Infographic: General election social analysis – Labour boasts a quarter more Twitter followers than Tories

Labour is the most followed UK political party on Twitter with 26 per cent more followers than the Conservatives and almost two thirds of tweets regarding the party positive, according to Social Bro.

Of the general election debate Labour claimed a 28 per cent share of the discussion with over 84,000 tweets, while Tories fell short with a fifth less share with 67,900 tweets.

Acknowledging the importance of social media to the election, Labour has increase its Twitter activity by 18 per cent with the Tories seeing a 14 per cent increase.

Check out the full infographic below.