Shadow Cabinet Media Tarts List: April

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.

April
1	-	David Cameron	1542
2	1	George Osborne	371
3	2	David Davis	208
4	-	William Hague	157
5	-3	Owen Paterson	101
6	-	Alan Duncan	95
7	8	Peter Ainsworth	87
8	-	Michael Gove	77
9	3	Liam Fox	71
10	-	Nick Herbert	68
11	2	Eric Pickles	63
12	2	Theresa Villiers	59
13	-6	Philip Hammond	55
14	-5	Chris Grayling	53
15	-4	Andrew Lansley	46
16	4	Grant Shapps	32
17	1	Caroline Spelman	30
18	-2	Theresa May	27
19	-	David Willetts	26
20	3	Francis Maude	22
21	-4	Jeremy Hunt	13
22	-2	David Mundell	11
23=	-1	Cheryl Gillan	9
23=	1	Andrew Mitchell	9
23=	5	Sayeeda Warsi	9
26	-	Patrick McLoughlin	7
27	2	Dame Pauline Neville-Jones	6
28=	-3	Lord Strathclyde	2
28=	-2	Oliver Letwin	2
28=	-	David Lidington	2
31	-	Baroness Anelay of St Johns	0
Liberal Democrats
-		Nick Clegg	398

Shadow Cabinet Media Tarts: March

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. I am not quite sure what Owen Paterson has done to come in at number 2 - perhaps someone could enlighten us!

March
1	-	David Cameron	1916
2	25	Owen Paterson	548
3	-1	George Osborne	312
4	-	William Hague	272
5	-2	David Davis	217
6	9	Alan Duncan	125
7	5	Philip Hammond	96
8	-1	Michael Gove	88
9	-4	Chris Grayling	82
10	1	Nick Herbert	81
11	-5	Andrew Lansley	80
12	-3	Liam Fox	77
13	-3	Eric Pickles	71
14	7	Theresa Villiers	64
15	10	Peter Ainsworth	62
16	-2	Theresa May	55
17	-9	Jeremy Hunt	50
18	-	Caroline Spelman	35
19	-3	David Willetts	34
20	-	David Mundell	32
20	-1	Grant Shapps	32
22	3	Cheryl Gillan	31
23	7	Francis Maude	26
24	-7	Andrew Mitchell	18
25	-4	Lord Strathclyde	17
26	-3	Oliver Letwin	15
26	2	Patrick McLoughlin	15
28	-15	Sayeeda Warsi	9
29	-3	Dame Pauline Neville-Jones	6
30	-1	David Lidington	4
31	-	Baroness Anelay of St Johns	0
Liberal Democrats
-		Nick Clegg	530	350

Shadow Cabinet Media Tarts List: February

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. Biggest climbers are Sayeeda Warsi. Lord Strathclyde and Jeremy Hunt. Plumetting are Patrick McLoughlin, Francis Maude and David Mundell.

February Media Tarts
1	-	David Cameron	1450
2	-	George Osborne	509
3	-	David Davis	473
4	+1	William Hague	132
5	-1	Chris Grayling	118
6	+1	Andrew Lansley	113
7	+3	Michael Gove	91
8	+8	Jeremy Hunt	86
9	-3	Liam Fox	82
10	+1	Eric Pickles	76
11	-3	Nick Herbert	75
12	-	Philip Hammond	68
13	+13	Sayeeda Warsi	61
14	+2	Theresa May	53
15	-6	Alan Duncan	49
16	-1	David Willetts	46
17	+4	Caroline Spelman	30
17	+2	Andrew Mitchell	30
19	+7	Grant Shapps	27
20	-6	David Mundell	24
21	+9	Lord Strathclyde	23
21	-8	Theresa Villiers	23
23	-1	Oliver Letwin	20
24	-4	Cheryl Gillan	19
25	+1	Peter Ainsworth	17
26	+2	Dame Pauline Neville-Jones	16
27	+2	Owen Paterson	10
28	-12	Patrick McLoughlin	9
29	-5	David Lidington	9
30	-8	Francis Maude	5
31	-	Baroness Anelay of St Johns	1
Liberal Democrats
-		Nick Clegg	350