JULY'S I.C.s - MARTHA KEARNEY

Martha Kearney has worked like a Trojan on the BBC during July. She conducted 30 interviews.

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Here are her interruption coefficients:

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Nick Gibb, Conservative (1/7) - 1.5

Sarah Teather, Lib Dem (1/7) - 1.4

Theresa Villiers, Conservative (1/7) - 1.3

Jim Knight, Labour (1/7) - 0.9

Bill Rammell, Labour (13/7) - 0.7

George Osborne, Conservative (20/7)- 0.7

Lord Adonis, Labour (1/7) - 0.7

Lord Myners, Labour (16/7) - 0.6

Lord Adonis, Labour (23/7) - 0.5

Jack Straw, Labour (2/7) - 0.2

Lord Myners, Labour (8/7) - 0.2

Kevan Jones, Labour (28/7) - 0.2

David Miliband, Labour (27/7) - 0.2

Chris Huhne, Lib Dem (21/7) - 0.2

Clive Betts, Labour (23/7) - 0

Ann Widdecombe, Conservative (2/7) - 0

Andrew Mitchell, Conservative (8/7) - 0

John McFall, Labour (13/7) - 0

Lynne Featherstone, Lib Dem (8/7) - 0

Richard Benyon, Conservative (15/7) - 0

Ed Davey, Lib Dem (15/7) - 0

David Hamilton, Labour (22/7) - 0

Simon Hughes, Lib Dem (9/7) - 0

Peter Mandelson, Labour (27/7) - 0

James Arbuthnot, Conservative (16/7) - 0

Vince Cable, Lib Dem (28/7) - 0

Douglas Alexander, Labour (15/7) - 0

Lord Adonis, Labour (8/7) - 0

Martin Salter, Labour (9/7) - 0

John Whittingdale, Conservative (9/7) - 0

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Though you should note carefully Martha's top three,.....

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Average number of interruptions per political party:

Conservatives - 0.4

Lib Dems - 0.3

Labour - 0.3

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The greater the number of interviews, the more significant even the smallest difference in average I.C.

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In June Martha Kearney's averages were 0.6 for the Conservatives, 0.5 for the SNP and 0.4 for Labour.

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Her bias toward the left is not overwhelming, but it certainly seems to exist nonetheless.