WHERE MPMPMP SSS GET THEIR NEWS: NEWSPAPERS, BLOGS AND FAVOURITE JOURNALISTS
JULY 2018 BBC NEWS IS THE MOST POPULAR NEWS PROGRAMME FOR MPMPMP SSS
Daily At least twice a week Weekly Monthly Less than monthly Never No Response
BBC News Channel 36% 35% 8%8%8% 6%6%6% 8%8%8% 4%4%4% 2%2%2%
BBC Radio 4 47% 21% 10% 6%6%6% 7%7%7% 8%8%8% 1%1%1%
BBC 6 O'Clock News/BBC News at Ten 22% 41% 20% 4%4%4% 5%5%5% 7%7%7% 1%1%1%
Sky News 30% 28% 18% 10% 6%6%6% 5%5%5% 2%2%2%
ITV News 15% 33% 24% 12% 9%9%9% 6%6%6% 1%1%1%
Channel 4 News 16% 25% 19% 18% 12% 8%8%8% 1%1%1%
BBC Radio 5 Live 11% 18% 13% 12% 19% 22% 3%3%3%
LBC 4%4%4% 9%9%9% 10% 15% 25% 34% 3%3%3%
CNN 2%2%2% 8%8%8% 9%9%9% 11% 28% 40% 2%2%2%
Bloomberg 1%1%1% 2%2%2% 5%5%5% 8%8%8% 28% 54% 3%3%3%
Al-Jazeera English 1%1%1% 1%1%1% 2%2%2% 6%6%6% 22% 66% 2%2%2%
Other 4%4%4% 4%4%4% 1%1%1% 1%1%1% 8%8%8% 81%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
The most popular daily news programme for Labour MPs is BBC News (45%)
The most popular daily news programme for Conservative MPs is Sky NewsNews (33%)
Q. How frequently, if at all, do you watch or listen to the following news programmes? Base: April 2018 all MPs (n=151). 2 THE TIMES IS READ ONLINE ‘AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK’ BY 46% OF MP SSS
Daily Newspapers 2018 2016 2018 2016 Online Paper copy 31% The Daily Telegraph 27% 32% 21% 19% 14% 12% Financial Times 10% 38% The Guardian 21% 32% 18% 46% The Times 36% 31% 35% 5% 9% 5% Daily Express 3% 32% 22% 28% Daily Mail 21% 13% 8% 13% Daily Mirror 5% 12% The Evening Standard 45% 7% 25% 10% 14% 7% The Sun 10% 3% 3% 1% Daily Star 0% 2% 0% 3% The Morning Star 1% 4% 16% n/a The Metro n/a 18% 7% n/a The Independent n/a 10% i 4% 5% 3% 7% 7% 7% Other 7%
The Times is most regularly read by MPs online, with nearly half reading it at least twice a week The Evening Standard is the most popular paper (46%). The Times online readership has increased newspaper as it is read at least twice a week by significantly since April 2016 (46% vs 31%). 45% of MPs, up from a quarter in 2016 (25%).
3 Q. Which, if any of the following daily newspapers do you read at least twice a week? Base: April 2018 all MPs (n=151), April 2016 all MPs (n=150). THE SUNDAY TIMES IS MOST WIDELY READ WITH ONLINE READERSHIP UP FOR ALMOST ALL TITLES
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Online Nearly half of Labour MPs read 33% The Observer at least twice a 2016 2018 27% month online (47%) 22% 21% 21% 20% 17% 15% 10% 8%8%8% 5%5%5% 4%4%4% 5%5%5% 2%2%2% 3%3%3% 3%3%3% 1%1%1% n/a 1%1%1%0%0%0% 1%1%1% 1%1%1% Other Mirror Sunday Sunday Express The Sunday Times People Sunday Sunday Daily Star Telegraph The Sunon The Sunday The Sunday The Sunday The Mail on Independent The Observer Q. Which, if any of the following Sunday newspapers do you read at least twice a month? Base: April 2016 all MPs (n=150), April 2018 all MPs (n=151). 4 THE FAVOURITE BLOG COVERING UK POLITICS IS GUIDO FAWKES
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Q. Please write in the name of your favourite Blog covering politics in the UK. Base: all MPs (n=151). 5 ANDREW NEIL IS THE FAVOURITE BROADCAST JOURNALIST COVERING UK POLITICS
Andrew Laura Robert Nick Adam Faisal John Mishal John Michael Neil Kuenssberg Peston Robinson Boulton Islam Humphries Husain Pienaar Crick ALL MPs: 21% 17% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1%
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MPs most commonly say that Andrew Labour Conservative Neil is their favourite broadcast journalist (21(21%)%) and he is more 18% popular among Conservative than 15% Labour MPs (36(36%% vs. 5%).
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Andrew Neil Laura Robert Nick Adam Faisal Islam John Mishal John Michael Kuenssberg Peston Robinson Boulton Humphries Husain Pienaar Crick 6 Q. Please write in the name of your favourite broadcast journalist covering politics in the UK. Base: all MPs (n=151). QUENTIN LETTS IS THE FAVOURITE PRINT JOURNALIST FOR UKUKUKPOLITICS
ALL MPs: Quentin 5% 7% Letts 1%
Matthew 6% Parris 4% 1%
Daniel 8% Finkelstein 4% 0% Fraser 8% Quentin Letts is the most Nelson 4% 0% popular print journalist (5%). HoweverHowever,, no print journalist Kevin 0% scored more than 8% Maguire 3% 6%
Dan 6% 3% Hodges 0%
Charles 6% Moore 3% 0%
Sam 2% Coates 2% 1%
Andrew 0% Conservative Labour Rawnsley 2% 5%
7 Q. Please write in the name of your favourite Print journalist covering politics in the UK. Base: all MPs (n=151). METHODOLOGY
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