List and status of UK Local Council Twitters

19 December 2008 32 Comments

List of UK Local Council Twitter Accounts

No.	Local Council	Bio	Webteam
1.	Devon City Council	Official Twitter pages for Devon County Council - email customer@devon.gov.uk to contact us direct	N/A
2.	Stradford DC	Official Twitter pages of Stratford-on-Avon District Council	@sdcwebteam
3.	Derby City Council	Derby City Council	@derbyccwebteam
4.	Stirling Council	We are a UK local authority located in the heart of Scotland.	N/A
5.	Brighton & Hove City Council	Official Twitter pages of Brighton & Hove City Council	N/A
6.	Birmingham City Council Transport	Transport news from Birmingham City Council	N/A
7.	Lichfield District Council Planning Applications	Lichfield District	N/A
8.	Leeds City Council Press Office	This is the official Twitter of the Leeds City Council Press Office	N/A
9.	London Borough of Southwark	N/A	N/A
10.	Wandsworth Council	N/A	N/A
11.	Newcastle City Council	Newcastle City Council	N/A
12.	Pembrokeshire Council	News and updates from Pembrokeshire County Council	N/A
13.	Warwick District Council	Warwick District Council provides local services alongside Warwickshire County Council. Here we provide official WDC news, though this is an unofficial service.	N/A
14.	Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is a UK Local Authority	@SBCDevTeam
15.	Bracknell Forest Council	Twitter pages for Bracknell Forest Council	N/A
16.	Kirklees Council	N/A	N/A
17.	St. Helens Council	Find out about the work and services provided by St.Helens Council - email contactcentre@sthelens.gov.uk to contact us	@shcinternetteam
18.	London Borough of Hillingdon	News from the London borough of Hillingdon.	N/A
19.	Barnet Council	London Borough of Barnet news	N/A
20.	East Ayrshire Council	East Ayrshire Council is a local government council in Scotland.	N/A
21.	Medway Council	Official profile for Medway Council - unitary council in south-east England. For customer services email customer.first@medway.gov.uk or call 01634 333333.	N/A
22.	Medway's Campaign for its Castle Concerts	Official profile for Castle Concerts - an annual summer musical celebration in Rochester Castle Gardens run by Medway Council.	N/A
23.	Coventry City Council	News and events from Coventry City Council.	N/A
24.	Sunderland City Council	Official blog of Sunderland, UK - all the latest news and events in the city	N/A
25.	Camden Council	N/A	N/A
26.	Salford Council	Latest news, jobs and events from Salford City Council.	N/A
27.	Fenland Council	Fenland District Council provides a whole range of local services in the Cambridgeshire market towns of Chatteris, March, Whittlesey and Wisbech.	N/A
28.	Lichfield District Council	N/A	N/A
29.	Swansea Council	Official Twitter pages for the City and County of Swansea Council	N/A
30.	Lewisham Council	N/A	N/A
31.	Lincoln Council	Contact us through Twitter; Visit our website; Telephone on 01522 881188	N/A
32.	Orkney Council	N/A	N/A
33.	St. Neots Council	The official Twitter page for St. Neots Town Council.	N/A
34.	Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Web Team	Blackburn with Darwen Council	N/A
35.	Birmingham City Council	BEST is Birmingham City Council's Employee Engagement Programme, Belief, Excellence, Success,& Trust	N/A
36.	Aberdeenshire Council	The official Twitter page of Aberdeenshire Council.	N/A
37.	Westminster City Council	Westminster City Council	N/A
38.	Thurrock Council	N/A	N/A
39.	Bolsover Council	N/A	N/A
40.	Hyndburn	N/A	N/A
41.	Wakefield Council	Keeping the district moving forward.From cleaning&gritting,regeneration to museums & arts- you name it, we probably do it.Big cleaner greener agenda at	N/A
42.	Richmondshire District Council	The official Twitter feed of Richmondshire District Council	N/A
43.	North Lincolnshire Council	News and press releases from North Lincolnshire Council	N/A
44.	Selby District Council	The official twitter feed for Selby District Council.	N/A
45.	North Yorkshire CC	North Yorkshire is England's largest rural county with a population of 595,000 covering 3,000 square miles.	N/A
46.	Hambleton DC	N/A	N/A
47.	Ryedale DC	Ryedale District Council provides services for some 52,900 residents, local businesses and the many visitors to the area.	N/A
48.	Wealden DC	N/A	N/A
49.	Norfolk Council	Norfolk County Council is the local authority for Norfolk.	N/A
50.	Walsall Council	This is a test site for the Walsall Council twitter page. For more information @danslee or sleed@walsall.gov.uk	N/A
51.	Pendle BC	Pendle is situated in East Lancashire about 25 miles to the north of Manchester. The Borough covers 64 sq. miles and has a mix of both urban and rural areas.	N/A
52.	Southampton Council	N/A	N/A
53.	Oxford City Council	N/A	N/A
54.	Warrington Council	N/A	N/A
55.	NE Derbyshire DC	Come Tweet with us! Or email connectne@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk	N/A
56.	Brent Council	The latest from Brent Council	N/A
57.	Maidstone Council	01622 602000	N/A
58.	Dorset Councils	Information about services across Dorset for residents, businesses and visitors	N/A
59.	Derbyshire CC	Derbyshire County Council for customer service email contact.centre@derbyshire.gov.uk. Job vacancies @JobsDerbyshire	N/A
60.	Derbyshire CC Jobs	Latest job vacancies at Derbyshire County Council. Other info @Derbyshirecc	N/A
61.	Calderdale Council	N/A	N/A
62.	Worthing BC Web	N/A	N/A
63.	Lambeth Council	N/A	N/A
64.	Rother DC	Rother District Council is located in the easternmost part of East Sussex and delivers services to 90,000 residents over 200 square miles.	N/A
65.	Tandridge Council	News from Tandridge. What else would you like to see?	N/A
66.	Bromsgrove Dstr Cncl	Bromsgrove District Council - serving the people of Bromsgrove District	N/A
67.	Harlow Council	Working together for Harlow	N/A
68.	NPT Council	N/A	N/A
69.	Renfrewshire Council	N/A	N/A
70.	Knowsley Council	Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council is located in Merseyside, England, UK	N/A
71.	TWBC Press Office	Talk to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council now.	N/A
72.	Cherwell District Council	Cherwell District Council	N/A
73.	LB of Redbridge	Redbridge is a London Borough in an area of mixed affluence in north-east London, with a diverse population of 238,000+ people.	LBRWebTeam
74.	Belfast City Council	The latest news, jobs, events and tenders from Belfast City Council	N/A
75.	Rugby Council	The official Twitter site for all things relating to Rugby Borough Council.	N/A
76.	South Ribble Council	A district council in Lancashire that provides services to around 104,000 residents. Officially rated 'excellent' by the Audit Commission.	N/A
77.	NE Lincs Council	N/A	N/A
78.	North Devon Council	Our comms team currently evaluating Twitter. Tell us what you think.	N/A
79.	Leeds City Council	Leeds City Council provides services to over 750,000 people	N/A
80.	Babergh Council	Babergh is a forward-thinking district council providing services for south Suffolk	N/A
81.	Rochdale Council	N/A	N/A
82.	Sandwell Council	Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	N/A
83.	Glasgow CC	Glasgow City Council provides services to 600,000 citizens of Scotland's largest city.	N/A
84.	Stoke-on-Trent CC	The official Twitter feed of Stoke-on-Trent City Council	N/A
85.	Nottinghamshire County Council	News from Nottinghamshire County Council	N/A
86.	Nottingham City Council	Latest news from Nottingham and the City Council	N/A
87.	Cheltenham BC	N/A	N/A
88.	Croydon Council	Your Croydon is the community newspaper for LB Croydon - delivered free every month to every home in the borough.	N/A
89.	Toon Libraries - Newcastlecc	Turn a new page with Newcastle Libraries. Books, computers, Local Studies & Family History, music downloads, movies, business databases and much more!	N/A
90.	Haringey Council	Haringey is a diverse borough in north London (not to be confused with the neighbourhood of Harringay which is part of our borough)	N/A
91.	Sutton Council	N/A	N/A
92.	Burnley Council	District Council in Lancashire, providing a wide range of services	N/A
93.	Preston City Council	N/A	N/A
94.	Nottinghamshire County Council	News from Nottinghamshire County Council	N/A
95.	Hambleton DC	N/A	N/A
96.	Falkirk Council	We are a Scottish local authority.	N/A
97.	Solihull Council	This is the twitter account for Solihull Council.	N/A
98.	SouthHam DC	Official Twitter pages for South Hams District Council- to contact us direct please call 01803 861234 or email customer.services@southham	N/A
99.	Lewes District Council	N/A	N/A
100.	East Northaamptonshire Council	N/A	N/A
101.	Stockport Council	Many thousands of people benefit from the services provided by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.	N/A
102.	Tamside Council	Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council's official tweet with information from around the borough.	N/A
103.	Derby CC Jobs	This is the official Twitter feed for jobs at Derby City Council. For more information about working for Derby City Council, please visit our website.	@derbyccwebteam
104.	Edinburgh CC	The City of Edinburgh Council: working with communities and partners to provide excellent services which meet our customers needs.	N/A
105.	North WarwickshireBC	A local authority in Warwickshire, UK. To get in touch either tweet or email customerservices@northwark	N/A
106.	Cumbria County Council	Twitter page of Cumbria County Council	N/A
107.	South Oxfordshire DC	District Council in southern Oxfordshire	N/A
108.	Dover District Council	Providing services to Dover, Deal, Sandwich & the surrounding areas	N/A
109.	Eden Council	' To Best serve the people of Eden'	N/A
110.	Vale Council	Official Twitter site for the Vale of Glamorgan Council	N/A
111.	Newark & Sherwood DC	The latest news from Newark and Sherwood District Council	N/A
112.	Wycombe District Council	Wycombe District Council	N/A
113.	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham	Official Twitter feed from Hammersmith and Fulham Council in west London.	N/A
114.	Elmbridge BC	Keep up to date with news, events and vacancies at Elmbridge Borough Council, email contactus@elmbridge.gov.uk	N/A
115.	Sheffield City Council	Welcome to Sheffield City Council's Press Office	N/A
116.	South Ayrshire Council	South Ayrshire Council is a local government council in Scotland	N/A
117.	Clacks Council	The official Twitter site for all things relating to Clackmannanshire Council.	N/A
118.	Thanet Council	Thanet enjoys an attractive combination of coastal and rural environments and is a popular holiday and day-trip destination.	N/A
119.	Rotherham MBC	Rotherham MBC's Culture and Leisure Service create the fun, relaxation and excitment in Rotherham	N/A
120.	Gateshead Council	The local authority for the borough of Gateshead in North East England	N/A
121.	Wyre Borough Council	Tweets from the Corporate Communications Team at Wyre Borough Council	N/A
122.	East Renfrewshire Council	East Renfrewshire Council delivers public service excellence in the west of Scotland.	N/A
123.	Cambs CC Elections	Cambridgeshire County Council Election Updates	N/A
124.	Birmingham City Council’s virtual newsroom	Birmingham City Council’s virtual newsroom	N/A
125.	Shropshire Council	Shropshire Council via Twitter	N/A

This section was last updated on 10th February 2009

Reasons for conducting this observation

To create better practices when using twitter for local gov.
To create a ring of network between local councils to share information and solutions for improvement.
To understand how and why we choose a certain methods and not others.
To allow other councils to learn from each other and add on to the list if they wish to be apart of this ring.
To develop a standard of practice that we all can follow that is tested and proven.
To conduct a content analysis for my citizen engagement online research.
To demonstrate to colleagues and other relevant individuals of the potential or benefits of this approach to engage citizens, if any.

UK Local Council Hall of Fame as of 18th December 2008

First Council to start using Twitter: St. Helens Council 13th June 2007
Newest Council to start using Twitter: Fenland Council
Council with most no. of updates to date: St. Helens Council 1,203 updates
Council with most no. of followers: Barnet Council with 210 followers
Council with most no. of followings: Barnet Council 243 followings
Council with web link other than main council website: Barnet Council - http://friendfeed.com/barnetcouncil & Leeds City Council Press Office – http://www.leedsvirtualnewsroom.co.uk/
Council with no followings: Leeds City Council, Derby City Council, Salford Council , Medway Council
Most used update methdod:Twitterfeed
Most least used update methods: Twitterfox (used by BCCTransport), Twittermail (used by Medway Council) and the Web
Council using Twitter for particular service updates: Birmingham City Council Transport ,Lichfield District Council Planning Applications and Leeds City Council Press Office
Councils with contact details on Bio info: Devon City Council, St. Helens Council , Lincoln Council and Medway Council

* As I am researching citizen engagement online, the variables might not make sense but my approach is to look at the variables from every angle and hopefully create a framework that will increase the likelihood of public participation online. In this case, on twitter.

Questions arising from this observation. Please answer on comments section, if you possibly have the answer for this.

Why do some councils choose not to follow anyone and some choose to follow many?
Why do some councils put their contact details on their bio info and some don’t? How do citizens get in touch if they had further questions to the twitter ‘update’? Can they ask questions on twitter and are the staff authorised to respond since it is a twitterfeed?
Since most ‘updates’ are controlled by twitterfeed, does it act more as a news ticker? Is there no engagement or participantion involved in twitter?
What caused the first council using twitter to decide to use it?
What caused others to follow? Is it pressure from peers and the social media movement or does Twitter really create value for citizens and councils?
What did Barnet Council use friendfeed on the web link and are there any benefits from it?
How did Barnet and St. Helens Councils gain the most followers? Any marketing done? – Answer received from St. Helens Council – Gain followers through social networking links on main homepage of St. Helens Council
Why do some councils decide to open a Twitter Account for a specific service such as transport and Planning Applications? Is this the way to go?
Why is TwitterFox and TwitterMail the least used update method?
Why do some councils create webteam accounts and not others? Are there any benefits?

I welcome any comments and will be doing further observation and analysis on who they are following and who are their followers.

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32 Comments »

Stuart Harrison said:

Really interesting stuff, I set up the LDC Planning Applications Twitter account to provide people who already use Twitter with a quick way of seeing when planning applications have been listed.

As a Twitter user myself, I find myself checking my account quite regularly (it’s embedded as a widget in my Netvibes page), and as planning applications are something that impact quite heavily on residents’ lives, I thought it would be great to be able to see at a glance when applications have been submitted without having to visit our site.

It’s definitely more of a ‘news feed’ approach than a full on conversation approach, although this might be something we will look at in the future. Twitter’s definitely taken off big time in the last 12 months or so, and, as it gets more ‘mainstream’, will definitely be a useful tool for councils to converse with residents.

# 19 December 2008 at 3:12 pm

lizzy (author) said:

Thanks for your input Stuart. I definitely found your Twitter to be one that intrigued me. Its a different approach which serves a specific purpose. I’m still trying to understand how Twitter can be useful in times of need and found this article that gave a good indicator on how Twitter can be used in public services. http://www.smartmobs.com/2007/08/09/emergency-20-twitter-helps-public-services-speed-ahead-the-government-in-crisis-situations/

And I feel your Twitter is making the same type of contribution to this. Please keep me updated with your progress. Would be great to include it in my research. Thanks for the 1st comment on my blog! ;D

# 19 December 2008 at 3:26 pm

Nat Morris said:

I’d be interested to know how many followers each council had excluding other council/government generic accounts. Out of our (Pembrokeshire) 16 followers, 7 of them are other councils or government bodies and 4 are other council developers. Leaving maybe 5 real followers / possible members of the public.

# 19 December 2008 at 4:12 pm

lizzy (author) said:

Hey nat, its funny that you mention that coz that is what I’m doing right now. I wanted to include in this post but it takes a long time to look through all followers. But will update you when I have the results. I’ve done one council that has more than 70 followers and I found that only 28% are possibly genuine members of the public, same percentage as followers who are social media specialist/enthusiats and other councils and web developers. There are also suspended and spam accounts on the list of followers… so its quite difficult to measure twitters performance.

# 19 December 2008 at 4:23 pm

Stuart Harrison said:

Thanks for that link Lizzy, that’s a really interesting approach, it’s a shame that Twitter have suspended the mobile service in the UK, although hopefully they’ll come to an agreement with network providers soon (another thing that will probably come with Twitter becoming more mainstream)

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# 2 January 2009 at 1:10 am

James Cousins said:

What I think might be interesting would be to see if there’s a correlation between councils and councillors twittering. As someone who is experimenting with social media I tried to identify other councillors and councils to see how they were using tools like Twitter. What was interesting is the variety – just like councils, some are just using it to promote blogs, some seem to have a personal Twitter that occasionally mentions their council or council work.

I wouldn’t suggest my list is anything like exhaustive, but there are some interesting questions that arise. For example Barnet, who seem to have a strong social media strategy only seem to have one twittering councillor – and that’s the Leader’s official feed. On the other extreme, you can find at least six Lambeth councillor Twitter accounts, all from the controlling group, but the council itself doesn’t seem to have an account.

The reason I think this is interesting is because it creates two different models. One in which the council officers are the ones who are available and accessible through social media, and one in which the councillors – the democratic leadership of the council – are available to answer questions. I’m very much looking forward to getting my first tweet from a resident, but I wonder if I would be happy if, for example, policy questions started to be directed through web-teams rather than the councillors responsible? And if I was a resident, who would I want to take my problem to on Twitter or facebook: the council officers directly responsible, or my councillor?

# 2 January 2009 at 6:41 pm

admin (author) said:

Hi James,
Thank you for your comment. I definitely agree with you. It would be interesting to see if there is a relationship, if any between the two. I think the problem surrounding the issue of using social media in local government is the lack of acknowledgment. I’ve seen more and more local council twitter accounts opening but most of them do not advertise this service on their main website. And the same goes for councillor twitterers. Why aren’t their twitter account publicized on the main website like blogs?

I believe there is still alot of room for improvement when it comes to social media and local government. And I also believe that alot of improvement is happening in certain councils like St. Helens, Barnet and Stratford DC who have a clear social media strategy. Sometimes, its just a matter of acknowledging their social media presence; it can create a correlation between councils and councillors twittering. In fact a council twitter accounts can create dialogues by forwarding citizen questions onto the respective councillors therefore becoming a catalyst between citizens and their councillors.

I believe you’ve made such a good point about the two different models and possibly onto something that can be put into practice. Say if Twitter was defined as a channel for a service such as the 1stopshop, local councils and citizens can both definitely gain a lot from twittering.

I will be doing a thorough investigation into councillor accounts to see if there is any model/social media strategy currently being implemented and report this back to you. Be sure to check up on this website regularly for updates.

# 3 January 2009 at 6:17 pm

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# 3 January 2009 at 8:45 pm

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# 9 January 2009 at 10:52 am

Dominic Campbell said:

Hi Liz

Great stuff thanks for that. Have you also seen:

http://www.talknet.eu/confluence/display/~paul.carruthers/2008/09/01/Public%20Sector%20Twitterers

Dom

Dominic Campbell’s last blog post..links for 2009-01-08

# 9 January 2009 at 10:48 pm

admin (author) said:

Thx! Got it. You can see it here http://www.lgeoresearch.com/uk-local-council-twitter-followers-10th-january-2009/

# 10 January 2009 at 9:22 pm

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# 2 February 2009 at 11:06 pm

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# 5 February 2009 at 12:53 pm

martin said:

Hiyah Liz, can you add Camden? #camdentalking? cheers, Martin

martin’s last blog post..House of the Ju Ju Queen

# 9 February 2009 at 8:36 am

admin (author) said:

Hi Martin, its done! Sorry I forgot to add it myself. Thanks for prompting me. Talk soon.

# 9 February 2009 at 5:44 pm

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# 11 February 2009 at 3:09 am

Chris Clelland said:

Aberdeenshire Council have just started twittering …. http://twitter.com/aberdeenshire. Started with updates from our school closures system but intend to hook it into a number of other alerts and “human” updates very soon.

# 11 February 2009 at 10:56 pm

admin (author) said:

Hi Chris,
Thanks for the link. I have now added Aberdeenshire Council to the list. Look forward to see what your “human” updates are going to be.

Liz

# 12 February 2009 at 4:47 pm

Simon Wakeman said:

Hi Liz,
Hope you’re feeling better and are basking in your futuregov win glory?

Medway Council’s now actively using twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/medway_council is the main account with all info

http://www.twitter.com/castleconcerts is our test of a campaign specific use of twitter – to see how it works if we segment our twitter audience, rather than expecting everyone that signs up to want everything

cheers
sw

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# 13 March 2009 at 7:42 pm

Adrian Capon said:

Hi Liz

Yesterday North Lincolnshire Council set up a Twitter news feed @NorthLincsCNews or http://twitter.com/NorthLincsCNews

We’ve been testing it over the last few weeks linking our web RSS feeds e.g. jobs, news.

We’ve decided to use Hootsuite to manage a number of accounts – thinking that we would have one for different interests and campaigns.

Still getting to grips with it – so we’ll see how it takes off.

Thanks

Adrian Capon
Strategic Marketing Manager
North Lincolnshire Council

# 17 March 2009 at 2:30 pm

admin (author) said:

Hi Simon,
It took a while to get better and take it all in. Am really excited to go to Washington DC now! Cant wait to network like crazy Thanks for the links. How is the Castle Concerts working out so far. I will add it to the list. Hope you’re doing well and the training is going good.

Cheers,
Liz

# 19 March 2009 at 1:29 pm

admin (author) said:

Hi Adrian,
Thanks for the link and well done for taking the leap into Twitter! I’m interested to know how you guys progress in time. I will add you guys onto the list. Good call to use Hootsuite to manage your accounts. I like the idea of using Twitter accounts to engage with different interests and campaigns. Having a specific topic to talk about will certainly be more useful for followers or the public. Do you have your own personal Twitter account? If you’re not following me yet, please do @liz_azyan . Look forward to seeing you on Twitter.

Liz

# 19 March 2009 at 5:08 pm

Vince Stevenson said:

It’s a great shame that there are not more local councils joining in with social media. However, I can foresee a day when all public bodies will have a Twitter account. Rgds Vince

# 19 May 2009 at 4:13 pm

James Coltham said:

I’m a little concerned by the lack of proper naming conventions emerging here. There is potential for confusion amongst citizens as to which accounts are genuine, and the risk of cybersquatting is significant (see my blog post about this at http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/?p=515).

James Coltham’s last blog post..Cybersquatting 2.0 – protecting your name in Social Media

# 9 June 2009 at 9:26 am

admin (author) said:

Hi James,
Thanks for the link! I’m checking it out