Tom Watson is Labour’s top influencer on twitter

Tory Radio have produced a new index of Tory Twitter influence based on Edelman's tweet level service. Left Foot Forward produces a similar Labour list.

As the debate over Tweetminster’s report continues, Tory Radio have produced a new index of Tory Twitter influence based on Edelman’s tweet level service.

The index showed that Iain Dale and Tory Bear had more influence on twitter despite having fewer followers than Boris Johnson or the Conservative Party itself.

Left Foot Forward has carried out the same analysis from Iain Dale’s list of the top 20 Labour tweeters. As with Tory Radio list, the brackets outline where they are positioned in Iain’s list.

Tom Watson, an MP well respected in techy circles, tops the list with bloggers Ellie Gellard and Cath Elliott the two highest climbers. Both Tom Watson and Sarah Brown have more influence than any Tory tweeters.

 

Top Labour Tweeters by Tweet Level

1. (4) Tom Watson – 69
2. (1) Sarah Brown – 67
=3. (19) Ellie Gellard – 65
=3. (3) John Prescott – 65
5. (9) Kerry McCarthy – 64
6. (2) Alastair Campbell – 63
7. (12) LabourList – 59
8. (15) Tom Harris – 55
9. (14) The Fabians – 54
=10. (7) Lord Drayson – 52
=10. (18) Cath Elliott – 52
12. (8) Ed Balls – 51
13. (16) Stuart Bruce – 49
14. (20) Sion Simon – 48
=15. (10) Sadiq Khan – 47
=15. (17) Kevin Maguire – 47
17. (5) David Miliband – 45
18. (6) Ed Miliband – 44
19. (11) David Lammy – 40
20. (13) Ben Bradshaw – 36

Earlier today at my suggestion, Mark Thompson produced a list of the Top 20 Lib Dem twitterers. Over to Mark again for a list of the most influential Lib Dem tweeters.

Hat-tip: Samuel Coates

36 Responses to “Tom Watson is Labour’s top influencer on twitter”

  1. Paul Smith

    I know this sounds terribly self interested but wonder how one qualifies to be on your list I ran the programme and got a score of 56.5?

  2. Nic Mitchell

    I follow Labour and Tory tweeters to get the best out of social media. See Labour top twitter influencers http://bit.ly/4QKIWJ

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