Analysis by PoliMonitor, a political technology company, showed that candidates received abuse or insulting remarks in 16.5 per cent of mentions or replies about them on Twitter, that’s about one in six tweets.
The research analysed 139,564 tweets sent on November 11 2019 which either mentioned or replied to the 2,503 candidates standing in the 2019 General Election who are on Twitter.
Dr Cameron, who has retained her seat in East Kilbride, said last week one of her own campaign leaflets was scrawled with a swastika and posted through her door.
She also said she was subject to much abuse online following her vote against lifting Northern Ireland’s abortion ban in July, and even feared deselection over the issue.
In an interview with Premier about her win, she said: “It just goes to show how difficult politics has become. I was thinking about it last night during the result, how the abuse in politics must put people off entering into politics at all.
“And that’s such a bad thing for democracy. We need people from all different backgrounds and faiths to enter politics and to reflect the society that we have.”
The report comes after more than 50 MPs chose not to contest the General Election, with four female politicians citing issues of bullying as their reason for standing down.
PoliMonitor’s research showed that party…
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