Most Tweets by an MP:
National: Tau Henare 318, Simon O’Connor and Tim Macindoe 27, Louise Upston 25.
Labour: Clare Curran 192, David Cunliffe 63, Ruth Dyson 62.
Greens: Russel Norman 158, Metiria Turei 153, Julie Anne Genter 112.
NZF: Tracey Martin 121, Asenati Taylor 25, Winston Peters 6.
Others: Peter Dunne 76, Te Ururoa Flavell 20.
Most New Followers by an MP:
National: John Key 854, Nikki Kaye 68, Steven Joyce 66.
Labour: David Cunliffe 254, Jacinda Ardern 222, David Shearer 100.
Greens: Russel Norman and Metiria Turei 184, Julie Anne Genter 81, Gareth Hughes 66.
NZF: Winston Peters 198, Tracey Martin 29, Asenati Taylor 16.
Others: Peter Dunne 60, Hone Harawira 54, Tariana Turia 29.
Most New Favourites:
National: Tau Henare 173, Paul Foster Bell and Melissa Lee 10, Scott Simpson 9.
Labour: Clare Curran 38, Grant Robertson 18, Sue Moroney 17.
Greens: Metiria Turei 230, Julie Anne Genter 166, Kevin Hague 112.
NZF: Tracey Martin 10, Winston Peters 9, Asenati Taylor 6.
Others: Te Ururoa Flavell 69, Peter Dunne and Tariana Turia 5.
Average Tweets per MP: 24.35
National: 14.36
Labour: 22.81
Greens: 60.07
NZF: 38
Others: 18.17
Average New Followers per MP: 38.48.
National: 34.66
Labour: 36.84
Greens: 49.93
NZF: 63.75
Others: 33.33
Zero Tweet MPs:
National: 11 (23.40%)
Labour: 4 (12.90%)
Greens: 0 (0%)
Parties:
Most Tweets: Internet Party 162, Greens 139, Labour 62.
Most New Followers: Internet Party 200, Greens 181, Labour 156.
Most New Favourites: Greens 106, Internet Party 101, Labour 34.
Candidates:
Most Tweets: Richard Hills 271, Marama Davidson 265, Shane Gallagher 145.
Most New Followers: Miriam Pierard 100, Marama Davidson 80, Arena Williams 69.
Most New Favourites: Richard Hills 237, Marama Fox 188, Marama Davidson 150.
I did discover that I missed Dr Sea Rotmann from my data collection for some reason. Using Twitonomy she sent over 325 tweets since Wednesday. If she had been included in my data collection, which she is now, she would have been the more active candidate on Twitter this week.
