1) Alastair Campbell (12,270 followers)
2) John Prescott (10,717 followers)
3) Iain Dale (6,993 followers)
4) Tom Watson MP (6,977 followers)
5) Guido Fawkes (6,300 followers)
6) The Wardman Wire (5,698 followers)
7) Kerry McCarthy (4,451 followers)
8) UK Progressive (4,399 followers)
9) James Cleverly (3,600 followers)
10) Enemies of Reason (3,412 followers)
11) Cllr Phil Briscoe (3,342 followers)
12) Green Girls Global (3,101 followers)
13) Labour List (2,991 followers)
14) Paul Waugh (2,972 followers)
15) Tim Montgomerie (2,968 followers)
16) Tom Harris MP (2,637 followers)
17) Stuart Bruce (2,628 followers)
18) Kevin Maguire (2,421 followers)
19) Cath Eliott (2,356 followers)
20) Gideon Rachman (2,240 followers)
21) Obnoxio the Clown (2,147 followers)
22) Lynne Featherstone MP (2,058 followers)
23) A View From the Public Gallery (1,955 followers)
24) Tory Bear (1,884 followers)
25) The Stilettoed Socialist (1,810 followers)
26) Pickled Politics (1,795 followers)
27) Think Politics (1,758 followers)
28) Benedict Brogan (1,655 followers)
29) Jess McCabe (1,540 followers)
30) Cllr Tim Blog (1,497 followers)
31) Bloggerheads (1,478 followers)
32) Mark Pack (1,467 followers)
33) LibDem Voice (1,449 followers)
34) Jon Worth's Euroblog (1,429 followers)
35) Next Left (1,368 followers)
36) Nadine Dorries MP (1,354 followers)
37) Plenty to Say (1,321 followers)
38) Daniel Hannan MEP (1,319 followers)
39) Cllr Lisa Northover (1,265 followers)
40) Kirklees Unity (1,193 followers)
41) Andy Reed MP (1,183 followers)
42) Shane Greer (1,180 followers)
43) Adam Smith Institute Blog (1,173 followers)
44) Liberal Conspiracy (1,172 followers)
45) FT Westminster Blog (1,169 followers)
46) Ed Vaizy MP (1,164 followers)
47) House of Twits (1,162 followers)
48) Douglas Carswell MP (1,137 followers)
49) Eric Joyce MP (1,114 followers)
50) Greener Leith (1,111 followers)
51) Oberon Houston (1,100 followers)
52) Byrne Baby Byrne (1,092 followers)
53) The Baillieu Blog (1,081 followers)
54) Dizzy Thinks (1,078 followers)
55) The Tory Troll (1,067 followers)
56) No Geek Is An Island (1,054 followers)
57) Bray's Duckhouse (1,018 followers)
58) Tory Politico (1,008 followers)
59) Politics Cymru (988 followers)
60) spEak You're bRanes (971 followers)
61) Andy Reeves' Running Blog (966 followers)
62) Political Scrapbook (957 followers)
63) Will Straw (947 followers)
64) A Very Public Sociologist (936 followers)
65) Boris Watch (936 followers)
66) Left Foot Forward (932 followers)
67) Labour Matters (927 followers)
68) Frank Field MP (909 followers)
69) James O'Malley (904 followers)
70) Mark Reckons (890 followers)
71) Dan Wilson (873 followers)
72) Philippa Latimer for St Ives (873 followers)
73) The Daily Quail (871 followers)
74) Grace Fletcher-Hackwood (867 followers)
75) Martin Bright (867 followers)
76) Stephen Allison (863 followers)
77) Local Democracy Blog (861 followers)
78) Stephen's Linlithgow Journal (848 followers)
79) Byrne Tofferings (837 followers)
80) Martin Tod (798 followers)
81) Labour of Love (788 followers)
82) Liberal Burblings (785 followers)
83) Bethan Jenkins AC/AM (770 followers)
84) Chicken Yoghurt (769 followers)
85) Rob Fenwick (764 followers)
86) Caron's Musings (761 followers)
87) Tory Teenager (744 followers)
88) Cardiff Blogger (740 followers)
89) Angry Mob (737 followers)
90) Penny Red (735 followers)
91) Quaequam Blog! (735 followers)
92) Nick Pickles (733 followers)
93) Mayor Watch (713 followers)
94) Charlotte Gore (696 followers)
95) Luke Bozier (689 followers)
96) David Ottewell (685 followers)
97) Devil's Kitchen (673 followers)
98) Boris Watchers (671 followers)
99) Shot Across the Bow (662 followers)
100) Cynical Dragon (641 followers)
Time for a couple of notes. The basis for this list has been the Total Politics blog directory, with some of the gaps filled in by my own knowledge. Not perfect by any means but the TP listing is probably the largest catalogue of UK-based political blogging in existence. So there is a chance one or two blogs have been missed. All the blogs on this list should be political in some way - if not then put it down to oversight (it took quite a while to rake through the directory!) Also, all the blogs should be active. I've applied my 45 day rule - I don't care if you spend every moment of the day tweeting about your tea and tiffin to thousands of followers: if you haven't blogged in the last month and a half, you're not included.
Then there is the ordering. I've used the simplest measurement - number of followers. Of course this is problematic in itself as the numbers can be easily gamed, which explains why a number of bloggers without much of a profile can appear so high in this list. Nevertheless, if you're following 6,000 people on Twitter and have 5,000 followers, your tweets are still reaching a wider audience than someone who only follows 100 but has 1,000 followers. The ratio of followers to the listed figure is a good indication of the depth of twitterly influence.
And there we have it. Did you make the list? Any surprises?
Thursday edit: The list has been modified to include Tory Politico and Martin Bright.
12th January edit: A few more additions to the list in the shape of Eric Joyce, Cath Elliott and Kevin Maguire. This will be the last time I update the list until I do another next December, so if anyone's missing let me know and I'll keep a note of them for when the new one is compiled.
76) Stephen Allison (863 followers)
77) Local Democracy Blog (861 followers)
78) Stephen's Linlithgow Journal (848 followers)
79) Byrne Tofferings (837 followers)
80) Martin Tod (798 followers)
81) Labour of Love (788 followers)
82) Liberal Burblings (785 followers)
83) Bethan Jenkins AC/AM (770 followers)
84) Chicken Yoghurt (769 followers)
85) Rob Fenwick (764 followers)
86) Caron's Musings (761 followers)
87) Tory Teenager (744 followers)
88) Cardiff Blogger (740 followers)
89) Angry Mob (737 followers)
90) Penny Red (735 followers)
91) Quaequam Blog! (735 followers)
92) Nick Pickles (733 followers)
93) Mayor Watch (713 followers)
94) Charlotte Gore (696 followers)
95) Luke Bozier (689 followers)
96) David Ottewell (685 followers)
97) Devil's Kitchen (673 followers)
98) Boris Watchers (671 followers)
99) Shot Across the Bow (662 followers)
100) Cynical Dragon (641 followers)
Time for a couple of notes. The basis for this list has been the Total Politics blog directory, with some of the gaps filled in by my own knowledge. Not perfect by any means but the TP listing is probably the largest catalogue of UK-based political blogging in existence. So there is a chance one or two blogs have been missed. All the blogs on this list should be political in some way - if not then put it down to oversight (it took quite a while to rake through the directory!) Also, all the blogs should be active. I've applied my 45 day rule - I don't care if you spend every moment of the day tweeting about your tea and tiffin to thousands of followers: if you haven't blogged in the last month and a half, you're not included.
Then there is the ordering. I've used the simplest measurement - number of followers. Of course this is problematic in itself as the numbers can be easily gamed, which explains why a number of bloggers without much of a profile can appear so high in this list. Nevertheless, if you're following 6,000 people on Twitter and have 5,000 followers, your tweets are still reaching a wider audience than someone who only follows 100 but has 1,000 followers. The ratio of followers to the listed figure is a good indication of the depth of twitterly influence.
And there we have it. Did you make the list? Any surprises?
Thursday edit: The list has been modified to include Tory Politico and Martin Bright.
12th January edit: A few more additions to the list in the shape of Eric Joyce, Cath Elliott and Kevin Maguire. This will be the last time I update the list until I do another next December, so if anyone's missing let me know and I'll keep a note of them for when the new one is compiled.
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