We compiled this document on the current status of social media in by Australian Politicians. We looked at every member of the Australian Parliament, and what their use of social media was including Twitter influence and if they used their Facebook page.
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Name | Constituency | State | Party | Twitter profile | Followers | Klout score | Facebook page | Likes |
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Bob Baldwin | Paterson | NSW | Lib | @bobbaldwinmp | 3787 | 57 | /bobbaldwinmp | none available |
John Alexander | Bennelong | NSW | Lib | @JohnAlexanderMP | 2632 | 46 | /john.alexanderbennelong | none available |
Sharon Bird | Cunningham | NSW | Labor | @SharonBirdMP | 2584 | 44 | /sharon.bird.mp | none available |
Bruce Billson | Dunkley | VIC | Lib | @BruceBillsonMP | 1935 | 54 | /bruce.billson | none available |
Kevin Andrews | Menzies | VIC | Lib | @kevinandrewsmp | 2475 | 50 | /kevinandrewsmp | none available |
Julia Gillard | Lalor | VIC | Labor | @JuliaGillard | 386101 | 92 | /juliagillard | 161753 |
Kevin Rudd | Griffith | Queensland | Labor | @KRuddMP | 1229141 | 87 | /KevinRuddMP | 75657 |
Tony Abbott | Warringah | NSW | Lib | @TonyAbbottMHR | 124978 | 71 | /TonyAbbottMP | 34990 |
Malcolm Turnbull | Wentworth | NSW | Lib | @TurnbullMalcolm | 166458 | 72 | /malcolmturnbull | 14511 |
Alex Gallacher | Melbourne | VIC | Greens | @AdamBandt | 28514 | 71 | /Adam.Bandt.MP | 9110 |
Christopher Pyne | Sturt | SA | Lib | none available | /christopher.pyne | 6098 | ||
Wayne Swan | Lilley | Queensland | Labor | @SwannyDPM | 40995 | 70 | /Wayne.Swan.MP | 5379 |
Bill Shorten | Maribyrnong | VIC | Labor | @billshortenmp | 21748 | 66 | /BillShorten | 5302 |
Chris Bowen | McMahon | NSW | Labor | @Bowenchris | 13314 | 58 | /chrisbowenmp | 3467 |
Andrew Wilkie | Denison | Tas | Independent | @WilkieMP | 5219 | none | /andrewwilkiemp | 3260 |
Mark Dreyfus | Isaacs | VIC | Labor | none available | /mark.dreyfus | 3076 | ||
Peter Garrett | Kingsford Smith | NSW | Labor | @PGarrettMP | 29604 | 65 | /PeterGarrettAMMP | 2584 |
Julie Owens | Parramatta | NSW | Labor | @JulieOwensMP | 902 | 45 | /julie.owens.mp | 2481 |
Kate Ellis | Adelaide | SA | Labor | @KateEllisMP | 32930 | 61 | /pages/Kate-Ellis-MP/248221178548054 | 2157 |
Anthony Byrne | Holt | VIC | Labor | @AnthonyByrne_MP | 1608 | 46 | /anthonybyrne | 2069 |
Ed Husic | Chifley | NSW | Labor | @edhusicMP | 7200 | 63 | /ehusic | 1936 |
Kelly O’Dwyer | Higgins | VIC | Lib | @KellyODwyer | 6305 | 55 | /pages/Kelly-ODwyer/171601117783 | 1822 |
Natasha Griggs | Solomon | Northern Territory | Country Lib Party | @NatashaGriggsMP | 1841 | 48 | /natashagriggsmp | 1735 |
David Bradbury | Lindsay | NSW | Labor | @DavidBradburyMP | 7591 | 60 | /DavidBradburyMP | 1692 |
Catherine King | Ballarat | VIC | Labor | @CatherineKingMP | 3676 | 57 | /CatherineKingMP | 1676 |
Bob Katter | Kennedy | Queensland | Katter’s Australian | @RealBobKatter | 8911 | 61 | /bobkattermp | 1661 |
Teresa Gambaro | Brisbane | Queensland | Lib | @TeresaGambaroMP | 1836 | 48 | /TeresaGambaroMP | 1634 |
Julie Collins | Franklin | Tas | Labor | @JulieCollinsMP | 881 | 50 | /juliecollinsmp | 1572 |
Craig Kelly | Hughes | NSW | Lib | @CraigKellyMP | 695 | 41 | /CraigKellyMP | 1504 |
Louise Markus | Macquarie | NSW | Lib | none available | /louise.markus.mp | 1463 | ||
Shayne Neumann | Blair | Queensland | Labor | @ShayneNeumannMP | 2406 | 52 | /shayne.neumann | 1395 |
Scott Morrison | Cook | NSW | Lib | @ScottMorrisonMP | 12735 | 61 | /pages/Scott-Morrison/101546263223119 | 1263 |
Anna Burke | Chisholm | VIC | Labor | none available | /MP.AnnaBurke | 1236 | ||
Michelle Rowland | Greenway | NSW | Labor | @MRowlandMP | 2400 | 59 | /mrowlandmp | 1141 |
Stephen Jones | Throsby | NSW | Labor | @stephenjonesALP | 3935 | 50 | /pages/Stephen-Jones-for-Throsby/324823886818 | 1100 |
Laura Smyth | La Trobe | VIC | Labor | none available | /pages/Laura-Smyth/251753603620 | 1043 | ||
Nola Marino | Forrest | WA | Lib | @NolaMarinoMP | 363 | 38 | /nola.marino.mp | 1019 |
Amanda Rishworth | Kingston | SA | Labor | @AmandaRishworth | 3145 | 51 | /AmandaRishworth | 963 |
Deborah O’Neill | Robertson | NSW | Labor | @Deborah_ONeill | 2689 | 49 | /DebONeillMP | 920 |
Andrew Leigh | Fraser | ACT | Labor | none available | /pages/Andrew-Leigh-MP/129819533748295 | 918 | ||
elissa Parke | Fremantle | WA | Labor | none available | /MelissaParkeMP | 656 | ||
Paul Fletcher | Bradfield | NSW | Lib | @paulwfletcher | 3530 | 52 | /pages/Paul-Fletcher/142496131402 | 623 |
Rob Mitchell | McEwen | VIC | Labor | @RobMitchellMP | 2489 | 57 | /pages/Rob-Mitchell-MP-Federal-Labor-Member-for-McEwen/113830088678537 | 622 |
Josh Frydenberg | Kooyong | VIC | Lib | @JoshFrydenberg | 4095 | 54 | /JoshFrydenbergMP | 618 |
Bernie Ripoll | Oxley | Queensland | Labor | none available | /pages/Bernie-Ripoll/47126097966 | 552 | ||
Russell Matheson | Macarthur | NSW | Lib | @RussellMatheson | 523 | 45 | /pages/Russell-Matheson-MP-Federal-Member-for-Macarthur/164320700256328 | 548 |
Ewen Jones | Herbert | Queensland | Lib | @EwenJonesMP | 995 | 40 | /ewenjonesmp | 547 |
Brendan O’Connor | Gorton | VIC | Labor | none available | www.facebook.com/BrendanOConnorMP?s | 527 | ||
Nick Champion | Wakefield | SA | Labor | @NickChampionMP | 3937 | 54 | /pages/Nick-Champion-MP/325495831575 | 490 |
Craig Emerson | Rankin | Queensland | Labor | @CraigEmersonMP | 12957 | 59 | /craigemersonmp | 466 |
Gary Gray AO | Brand | WA | Labor | none available | /garygraymp | 440 | ||
Darren Cheeseman | Corangamite | VIC | Labor | @DCheesemanMP | 1056 | 48 | /darren.cheeseman.mp | 402 |
Alan Tudge | Aston | VIC | Lib | @AlanTudgeMP | 1395 | 52 | /tudgeMP | 312 |
Yvette D’Ath | Petrie | Queensland | Labor | none available | /YvetteDAth | 308 | ||
Sussan Ley | Farrer | NSW | Lib | @sussanley | 3115 | 46 | www.facebook.com/SussanLeyMP | 301 |
Richard Marles | Corio | VIC | Labor | @RichardMarlesMP | 10441 | 53 | /richardmarlesmp | 292 |
Karen Andrews | McPherson | Queensland | Lib | @KarenAndrewsMP | 1198 | 46 | /KarenAndrewsMP?ref=ts | 239 |
Dick Adams | Lyons | Tas | Labor | none available | /Dick.Adams.MP | 202 | ||
Alby Schultz | Hume | NSW | Lib | @albyschultz | 133 | /pages/Alby-Schultz/109108692440567 | 41 | |
Alex Hawke | Mitchell | NSW | Lib | @AlexHawkeMP | 6070 | 60 | /pages/Alex-Hawke-MP/162305300494678?fref=ts | 6 |
Gai Brodtmann | Canberra | ACT | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Warren Snowdon | Lingiari | Northern Territory | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Michael McCormack | Riverina | NSW | Nat | @M_McCormackMP | 245 | 45 | /michael.mccormack.336 | |
Robert Oakeshott | Lyne | NSW | Independent | @OakeyMP | 17855 | 66 | /robert.oakeshott.MP | |
Tony Windsor | New England | NSW | Independent | @TonyWindsorMP | 5800 | 62 | none available | |
Craig Thomson | Dobell | NSW | Independent | @DobellThommo | 6393 | 60 | none available | |
Tony Burke | Watson | NSW | Labor | @Tony_Burke | 22946 | 81 | none available | |
Anthony Albanese | Grayndler | NSW | Labor | @AlboMP | 21,799 | 66 | none available | |
Tanya Plibersek | Sydney | NSW | Labor | @tanya_plibersek | 18644 | 63 | none available | |
Mike Kelly | Eden-Monaro | NSW | Labor | @MikeKellyMP | 6292 | 60 | none available | |
Joel Fitzgibbon | Hunter | NSW | Labor | @fitzhunter | 6236 | 57 | none available | |
Jason Clare | Blaxland | NSW | Labor | @JasonClareMP | 8271 | 56 | none available | |
Jill Hall | Shortland | NSW | Labor | @JillHallMP | 55 | none available | ||
Janelle Saffin | Page | NSW | Labor | @JanelleSaffin | 1463 | 50 | none available | |
Laurie Ferguson | Werriwa | NSW | Labor | @FergusonLMP | 548 | 45 | none available | |
Greg Combet | Charlton | NSW | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Justine Elliot | Richmond | NSW | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Sharon Grierson | Newcastle | NSW | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Chris Hayes | Fowler | NSW | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Robert McClelland | Barton | NSW | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Daryl Melham | Banks | NSW | Labor | none available | none available | |||
John Murphy | Reid | NSW | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Joe Hockey | North Sydney | NSW | Lib | @JoeHockey | 72015 | 82 | none available | |
Alex Hawke | Mitchell | NSW | Lib | @AlexHawkeMP | 6074 | 60 | none available | |
Joanna Gash | Gilmore | NSW | Lib | @JoGash | 0 | 37 | none available | |
Philip Ruddock | Berowra | NSW | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Alby Schultz | Hume | NSW | Lib | none available | none available | |||
John Cobb | Calare | NSW | Nat | none available | none available | |||
Mark Coulton | Parkes | NSW | Nat | none available | none available | |||
Luke Hartsuyker | Cowper | NSW | Nat | none available | none available | |||
Graham Perrett | Moreton | Queensland | Labor | @GrahamPerrettMP | 3469 | /graham.perrett.1 | ||
Jane Prentice | Ryan | Queensland | Lib | @JanePrentice_MP | 1187 | 47 | /janeprenticemp | |
Peter Slipper | Fisher | Queensland | Independent | @PeterSlipperMP | 6614 | 57 | none available | |
Kirsten Livermore | Capricornia | Queensland | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Wyatt Roy | Longman | Queensland | Lib | @Wyatt_Roy_MP | 8293 | 55 | none available | |
Peter Dutton | Dickson | Queensland | Lib | @peter_dutton | 3 | 54 | none available | |
Stuart Robert | Fadden | Queensland | Lib | @stuartrobertmp | 5104 | 53 | none available | |
Steven Ciobo | Moncrieff | Queensland | Lib | @steveciobo | 4158 | 50 | none available | |
Andrew Laming | Bowman | Queensland | Lib | @AndrewLamingMP | 4248 | 45 | none available | |
Bert van Manen | Forde | Queensland | Lib | @BertVanManen | 655 | 44 | none available | |
Scott Buchholz | Wright | Queensland | Lib | @ScottBuchholzMP | 1014 | 42 | none available | |
Warren Entsch | Leichhardt | Queensland | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Ian Macfarlane | Groom | Queensland | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Alexander Somlyay | Fairfax | Queensland | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Ross Vasta | Bonner | Queensland | Lib | none available | none available | |||
George Christensen | Dawson | Queensland | Nat | @GChristensenMP | 1946 | 53 | none available | |
Paul Neville | Hinkler | Queensland | Nat | none available | none available | |||
Ken O’Dowd | Flynn | Queensland | Nat | none available | none available | |||
Bruce Scott | Maranoa | Queensland | Nat | none available | none available | |||
Warren Truss | Wide Bay | Queensland | Nat | none available | none available | |||
Mark Butler | Port Adelaide | SA | Labor | @Mark_Butler_MP | 8072 | 61 | none available | |
Amanda Rishworth | Kingston | SA | Labor | @AmandaRishworth | 3181 | 51 | none available | |
Steve Georganas | Hindmarsh | SA | Labor | @stevegeorganas | 3806 | 47 | none available | |
Jamie Briggs | Mayo | SA | Lib | @BriggsJamie | 5129 | 59 | none available | |
Andrew Southcott | Boothby | SA | Lib | @asouthcottmp | 2663 | 50 | none available | |
Rowan Ramsey | Grey | SA | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Patrick Secker | Barker | SA | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Tony Zappia | Makin | SA | Labor | |||||
Geoff Lyons | Bass | Tas | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Sid Sidebottom | Braddon | Tas | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Sophie Mirabella | Indi | VIC | Lib | @SMirabellaMP | 4683 | 58 | /sophie.m.mp | |
Simon Crean | Hotham | VIC | Labor | @SimonCrean_MP | 11023 | 56 | none available | |
Steve Gibbons | Bendigo | VIC | Labor | @SteveGibbonsMP | 4797 | 55 | none available | |
Kelvin Thomson | Wills | VIC | Labor | @KelvinThomsonMP | 2018 | 47 | none available | |
Maria Vamvakinou | Calwell | VIC | Labor | @MariaVamvakinou | 930 | 37 | none available | |
Michael Danby | Melbourne Ports | VIC | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Martin Ferguson | Batman | VIC | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Alan Griffin | Bruce | VIC | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Harry Jenkins | Scullin | VIC | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Jenny Macklin | Jagajaga | VIC | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Nicola Roxon | Gellibrand | VIC | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Mike Symon | Deakin | VIC | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Greg Hunt | Flinders | VIC | Lib | @GregHuntMP | 9726 | 61 | none available | |
Sharman Stone | Murray | VIC | Lib | @SharmanStone | 1512 | 50 | none available | |
Dan Tehan | Wannon | VIC | Lib | @DanTehanWannon | 1232 | 46 | none available | |
Andrew Robb | Goldstein | VIC | Lib | @AndrewRobbMP | 9065 | none available | ||
Russell Broadbent | McMillan | VIC | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Tony Smith | Casey | VIC | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Darren Chester | Gippsland | VIC | Nat | none available | none available | |||
John Forrest | Mallee | VIC | Nat | none available | none available | |||
Michael Keenan | Stirling | WA | Lib | @MichaelKeenanMP | 1736 | 46 | /MichaelKeeenanMP | |
Stephen Smith | Perth | WA | Labor | none available | none available | |||
Julie Bishop | Curtin | WA | Lib | @JulieBishopMP | 29259 | 63 | none available | |
Dennis Jensen | Tangney | WA | Lib | @DennisJensenMP | 2139 | 54 | none available | |
Ken Wyatt | Hasluck | WA | Lib | @KenWyattMP | 4973 | 45 | none available | |
Steve Irons | Swan | WA | Lib | @SteveIronsMP | 2405 | 45 | none available | |
Luke Simpkins | Cowan | WA | Lib | @LukeSimpkinsMP | 325 | 43 | none available | |
Barry Haase | Durack | WA | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Judi Moylan | Pearce | WA | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Don Randall | Canning | WA | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Mal Washer | Moore | WA | Lib | none available | none available | |||
Tony Crook | O’Connor | WA | Nat | none available | none available |