Monday, June 02, 2008

Shadow Cabinet Media Tarts: May

Each month Julian Nicholson and I compile a list of the best media performers in the Shadow Cabinet using mentions on Lexis Nexis as the index.



May
1 - David Cameron 2742
2 - George Osborne 318
3 - David Davis 248
4 - William Hague 161
5 10 Andrew Lansley 133
6 8 Chris Grayling 125
7 4 Eric Pickles 111
8 - Michael Gove 80
9 -3 Alan Duncan 73
10 - Nick Herbert 64
11 -2 Liam Fox 63
12 1 Philip Hammond 51
13 3 Grant Shapps 48
14 9 Andrew Mitchell 43
15 5 Francis Maude 42
16 6 David Mundell 40
17 1 Theresa May 35
18 5 Cheryl Gillan 33
19 -2 Caroline Spelman 27
20 8 Oliver Letwin 26
21= -9 Theresa Villiers 22
21= - Jeremy Hunt 22
23 -4 David Willetts 18
24 -17 Peter Ainsworth 15
25 -20 Owen Paterson 10
26 - Patrick McLoughlin 9
27 1 David Lidington 4
28= -5 Sayeeda Warsi 3
28= - Lord Strathclyde 3
30 -3 Dame Pauline Neville-Jones 2
31 - Baroness Anelay of St Johns 1

Liberal Democrats
- Nick Clegg 455


* The reason for Owen Paterson's high placing last month was due to the fact that a new blockbuster film was released, and the director was called Owen Paterson!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

No longer in the shadow cabinet, but what about including Boris in this monthly list? Just an idea

Chris Paul said...

The Owen Who He thing is silly. Surely spurious hits on name-alikes can be removed?

Anonymous said...

Boris has never been in the shadow cabinet.

Philipa said...

Do you think it right and proper that wossname's girlfriend, the Cheeky Girl, gets a HOC pass?

Anonymous said...

You need the services of an editor!

"Shadow Cabinet Media Tarts: May", had me salivating for some snippet of salacious gossip about Theresa.

I am hugely disappointed.