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How do Lib Dem MPs compare on Twitter? April update with a new number one

Changes in position and score are since March’s figures, and the same caveats apply as before to these numbers from TweetLevel (i.e. Twitter isn’t the only thing in the world, and this isn’t the only way of measuring people’s influence on / use of Twitter).

New this month to Twitter are Evan Harris, Nick Harvey and Charles Kennedy, bringing the total number of tweeting Liberal Democrat MPs up to 30.

UPDATE: Mark Williams has also joined Twitter recently. Apologies for missing you first time around Mark.

New entrant Evan Harris is straight in at the top of the list. That’s no fluke: Evan’s put the work into working out how to use Twitter well and has built up a good community which reaches out beyond the usual activists suspects. Paul Burstow’s rise up the table is the other striking move.

1. (new) DrEvanHarris 51 (new)
2. (-1) nick_clegg 48 (-7)
3. (-1) joswinson 44 (-8)
3=. (nc)  SandraGidley 44 (-2)
5=. (-1) lfeatherstone 42 (-2)
5=. (-1) philwillismp 42 (-2)
5=. (+1) vincecable 42 (nc)
8. (+11) PaulBurstow 39 (+17)
9=. (-2) normanlamb 36 (-4)
9=. (+1) SusanKramer 36 (+4)
11=. (-1) GregMulholland1 35 (+3)
11=. (-1)  jgoldsworthy 35 (+3)
13. (-5) willie_rennie 33 (-4)
14. (-5) acarmichael4mp 30 (-3)
15. (+2) ChrisHuhne 28 (+3)
15=. (+4) JLeechMP 28 (+6)
15=. (-2) timfarron 28 (-2)
18=. (-3) AnnetteBrookeMP 27 (+1)
18=. (-5) moore4borders 27 (-3)
20. (+5) DonFosterMP 25 (+6)
21. (-6) AndrewGeorgeMP 24 (-2)
22. (new) mark4ceredigion 22 (new)
23=. (new) charles_kennedy 21 (new)
23=. (-5) eddaveymp 21 (-2)
23=. (-2) stevewebb1 21 (-1)
26. (-4) thomasbrake 20 (n/c)
27=. (-5) lembitopik 19 (-1)
27=. (nc) malcolmbruce 19 (+1)
27=. (-2) PaulRowen 19 (n/c)
30=. (-8) dannyalexander 16 (-4)
30=. (new) NickHarveyND 16 (new)

And finally, ahem, I would come in top of this table (hey, my initials are MP so why shouldn’t I be in the table?) with libdemvoice in second, just ahead of Evan Harris.

Make of that what you will…

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