on a range of key issues relating to the county of Humberside. Humberside residents were asked about their existing links with the county, whether their work and leisure activities tended to be contained within the county or outside it. Questions were also asked about the amount of travel between North and South Humberside in order to assess whether the Humber Bridge had helped to unify the county. The survey looked at the respondents' sense of identity with Humberside and in the case of the Selby residents with Yorkshire/North Yorkshire. Views were also sought on the county council administration and the issue of abolition. Finally, the survey presented respondents with five possible options for the future of Humberside and sought their views on these. The options were:
Option 1A - keep the County of Humberside as it is with no change of boundary and no change of name.
Option 1B - keep the present County boundaries but change the name of the County.
Option 2 - abolish Humberside by transferring north Humberside into North Yorkshire and south Humberside into Lincolnshire.
Option 3 - abolish Humberside by creating a new County of East Yorkshire from north Humberside and transferring south Humberside into Lincolnshire.
Option 4 - abolish Humberside by creating a new County of East Yorkshire from north Humberside and also creating a new County of North Lincolnshire from south Humberside.
The datasets in this series are available to download. Links to individual datasets can be found at piece level.
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