Various newspapers, organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the 2017 general election.
Newspapers | Endorsement | Notes | Link | |
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Daily Express | Conservative Party | [1] | ||
Daily Mail | Conservative Party | [2] | ||
Daily Mirror | Labour Party | [3] | ||
Daily Star | None | [4] | ||
The Daily Telegraph | Conservative Party | [5] | ||
Financial Times | Conservative Party | [6] | ||
The Guardian | Labour Party | Prioritised tactical voting against the Conservatives, including votes for Liberal Democrats and Greens. | [7] | |
Various (Scotland) | In Scotland: supported opposition to the Conservatives, either SNP or Labour. | [8] | ||
i | None | [9] | ||
The Independent | None | Backed Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Keir Starmer to negotiate Brexit. Supported unionist candidates in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. | [10][11] | |
Metro | None | [12] | ||
Morning Star | Labour Party | [13] | ||
The Sun | Conservative Party | [14] | ||
The Times | Conservative Party | [15] |
Newspaper | Endorsement | Notes | Link | |
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The Mail on Sunday | Conservative Party | [14] | ||
The Observer | None | Endorsed voting against the Conservatives and for candidates opposing austerity and a hard Brexit. | [16] | |
Sunday Express | Conservative Party | [17] | ||
Sunday Mirror | Labour Party | [18] | ||
The Sunday People | None | Endorsed tactical voting against the Conservatives. | [19] | |
The Sun on Sunday | Conservative Party | [14] | ||
The Sunday Telegraph | Conservative Party | [20] | ||
The Sunday Times | Conservative Party | [21] |
Newspaper | Endorsement | Notes | Link | |
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The New European | None | Endorsed voting against the Conservatives and UKIP and for candidates that support a second EU referendum, although the guide also advised voting for Pro-EU Labour and Conservative politicians such as Kenneth Clarke, unless the Liberal Democrats had a chance of winning the seat. | [22] | |
Socialist Worker | Labour Party | [23] | ||
The New Worker | Labour Party | [24] | ||
Weekly Worker | Labour Party | [25] |
Newspaper | Endorsement | Notes | Link | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Statesman | Labour Party | [26] | ||
The Economist | Liberal Democrats | This was the Economist's first endorsement of a non-dominant party in the publication's history. | [27] | |
The Spectator | Conservative Party | [28] | ||
Tribune | Labour Party | [29] | ||
Socialist Standard | Socialist Party of Great Britain | [30] |
Newspaper | Endorsement | Notes | Link | |
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DIY | Labour Party | Monthly music magazine. | [31] | |
Kerrang! | Labour Party | Weekly rock music magazine. | [32] | |
NME | Labour Party | Weekly music magazine. | [33] |
Newspaper | Endorsement | Notes | Link | |
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Daily Record | Labour Party | Supported voting for the SNP in SNP/Conservative marginal seats. | [34] | |
The National | Scottish National Party | [35] | ||
The Scottish Sun | Scottish National Party | [36] | ||
Sunday Herald | Scottish National Party | [37] |
Newspaper | Endorsement | Notes | Link | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Irish News | None | Supported candidates who oppose a hard Brexit. | [38] | |
The News Letter | Ulster Unionist Party | Supported unionists. Opposes an SDLP-supported Corbyn coalition at a national level, but opposes Sinn Féin more. | [39] | |
Democratic Unionist Party |
Newspaper | Endorsement | Location | Link | |
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City A.M. | Conservative Party | Greater London and surrounding area. | [40] | |
Evening Standard | Conservative Party | Greater London. | [41] | |
Express & Star | Conservative Party | West Midlands and Staffordshire. | [42] | |
The Plymouth Herald | None | West Devon, South East Cornwall and South Hams. | [43] | |
Yorkshire Post | None | Yorkshire. | [44] |
Some parties which only contest elections in certain parts of the United Kingdom have endorsed political parties in areas they don't contest.
For Stephen Kinnock (Labour):
For Nigel Mills (Conservative):
For Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru):
For Gloria De Piero (Labour):
For Roseanne Edwards (Independent):
For John Woodcock (Labour Co-operative):
For John Mann (Labour):
For Gavin Robinson (DUP):
For Naomi Long (Alliance):
For Nigel Dodds (DUP):
For Emma Little Pengelly (DUP):
For Preet Gill (Labour):
For Jack Dromey (Labour):
For Jess Phillips (Labour):
For Helen Goodman (Labour):
For Conor Burns (Conservative):
For James Gibson-Watt (Liberal Democrat):
For Ruth Cadbury (Labour):
For Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour):
For Caroline Lucas (Green):
For Kerry McCarthy (Labour):
For Darren Jones (Labour):
For Molly Scott Cato (Green):
For Anna Soubry (Conservative):
For Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat):
For Harriet Harman (Labour):
For Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat):
For Julian Brazier (Conservative):
For Paul Dadge (Labour):
For Jo Stevens (Labour):
For Stephen Doughty (Labour Co-operative):
For Kevin Brennan (Labour):
For Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat):
For Matthew Maxwell-Scott (Conservative Party)
For Mark Williams (Liberal Democrat):
For Tracey Crouch (Conservative):
For Mark Hunter (Liberal Democrat):
For Bilal Mahmood (Labour):
For Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative):
For Christopher Chope (Conservative):
For Emma Whysall (Labour):
For Rachel Wolf (Conservative):
For Rashid Nix (Green):
For Rupa Huq (Labour):
For Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat):
For Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat):
For Ian Murray (Labour):
For Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat):
For Toni Giugliano (Scottish National Party):
For Bambos Charalambous (Labour):
For Ben Bradshaw (Labour):
For Seema Malhotra (Labour):
For Tom Elliott (UUP):
For Matt Kerr (Labour and Co-operative):
For Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour):
For Mark Bray-Perry (Green):
For Meg Hillier (Labour):
For Tulip Siddiq (Labour):
For Andy Slaughter (Labour):
For Teck Khong (UKIP):
For Helen Flynn (Liberal Democrat):
For John McDonnell (Labour):
For Gareth Thomas (Labour Co-operative):
For Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat):
For Mike Katz (Labour):
For Andrew Bingham (Conservative):
For Catherine West (Labour):
For Nimco Ali (Women's Equality):
For Peter Kyle (Labour):
For Lee Scott (Conservative):
For Wes Streeting (Labour):
For Vix Lowthion (Green):
For Emma Dent Coad (Labour):
For Philip Hollobone (Conservative):
For Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat):
For Michelle Dewberry (Independent):
For Fabian Hamilton (Labour):
For Rachel Reeves (Labour):
For Liz Kendall (Labour):
For Kelly-Marie Blundell (Liberal Democrat):
For John Cryer (Labour):
For Karl McCartney (Conservative):
For Kelvin Hopkins (Labour);
For Gavin Shuker (Labour):
For Gerard Batten (UKIP):
For George Galloway (Independent):
For Afzal Khan (Labour):
For Siobhain McDonagh (Labour):
For Neil Dawson (Labour):
For Jane Dodds (Liberal Democrat):
For Julian Lewis (Conservative):
For Desmond Swayne (Conservative):
For Catherine McKinnell (Labour):
For Lilian Greenwood (Labour):
For Elizabeth Riches (Liberal Democrat):
For Robin Moss (Labour):
For Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat):
For James Wild (Conservative):
For Andrew Bridgen (Conservative):
For Chloe Smith (Conservative):
For Lana Hempsall (Conservative):
For Clive Lewis (Labour):
For Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat):
For Larry Sanders (Green):
For Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat):
For Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party):
For Angela Smith (Labour):
For Stewart Jackson (Conservative):
For Sue Dann (Labour):
For Luke Pollard (Labour):
For Owen Smith (Labour):
For Ian McCargo (Labour):
For Chris Bryant (Labour):
For Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat):
For Rebecca Long-Bailey (Labour):
For Phil Wilson (Labour):
For Natalie Bennett (Green):
For Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat):
For Philip Davies (Conservative):
For Sophie Walker[422] (Women's Equality):
For Andy Brown (Green):
For David Warburton (Conservative):
For Roger Helmer (UKIP):
For Louise Irvine (National Health Action):
For Alan Whitehead (Labour):
For Sue McGuire (Liberal Democrat):
For Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat):
For Andrew George (Liberal Democrat):
For Jonathan Reynolds (Labour):
For James Wharton (Conservative):
For Chuka Umunna (Labour):
For Ann-Marie Barker (Liberal Democrat):
For Amna Ahmad (Liberal Democrat):
For Martin Costello (UKIP):
For Claire Young (Liberal Democrat):
For Tim Aker (UKIP):
For Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative):
For Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour):
For David Lammy (Labour):
For Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat):
For Kate Hoey (Labour)
For George Turner (Liberal Democrat):
For Antony Calvert (Conservative):
For Mary Creagh (Labour):
For Peter Bone (Conservative):
For James Heappey (Conservative):
For Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat):
For Lisa Nandy (Labour):
For Alison McGovern (Labour):
For Emma Reynolds (Labour):
For Pat McFadden (Labour):
For Ian Lucas (Labour):
For Rafiq Raqa (Labour):
For Marcus Fysh (Conservative):
For Jo Roundell Greene (Liberal Democrat):
For Rachael Maskell (Labour):
For Ed Young (Conservative):
For Julian Sturdy (Conservative)