Guardian Unlimited Is MPs' Favourite Newspaper Website

In a new poll of Members of Parliament commissioned by MORI, it was found that 40% of MPs use Guardian Unlimited, far ahead of its nearest competitor, making it the most popular newspaper website among politicians. It was also found that almost half (49%) of Labour MPs turned to Guardian Unlimited as their online newspaper of choice.

Asked over this summer, "Which Internet news site have you used in the past month?" 40% replied Guardian Unlimited. The award-winning network proved overwhelmingly more popular than The-Times.co.uk (22%), Telegraph.co.uk (18%) and Independent.co.uk (13%).

Guardian Unlimited combines the authority and wit of the Guardian with the immediacy and interactivity of the net. Its own dedicated political website, Guardian Unlimited Politics, (guardian.co.uk/politics) provides breaking news, exclusive political commentary, analysis, games, gossip, a daily email service: "the backbencher", and 'Aristotle', a unique database of political information.

Guardian Unlimited Politics is also providing its own SMS Guardian Unlimited Is MPs' Favourite Newspaper Website service for mobile phone users at this week's Labour party conference.

Technical details

The full results of the survey was as follows:

Of all British MP's...

55% of all MP's have used news.bbc.co.uk 40% of all MP's have used guardian.co.uk 22% of all MP's have used the-times.co.uk 18% of all MP's have used telegraph.co.uk

Of all Labour MP's...

54% of Labour MP's have used news.bbc.co.uk 49% of Labour MP's have used guardian.co.uk 17% of Labour MP's have used the-times.co.uk 12% of Labour MP's have used telegraph.co.uk

Source: MORI Survey of Britain's Members of Parliament, Summer 2001

Technical details

MORI interviewed 104 MPs, including 65 Labour, 26 Conservative and 13 other MPs. Interviews were conducted face-to-face between 18 June and 1 August 2001, and data are weighted to reflect the proportions of the House of Commons.