Political user groups were found to retweet users who belong to their own group more frequently than those belonging to others

Percentage of users retweeted by user group

0-9%

10-19

20-49

50 and above

Users

retweeting

Tweets by party supporters

Labour

SNP

Tory

UKIP

Labour

65%

18%

12%

6%

SNP

12%

78%

5%

4%

Tory

14%

8%

46%

32%

UKIP

6%

3%

18%

73%

0-9%

10-19

20-49

50 and above

Users retweeting

Tweets by party supporters

Labour

SNP

Tory

UKIP

Labour

65%

18%

12%

6%

SNP

12%

78%

5%

4%

Tory

14%

8%

46%

32%

UKIP

6%

3%

18%

73%