Jude Robinson and Philippa Latimer, Labour's Parliamentary candidtaes in the far west Cornwall constituencies of Camborne & Redruth and St Ives are two of the most mentioned candidates in the social media site 'Twitter'.

Philippa and Jude twittered in as the 19th and 20th most mentioned candidates. This means that people 'retweeted' (repeated via twitter) or replied to their comments which 'tweaked' them into the top 20 of 220 PPCs online across the country.

The report was complied by the political service 'Tweetminster' which provides information on politics, comment and news, aiming to make politicians more accessible to the public.

Jude said: "We are both pleased that 2 of the 20 top mentions were for Cornwall PPCs as it helps keep local issues on the political radar but it is also a quick and easy way to keep in touch, to update campaigns or just to share some social chat with people."

The report also found that the site was used widely by grassroots Labour party supporters to communicate issues. The full report can be found at http://tinyurl.com/yaw3aav