Table 1 Sample statistics for the individuals studied. All candidates for the UK 2019 parliamentary election are included, where we were able to obtain a Twitter account for them
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Party | Female | Male | Non-binary | Total | Not male |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Party | 310 | 275 | 1 | 586 | 53.07 |
Conservative Party | 162 | 367 | 0 | 529 | 30.62 |
Liberal Democrats | 168 | 352 | 1 | 521 | 32.44 |
Green Party | 150 | 211 | 2 | 363 | 41.87 |
The Brexit Party | 43 | 153 | 0 | 196 | 21.94 |
Independent | 23 | 86 | 0 | 109 | 21.10 |
Scottish National Party | 20 | 39 | 0 | 59 | 33.9 |
Plaid Cymru | 8 | 22 | 0 | 30 | 26.67 |
Other | 50 | 138 | 0 | 188 | 26.60 |
Total | 934 | 1643 | 4 | 2581 | 36.38 |