Table 1

Statistics covering the entire period from March 2020 to March 2021

Overall stats from March 2020 to March 2021
COVID periodOriginal MP tweetsRetweets by MPsReplies by MPsReplies to MPsAbusive replies to MPs% Ab (all)COVID events
March 202033,99061,60218,6191,219,37946,9643.85 
April 202031,36454,24917,7991,325,96743,8793.31 
May 202030,83855,42115,9282,166,84794,2324.35 
June 202028,91653,00315,2371,770,97179,1564.47Lockdowns and Elections
July 202024,47342,54111,1361,120,40246,6914.17 
August 202017,31628,5638,222972,29441,4124.26 
September 202025,85545,11610,4401,328,09559,8064.50School Closures
October 202027,12546,24012,1061,454,70474,3595.11Partisan Politics
November 202027,45037,96511,7371,440,56466,1874.59Brexit, partisan politics and lockdowns
December 202025,15835,43412,4801,449,70879,0825.46Brexit, partisan politics and lockdowns
January 202126,93745,19813,7041,528,06860,5973.97 
February 202122,45138,90110,156959,43830,0733.13 
March 202128,07250,01911,6641,111,20036,4323.28 

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