UK political tweets timeline

Find political tweets by the year they appeared. The timeline also shows who held office in Westminster when they were posted.

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Who was in power

• June 2007 to May 2010Gordon BrownLabour
• May 2010 to May 2015David CameronConservative–Liberal Democrat coalition
• May 2015 to July 2016David CameronConservative
• July 2016 to July 2019Theresa MayConservative
• July 2019 to September 2022Boris JohnsonConservative
• September to October 2022Liz TrussConservative
• October 2022 to July 2024Rishi SunakConservative
• July 2024 to July 2026Keir StarmerLabour
• From July 2026Andy BurnhamLabour

Past prime ministers on GOV.UK · The 2010–2015 coalition · Andy Burnham’s appointment

2009

Gordon Brown · Labour

• Lauren Edwards’s 2009 tweet about EstoniansJune 2009Labour

2011

David Cameron · Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition

• Ed Balls Day and the original “Ed Balls” tweet28 April 2011Labour
• Liz Truss’s 2011 tweet about Jimmy Savile29 October 2011Conservative

2012

David Cameron · Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition

• Diane Abbott and the “divide and rule” tweet4 January 2012Labour
• Aidan Burley and the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony tweets27 July 2012Conservative
• David Cameron’s first tweet6 October 2012Conservative

2014

David Cameron · Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition

• David Cameron and the Obama phone call photo5 March 2014Conservative
• Grant Shapps and the beer and bingo Budget tweet19 March 2014Conservative
• Austin Mitchell and the Pfizer and AstraZeneca takeover tweetMay 2014Labour
• Michael Fabricant and the tweet about Yasmin Alibhai-Brown20 June 2014Conservative
• Helen Goodman and the tweet about new Conservative ministers16 July 2014Labour
• David Ward’s Gaza rocket tweet22 July 2014Liberal Democrats
• Sayeeda Warsi and the Gaza resignation announcement5 August 2014Conservative
• Ed Miliband and the “Pure and Simple” mansion tax tweet18 November 2014Labour
• Emily Thornberry and image from Rochester20 November 2014Labour

2015

David Cameron · Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition until May, then Conservative majority

• David Cameron’s “chaos with Ed Miliband” tweet4 May 2015Conservative

2016

David Cameron until 13 July, then Theresa May · Conservative

• Heidi Alexander and the shadow cabinet resignation26 June 2016Labour

2017

Theresa May · Conservative government, supported by the DUP after the June election

• Theresa May’s “just six seats” election tweet20 May 2017Conservative
• Louise Mensch’s Steve Bannon death penalty tweet19 July 2017Conservative
• Ruth Davidson’s wheat-field tweet about Theresa May2 August 2017Conservative
• Peter Bone’s Brexit Christmas card tweet6 December 2017Conservative

2018

Theresa May · Conservative government, supported by the DUP

• Ben Bradley and the Jeremy Corbyn libel and apologyAround February 2018Conservative
• Nadine Dorries’s tweet to Yasmin Alibhai-BrownMay 2018Conservative
• Faisal Rashid and the “vote early, vote often” tweet3 May 2018Labour
• David Lammy’s tweet exposing racist hate mail21 May 2018Labour
• Andrew Bridgen’s Westminster desk photo31 July 2018Conservative
• Andrea Jenkyns’s #ChuckChequers tweet14 October 2018Conservative
• Johnny Mercer’s “one chance at honesty” tweet16 October 2018Conservative
• Jo Johnson and the Brexit resignation and second referendum9 November 2018Conservative
• Dominic Raab and the resignation over the draft Brexit agreement15 November 2018Conservative
• Esther McVey and the resignation over Theresa May’s Brexit deal15 November 2018Conservative

2019

Theresa May until 24 July, then Boris Johnson · Conservative

• Ed Miliband and the bacon sandwich comeback18 January 2019Labour
• Chuka Umunna and the Independent Group’s Nando’s trip25 February 2019The Independent Group
• Ed Miliband and the House of Commons catering joke27 March 2019Labour
• Clive Lewis and the Downing Street Brexit black hole10 April 2019Labour
• Ed Miliband and the Basil Brush photo in Doncaster25 April 2019Labour
• Andrew Bridgen and the Blackpool and Paris Brexit analogy4 May 2019Conservative
• Craig Tracey and larry the cat considers his position22 May 2019Conservative
• Rory Stewart and the Kew Gardens invitation28 May 2019Conservative
• Jo Swinson and the #HoldingTheCamera Question Time tweet30 May 2019Liberal Democrat
• Nicola Sturgeon’s Twitter reply to Boris Johnson17 June 2019Scottish National Party
• Angela Rayner and the Conservative benches in emojis25 July 2019Labour
• James Cleverly and the Labour benches in emojis25 July 2019Conservative
• Jess Phillips and the “Esquire” profile name27 July 2019Labour
• David Gauke and the poolside Brexit joke11 August 2019Conservative
• Jo Swinson and jacob Rees-Mogg on the Commons benches3 September 2019Liberal Democrat
• Jo Johnson and the resignation citing family loyalty and the national interest5 September 2019Conservative
• Amber Rudd’s Cabinet resignation tweet7 September 2019Conservative
• Rory Stewart and the Halloween pumpkin tweet31 October 2019Independent
• Michael Gove and the Stormzy reply26 November 2019Conservative
• Matt Hancock and the Fraserburgh harbour photo8 December 2019Conservative
• Jeremy Corbyn and the polling station NHS meme10 December 2019Labour
• David Gauke and the Piers Morgan interview joke11 December 2019Independent
• Priti Patel and “Get Breakfast Done”13 December 2019Conservative

2020

Boris Johnson · Conservative

• Boris Johnson and “A fantastic year for Britain”2 January 2020Conservative
• Zarah Sultana and the tweet about the “party of the 1%”24 January 2020Labour
• Boris Johnson and the positive coronavirus test announcement27 March 2020Conservative
• Boris Johnson and the NHS thank-you video after leaving hospital12 April 2020Conservative
• Keir Starmer’s reply to Boris Johnson’s first briefing back30 April 2020Labour
• Tom Watson’s reply to Matt Hancock on Covid testing1 May 2020Labour
• Douglas Ross and the resignation over the Dominic Cummings row26 May 2020Conservative
• Rebecca Long-Bailey and the Maxine Peake tweet and dismissal25 June 2020Labour
• Zarah Sultana’s £90 billion tax-gap claim12 August 2020Labour
• Zarah Sultana and the tweet welcoming Jeremy Corbyn’s readmission17 November 2020Labour
• Neil Coyle and the tweet about rebuilding trust with Jewish communities18 November 2020Labour
• Richard Burgon and the tweet about division in Labour18 November 2020Labour
• Zarah Sultana and the tweet about Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour status18 November 2020Labour

2021

Boris Johnson · Conservative

• Ed Balls and the tenth anniversary of Ed Balls Day28 April 2021Former Labour MP
• Yvette Cooper’s Ed Balls Day reply28 April 2021Labour
• Arlene Foster’s “lovely lunch” tweet during the DUP revolt17 June 2021Democratic Unionist Party
• Matt Hancock and the resignation video after breaking Covid rules26 June 2021Conservative
• Simon Hoare and the Northern Ireland bonfire tweetJuly 2021Conservative
• Siân Berry’s Green Party leadership statement on Twitter14 July 2021Green Party
• Peter Grant’s deleted reply to Andrew Neil15 July 2021Scottish National Party
• Joanna Cherry’s tweet about single-sex spaces4 October 2021Scottish National Party
• Kirsty Blackman and the retweet about Joanna Cherry5 October 2021Scottish National Party
• Zarah Sultana and the post about racist hate mail11 November 2021Labour

2022

Boris Johnson until 6 September, Liz Truss until 25 October, then Rishi Sunak · Conservative

• Michelle Thomson’s deleted tweet about Ukraine and the EUMarch 2022Scottish National Party
• David Cameron and the food project volunteering tweet18 March 2022Conservative
• Zarah Sultana and the 2,612% food bank claim18 March 2022Labour
• Stewart McDonald’s tweet calling for Crispin Blunt to stand down11 April 2022Scottish National Party
• Nadine Dorries’s “still in lockdown” tweet about Keir Starmer12 April 2022Conservative
• Alok Sharma’s tweet after the Sue Gray report25 May 2022Conservative
• Nigel Adams’s tweet backing Boris Johnson after the Sue Gray report25 May 2022Conservative
• Brendan Clarke-Smith’s Beergate sandwich tweet29 May 2022Conservative
• Liz Truss and ready to hit the ground from day oneJuly 2022Conservative
• Chris Bryant’s tweet after Sunak and Javid resigned5 July 2022Labour
• David Frost and the tweet backing Sunak and Javid’s resignations5 July 2022Conservative
• Nadine Dorries and the tweet backing Boris Johnson5 July 2022Conservative
• Rishi Sunak and the resignation as Chancellor5 July 2022Conservative
• Sajid Javid and the resignation as Health Secretary5 July 2022Conservative
• Caroline Lucas and the wrong Liz Truss account5 September 2022Green Party
• Kwasi Kwarteng and the letter after being sacked as Chancellor14 October 2022Conservative
• Gavin Williamson’s resignation letter on Twitter8 November 2022Conservative

2023

Rishi Sunak · Conservative

• Andrew Bridgen and the Covid vaccine tweet and loss of the whip11 January 2023Conservative
• Joanna Cherry and the Humza Yousaf retweetMarch 2023Scottish National Party
• Nadine Dorries’s tweet after Boris Johnson’s Privileges Committee hearing22 March 2023Conservative
• Mark Garnier and the laughing gas typo26 March 2023Conservative
• Naomi Long’s tweet challenging Kate Hoey over Stormont30 March 2023Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
• Dominic Raab and the resignation after the bullying inquiry21 April 2023Conservative
• Caroline Lucas’s tweet announcing she would leave Parliament8 June 2023Green Party
• Rishi Sunak and the Lionesses World Cup final tribute20 August 2023Conservative
• Rishi Sunak and the private jet photo after the HS2 decision6 October 2023Conservative
• Humza Yousaf’s X video of his mother-in-law in Gaza13 October 2023Scottish National Party
• David Cameron’s Twitter announcement as Foreign Secretary13 November 2023Conservative
• Suella Braverman and the letter to Rishi Sunak after being sacked14 November 2023Conservative

2024

Rishi Sunak · Conservative until 5 July, then Keir Starmer · Labour

• Paul Holmes’s “aged well” reply to Simon Clarke23 January 2024Conservative
• Kate Osamor’s Holocaust Memorial Day apology on X26 January 2024Labour
• Michelle O’Neill’s “First Minister for all” post3 February 2024Sinn Féin
• Stephen Flynn’s Gaza ceasefire vote post21 February 2024Scottish National Party
• Michael Fabricant’s deleted post and apology to Dale Vince13 March 2024Conservative
• Rishi Sunak and the £900 National Insurance video29 April 2024Conservative
• Nigel Farage’s “milkshake brings all the people to the rally” post4 June 2024Reform UK
• Rishi Sunak and the campaign video about spending your own money11 June 2024Conservative
• Nigel Farage’s Southport video on X30 July 2024Reform UK
• Liz Truss’s X response to the lettuce banner14 August 2024Conservative
• Lee Anderson’s “Battle of the Somme” reply9 December 2024Reform UK

2025

Keir Starmer · Labour

• Andrew Gwynne and the apology for WhatsApp comments8 February 2025Labour
• Clive Lewis’s deleted repost about Keir Starmer and Israel26 April 2025Labour
• Diane Abbott’s deleted post about the Israeli militaryJuly 2025Labour
• Zarah Sultana and the announcement of her departure from Labour3 July 2025Independent
• Angela Rayner’s resignation letter on X5 September 2025Labour
• Suella Braverman’s deleted post about a prisoner release26 October 2025Conservative
• Bob Blackman and the repost about Shabana Mahmood15 December 2025Conservative

2026

Keir Starmer until 20 July, then Andy Burnham · Labour

• Lee Anderson’s tweet about teachers after a Reform fuel event14 April 2026Reform UK
• Zack Polanski’s repost about the Golders Green police response30 April 2026Green Party