Westminster's digital bubble may be even more tribal than the real-life version, with MPs' Twitter timelines skewed toward their political tribe.

That’s according to an analysis of MPs’ Twitter follows carried out by POLITICO, which suggests that — like many users of the social media network — the 579 MPs who tweet inhabit echo chambers full of like-minded views.

You might think, for example, that MPs on all sides of the House (there are 650 in total) would feel a duty to hear what their opponents' leadership is tweeting, even if they don't agree. Not so.

Prime Minister Theresa May is followed by 206 of her Conservative colleagues — but only by 53 Labour MPs. Likewise, opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is followed by 203 Labour MPs and just 55 Conservatives.

The U.S. president also divides opinion in Westminster. Although Donald Trump's Twitter following among MPs is not huge (just 165), it is skewed towards Conservatives — with 101 Tory followers and 46 Labour. His predecessor Barack Obama is the opposite, with 144 Labour followers versus 87 Tories.

The imbalance even extends to the queen. The official @royalfamily Twitter account is followed by 101 Conservatives and 38 Labour.

From the most influential journalists to national sportspeople and Larry the Downing Street cat, here's POLITICO’s deep-dive into the Twitter feeds of the U.K.’s legislators (and don’t forget to use our interactive tool to find out how many MPs follow your Twitter account):

Filter bubble

The political bubble effect doesn't just apply to the current party leaders. According to the data, former Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron is followed by 213 Tories and 68 Labour MPs, and his erstwhile sparring partner Ed Miliband is followed by 213 Labour MPs and just 64 Tories.

The same split is evident in the follower counts of other prominent figures, too. Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is followed by 193 Tories and just 39 Labour MPs. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell is followed by 188 Labour MPs and just 31 Conservatives.

And it applies to the media as well. While Tory bible the Spectator is followed by 135 Tories and only 60 Labour MPs, the left-leaning New Statesman is followed by 150 Labour MPs and just 49 Conservatives.

Newspapers are similarly divided: The left-leaning Guardian is followed by 175 Labour MPs and 78 Tories, while the right-wing Telegraph is followed by 123 Tories compared to 91 Labour MPs. For the tabloids, the split is even starker. The Mirror is followed by 141 Labour MPs and 31 Tories; the Sun is followed by 80 Tory MPs and 36 from Labour.

The odd papers out are the Times and MailOnline, which are more evenly distributed. The former is followed by 95 Tories and 76 Labour MPs, and the latter by 73 Tories and 57 Labour. The followers of the BBC (@BBCPolitics has 163 Tories and 172 Labour) and Sky News (@SkyNews has 156 Tories and 149 Labour) are also more even.

Westminster village

Today’s crop of political leaders have some catching up to do to match the MP Twitter followings of their predecessors. Former PM Cameron tops the list of Twitter influencers, followed closely by former Labour leader (and current backbench MP) Ed Miliband.

Corbyn, meanwhile, is less popular among MPs than his deputy Tom Watson, and May is seventh on the list. The only other Tory to make the Labour-dominated top 20 is former Chancellor George Osborne. He is two places ahead of Obama, the only non-U.K. politician to make the list.

Tory leadership

With May’s leadership shredded by a sequence of ministerial resignations and defeats in the Commons, speculation is rife about when the prime minister might be forced out and who might replace her.

If Twitter following among MPs is anything to go by, the top contender is Boris Johnson, followed closely by current Cabinet ministers Sajid Javid, Amber Rudd, Jeremy Hunt, Gavin Williamson and Michael Gove. Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and backbench Brexiteer leader Jacob Rees-Mogg are further behind.

Brussels Twitter bubble

The view from Brussels does feature in many MPs’ timelines, but perhaps not as much as you might think given the intensity of the Brexit talks. European Council President Donald Tusk is followed by 99 MPs, just ahead of chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier with 92. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Parliament Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt both have 81 followers among MPs.

Across the pond

It seems most MPs have yet to tune in to the early stages of the Democratic race to take on Trump in 2020. Senator Bernie Sanders is out front with 64 MP followers, well ahead of the rest of the pack.

Media bubble

More popular than most of the politicians (at least in terms of their Twitter following) are the journalists who cover their every move. The top 20 list is dominated by the BBC, with Laura Kuenssberg, Nick Robinson and Andrew Neil taking the top three slots. Sky has three journalists in the top 20.

The BBC is even more dominant in the top 20 list of non-personal accounts, taking the top four slots and three others besides. The top slot goes to its now defunct Daily Politics account.

Feline followers and more

Of course, the most important use of the data is applying it to an intra-governmental cat fight between Whitehall's departmental cats.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the (unofficial) account of Larry, the No. 10 Downing Street mog, is in the lead with 77 MP followers. The Foreign Office’s Palmerston, also known as “Diplomog,” comes second with 52 MPs.

The partisan split also extends to some of the nation’s favorite sporting heroes. Outspoken ex-footballer and TV host Gary Lineker, a supporter of the People’s Vote campaign, is followed by 70 Labour MPs and just 25 Conservatives. Meanwhile, middle-distance runner and former Tory MP Sebastian Coe is followed by 37 Tories and 10 Labour MPs. Broadcaster and former jockey Clare Balding bags 31 Tory and 36 Labour followers.

News you can use

Rather than just present our analysis, we have embedded a search tool below that will let you input any Twitter handle. It displays the party breakdown of MPs that follow that account. Don’t worry, no one will know if you search for yourself — unless you post the result on Twitter with hashtag #MPtwitterbubble.

This is optimised for display on desktop.

The methodology bit — how we did it

To build the dataset, we downloaded data on the followers of every MP we could find who is active on Twitter (we based our list on the excellent website MPs on Twitter). The following data is a snapshot and is not updated in real time — so if an MP has followed or unfollowed someone since we collected the data in March then that will not be reflected in the results.

To build the search tool and keep our database at a manageable size, we culled any Twitter accounts from our database that are only followed by one MP, so all of the accounts listed are followed by at least two MPs.

Any data inputted into the search tool is used only to scour the database and provide results, it is not stored.

James O’Malley tweets as @Psythor, and is currently followed by five MPs.

CORRECTION: This article was updated on April 5 to remove an account that was incorrectly included in the top 20 of journalist influencers.