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Table 4 Ten most abused candidates by volume

From: Which politicians receive abuse? Four factors illuminated in the UK general election 2019

Name

Abusive replies

All replies

% abusive

% of total

Boris Johnson

34,256

565,396

6.06

21.70

Jeremy Corbyn

33,782

636,630

5.31

21.40

Matthew Hancock

12,156

186,543

6.52

7.70

Michael Gove

7255

82,240

8.82

4.60

David Lammy

6261

106,594

5.87

3.97

Jo Swinson

3819

110,533

3.46

2.42

James Cleverly

3571

58,856

6.07

2.26

Jacob Rees-Mogg

3342

48,311

6.92

2.12

Sajid Javid

3082

57,712

5.34

1.95

Diane Abbott

2262

52,279

4.33

1.43