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MPs who use WordPress

10 August 2009 2 ,

I had a bit of a brainwave earlier, which led me to wondering how many MPs run websites on WordPress. Taking as my starting point the Total Politics directory of Parliamentarians' blogs, I soon received a number of extra suggestions from Twitter folks... leading me to the following list of MPs whose blogs (or non-blog websites) are powered by WordPress:

If anyone knows any more, I'd love to add them to the list. Oh, and for the record... with such low take-up (so far), my brainwave may be a little ahead of its time.

Update: a special thanks to Danny Dagan (whose Blogminster project is in development) and PSF's Ian Cuddy for providing a load of new ones I didn't know about, even one or two at Cabinet level. I now count three Cabinet ministers on WordPress: Messrs Byrne, Bradshaw and Johnson... plus Nick Brown, who 'attends' Cabinet as chief whip, but isn't 'in' it.

  • Liam Byrne's new site, which is apparently launching soon, will be on WordPress - he currently uses wp.com for his blog, too.

  • Quite a few Parliamentary candidates used WordPress, so the next election may hasten your brainwave, whatever it is...

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