Labour’s media luvvies: who topped the list?

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

Mandate communications have put together a media profile table of Labour party ministers based on how prominent they were in the newspapers during conference. It’s obviously just a bit of fun, but it might also tell us something about which ministers are courting relationships with the press – and especially interesting to see how frequently those with leadership credentials or ambitions such as Ed Balls, Harriet Harman and David and Ed Miliband appear.

1. Gordon Brown
2. Peter Mandelson
3. Alistair Darling
4. David Miliband
5. Alan Johnson
6. Ed Balls
7. Harriet Harman
8. Jack Straw
9. Ed Miliband
10. Andy Burnham
11. Bob Ainsworth
12. Peter Hain
13. Ben Bradshaw
14. Lord Adonis
15. Hilary Benn