Gender & PPCs on Twitter

Following the release of our Twitter & UK Politics report earlier this year, Tweetminster is today publishing data and analysis around gender and Prospective Parliamentary Candidates.

We looked at data from 285 PPCs on Twitter and gender breakdown across parties and regions. While the Labour party is slightly more representative and the Conservatives more evenly distributed in terms of representation, all three major parties have a very similar overall gender breakdown on Twitter.

All data for this analysis encompasses all MPs and PPCs followed by Tweetminster up to February 26th 2010.

The Data:

Total number of PPCs on Twitter: 285
Total number of MPs on Twitter: 127
Party breakdown of MPs & PPCs on Twitter: CON 27.7% LAB 36.9% LDEM
22.5% Other 12.9%
Party breakdown of PPCs on Twitter: CON 32% LAB 28% LDEM 24% Other 16%

PPC’s on Twitter by region:

North East: 4.43%
East Midlands: 5.9%
Wales: 5.9%
Northern Ireland: 0.37%
East: 13.65%
North West: 11.07%
South East: 11.81%
Yorkshire & The Humber: 7.75%
West Midlands: 5.9%
London: 16.61%
South West: 11.07%
Scotland: 5.9%

Party Breakdown by region - MPs & PPCs on Twitter. (Figures don’t add up to 100% as they exclude other parties):

Scotland: LAB 21.2% CON 27.3% LDEM 30.3% SNP 15.2%
North East: LAB 42.9% CON 28.6% LDEM 21.4%
North West: LAB 40% CON 22.5% LDEM 27.5%
Yorkshire and The Humber: LAB 44.1% CON 26.5% LDEM 26.5%
East Midlands: LAB 54.5% CON 45.5% LDEM: 0%
West Midlands: LAB 58.1% CON 19.4% LDEM 16.1%
Wales: LAB 16% CON 20% LDEM 8% Plaid Cymru: 52%
South West: LAB 42.9% CON:21.4% LBEM 33.3%
South East: LAB 36.5% CON 34.6% LDEM 19.2%
London: LAB 29% CON 30.6% LDEM 27.4%
East of England: LAB 33% CON 19.2% LDEM 20.8% Green Party 6.3%
Northern Ireland: Social Democratic and Labour Party: 100%

Gender breakdown of PPCs on Twitter:

Male: 69% (197)
Female: 31% (88)

Further breakdown by party and region (these figures are expressed as a percentage of all PPCs in a region not as a breakdown within each party. The sums may not add up to 100% in regions where there are other parties on Twitter):

Posted at Thu, Mar 4th 2010, 13:16
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Tweetminster Daily - March 1 2010

The Tweetminster Daily is a summary of the day’s top political stories and analysis. The summary isn’t curated or editorially controlled, but entirely built using data.

Issue 27 - 01/03/2010 - 17:30

The most shared stories on Twitter around UK Politics in the past 24 hours:

• Blue - Obama Lite (The Spectator)

• Cameron pep talk with no notes and nothing to say (FT)

• Lord Ashcroft reveals he is a non-dom but intends to stay in the Lords (Telegraph).

• Gordon Brown on course to win Election (The Sunday Times)

• Ashcroft is a bigger story than the Tories might like (Channel 4)

• Has Brown bottled this week’s PMQs (ConservativeHome)

• PM: Tories are stoking public’s fear of crime (Sky)

• Nick Clegg answers Twitter and Facebook questions (YouTube)

• The Case For Labour (Tom Harris MP)

• Cameron wears a tie to address the people online (Telegraph)

Daily Sentiment Score: CON -3 (-4) LAB -3 (-4) LDEM +4 (-16)

To find out more about how we calculate sentiment click here.

Posted at Mon, Mar 1st 2010, 17:55
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Tweetminster Daily - February 26 2010

The Tweetminster Daily is a summary of the day’s top political stories and analysis around the main parties. The summary isn’t curated or editorially controlled, but entirely built using data.

Issue 26 - 26/02/2010 - 17:00

Today’s most shared stories on Twitter around UK Politics:

• Labour Officials Smear Samantha Cameron as Lazy
• BBC News Team on “Red Alert” For Election
• Don’t be fooled: GDP was actually revised down
• BBC Announcement is Capitulation to Murdoch
• Tories Stir The Pot on Early Election
• The Tory situation is now verging on critical
• A Ten Point Plan to Put the Tory Campaign back on track

Daily Sentiment Score: CON 12 (+17), LAB 4 (-4), LDEM 17 (+17)

To find out more about how we calculate sentiment click here

Posted at Fri, Feb 26th 2010, 17:46
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Tweetminster Daily - February 24 2010

The Tweetminster Daily is a summary of the day’s top political stories and analysis around the main parties. The summary isn’t curated or editorially controlled, but entirely built using data.

Issue 27 - 24/02/2010 - 18:30 - PMQs

Volume of stories & conversations: 314
Tweets from MPs during PMQs: 69

Most shared links:

1. Kerry’s Guide to PMQs
2. Prime minister’s questions - live (The Guardian)
3. Brown kisses his Darling - almost
4. Quote of the Day (Guido Fawkes)

Most mentioned tweeters:

• @bbclaurak
• @conservatives
• @guidofawkes
• @joswinson
• @sallybercow
• @gregmulholland1

Associated terms:

• Fairness
• Slogan
• Steel

Relevant tweets can be found on Tweetminster Search here.

Posted at Wed, Feb 24th 2010, 19:02
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