Cabinet 'media tarts' for July

Recreating Iain Dale's Media Tarts for the Cabinet reveals a few surprises.

The table below shows the hits on Factiva - a similar resource to Lexis-Nexis - for the Cabinet for July.

A few points of note:

• Hilary Benn's position at 11th is interesting, as it suggests that Gordon Brown has been the figurehead for much of the flooding issue which dominated the headlines throughout July. Similarly, Hazel Blears - the new Communities Secretary - has received little media attention this month depsite the flooding issue.
• Perhaps Douglas Alexander and Lord Malloch-Brown should have received more attention for their comments on the "special relationship" between the US and the UK.
• Alistair Darling at 4th defies the lack of announcements from his department in the last month.
  
  

1	Gordon Brown	4622
2	Jacqui Smith	532
3	David Miliband	472
4	Alistair Darling	463
5	Ed Balls	349
6	Jack Straw	302
7	Alan Johnson	221
8	Douglas Alexander	212
9	Ruth Kelly	210
10	Harriet Harman	201
11	Hilary Benn	195
12	Hazel Blears	191
13	Yvette Cooper	174
14	Des Browne	170
15	The Lord Malloch-Brown	166
16	John Hutton	139
17	Tessa Jowell	137
18	James Purnell	133
19	Peter Hain	126
20	Ed Miliband	114