The leaders did their best to win voters over in a Question Time special last night, but which party is winning the battle of the web? Performance management firm Dynatrace took a look at the parties’ sites’ response times and availability.
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5. Green Party [7.861 seconds]
Voters trying to find out more about Natalie Bennett’s party will receive their information in just under eight seconds. In the availability portion of Dynatrace’s performance tests, the Greens’ pages were successfully accessed 95.51 per cent of the time.
4. Conservative Party [7.832 seconds]
David Cameron’s party’s website loaded an average of just 0.029 seconds quicker than the Greens’. For availability, however, the Conservatives were in second place overall, with a performance of 97.33 per cent in the test.
3. Liberal Democrats [7.401 seconds]
Slightly quicker was the Liberal Democrats’ website. The Conservatives’ coalition partners’ average load time as 7.401 seconds. Nick Clegg’s party was also in third in the availability table, just above UKIP, with a score of 96.53 per cent.
2. Labour Party [6.446 seconds]
Ed Miliband’s party’s website was almost a second quicker to load on average than the Liberal Democrats’. It was the worst performer on availability, though, with a score of 77.19 per cent – 18.32 per cent lower than nearest rival the Green Party.
1. Scottish National Party [3.381 seconds]
The SNP was the runaway winner in the speed test, nearly halving the Labour Party’s response time. Nicola Sturgeon’s party also topped the table when it came to availability, with an almost-perfect score of 98.77 per cent.
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