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Edition

25 September to 1 October 2026

Headline finding

Labour’s conference week: Labour gets more than twice as many mentions as every other party combined

37Podcasts monitored
29Episodes
14.2Hours analysed
1,773Mentions counted

Share of voice

People

Share of tracked person mentions · 892 in this chart

  1. Andy Burnham39.9%
    356 mentions · 25.1 per hour
  2. John Healey15.9%
    142 mentions · 10.0 per hour
  3. Keir Starmer14.7%
    131 mentions · 9.2 per hour
  4. Donald Trump11.7%
    104 mentions · 7.3 per hour
  5. Rachel Reeves4.4%
    39 mentions · 2.8 per hour
  6. Nigel Farage3.7%
    33 mentions · 2.3 per hour
  7. Ed Miliband3.4%
    30 mentions · 2.1 per hour
  8. Angela Rayner2.2%
    20 mentions · 1.4 per hour
  9. Kemi Badenoch1.6%
    14 mentions · 1.0 per hour
  10. Zack Polanski0.9%
    8 mentions · 0.6 per hour
  11. Robert Jenrick0.8%
    7 mentions · 0.5 per hour
  12. Vladimir Putin0.6%
    5 mentions · 0.4 per hour
  13. Volodymyr Zelensky0.3%
    3 mentions · 0.2 per hour

Rates use hours of editorial speech. Share is calculated within each chart.

Share of voice

Parties

Share of tracked party mentions · 714 in this chart

  1. Labour Party67.9%
    485 mentions · 34.2 per hour
  2. Conservative Party19.0%
    136 mentions · 9.6 per hour
  3. Reform UK5.6%
    40 mentions · 2.8 per hour
  4. Liberal Democrats3.6%
    26 mentions · 1.8 per hour
  5. Green Party2.4%
    17 mentions · 1.2 per hour
  6. Scottish National Party0.6%
    4 mentions · 0.3 per hour
  7. US Democratic Party0.4%
    3 mentions · 0.2 per hour
  8. US Republican Party0.3%
    2 mentions · 0.1 per hour
  9. Plaid Cymru0.1%
    1 mention · 0.1 per hour

Rates use hours of editorial speech. Share is calculated within each chart.

Topics across 29 shows

Where the conversation went

Provisional method

Share of 4,102 screened passages. Topic labels can overlap.

  1. Economy11.63% · 477 passages
  2. Immigration3.00% · 123 passages
  3. Brexit and the EU2.02% · 83 passages
  4. Russia1.71% · 70 passages
  5. NHS and healthcare1.61% · 66 passages
  6. Housing1.27% · 52 passages
  7. Israel and Gaza1.07% · 44 passages
  8. Political donations and integrity0.17% · 7 passages

The week’s story

Least-covered issues

  • Political donations and integrity0.17%7 passages
  • Israel and Gaza1.07%44 passages
  • Housing1.27%52 passages

Counted separately

Former prime ministers

Share of 167 mentions of former prime ministers.

  1. Gordon Brown37.7% · 63 mentions
  2. Tony Blair25.1% · 42 mentions
  3. Boris Johnson13.2% · 22 mentions
  4. Rishi Sunak10.8% · 18 mentions
  5. Liz Truss7.2% · 12 mentions
  6. David Cameron6.0% · 10 mentions

Who each side talked about

Attention across the spectrum

Each share is within that group’s own people or party mentions. No per-hour lean rates are shown.

Left · 3 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham35.5%
  2. Donald Trump24.3%
  3. Keir Starmer14.0%
  4. John Healey11.2%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party70.0%
  2. Conservative Party8.6%
  3. Reform UK7.1%
  4. Green Party7.1%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham35.5%
  2. Donald Trump24.3%
  3. Keir Starmer14.0%
  4. John Healey11.2%
  5. Nigel Farage4.7%
  6. Ed Miliband4.7%
  7. Zack Polanski2.8%
  8. Angela Rayner1.9%
  9. Rachel Reeves0.9%

All parties

  1. Labour Party70.0%
  2. Conservative Party8.6%
  3. Reform UK7.1%
  4. Green Party7.1%
  5. US Democratic Party2.9%
  6. Liberal Democrats1.4%
  7. Scottish National Party1.4%
  8. US Republican Party1.4%

Centre-left · 3 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham39.3%
  2. Keir Starmer22.6%
  3. Donald Trump21.4%
  4. John Healey6.0%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party56.3%
  2. Conservative Party25.0%
  3. Reform UK9.4%
  4. Green Party3.1%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham39.3%
  2. Keir Starmer22.6%
  3. Donald Trump21.4%
  4. John Healey6.0%
  5. Kemi Badenoch2.4%
  6. Rachel Reeves2.4%
  7. Nigel Farage1.2%
  8. Vladimir Putin1.2%
  9. Volodymyr Zelensky1.2%
  10. Ed Miliband1.2%
  11. Angela Rayner1.2%

All parties

  1. Labour Party56.3%
  2. Conservative Party25.0%
  3. Reform UK9.4%
  4. Green Party3.1%
  5. Liberal Democrats3.1%
  6. US Republican Party3.1%

Centre · 6 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham50.0%
  2. Keir Starmer18.7%
  3. Nigel Farage10.2%
  4. John Healey6.6%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party70.3%
  2. Conservative Party21.1%
  3. Reform UK3.9%
  4. Green Party1.6%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham50.0%
  2. Keir Starmer18.7%
  3. Nigel Farage10.2%
  4. John Healey6.6%
  5. Donald Trump4.8%
  6. Zack Polanski3.0%
  7. Ed Miliband3.0%
  8. Kemi Badenoch1.8%
  9. Robert Jenrick1.2%
  10. Rachel Reeves0.6%

All parties

  1. Labour Party70.3%
  2. Conservative Party21.1%
  3. Reform UK3.9%
  4. Green Party1.6%
  5. Liberal Democrats1.6%
  6. Scottish National Party1.6%

Centre-right · 1 show

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham46.8%
  2. John Healey21.0%
  3. Keir Starmer12.9%
  4. Rachel Reeves9.7%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party52.9%
  2. Conservative Party35.3%
  3. Reform UK5.9%
  4. Green Party5.9%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham46.8%
  2. John Healey21.0%
  3. Keir Starmer12.9%
  4. Rachel Reeves9.7%
  5. Donald Trump8.1%
  6. Kemi Badenoch1.6%

All parties

  1. Labour Party52.9%
  2. Conservative Party35.3%
  3. Reform UK5.9%
  4. Green Party5.9%

Right · 7 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham30.3%
  2. John Healey22.6%
  3. Donald Trump11.6%
  4. Keir Starmer11.0%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party71.0%
  2. Conservative Party23.2%
  3. Reform UK4.6%
  4. Liberal Democrats0.8%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham30.3%
  2. John Healey22.6%
  3. Donald Trump11.6%
  4. Keir Starmer11.0%
  5. Ed Miliband6.5%
  6. Angela Rayner5.2%
  7. Kemi Badenoch3.9%
  8. Rachel Reeves3.9%
  9. Nigel Farage2.6%
  10. Robert Jenrick1.9%
  11. Vladimir Putin0.6%

All parties

  1. Labour Party71.0%
  2. Conservative Party23.2%
  3. Reform UK4.6%
  4. Liberal Democrats0.8%
  5. Green Party0.4%

Reported separately

Party channel and devolved shows

Party channel

1 show · 0.385 hours of editorial speech

People
1 mentions · 2.60 per hour
Parties
32 mentions · 83.07 per hour

Devolved shows

2 shows · 0.764 hours of editorial speech

People
90 mentions · 117.80 per hour
Parties
74 mentions · 96.86 per hour