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Endorsements in the 2017 United Kingdom general election

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Various newspapers, organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the 2017 general election.

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Endorsements for parties edit

Newspapers and magazines edit

National daily newspapers edit

NewspapersEndorsementNotesLink
Daily ExpressConservative Party[1]
Daily MailConservative Party[2]
Daily MirrorLabour Party[3]
Daily StarNone[4]
The Daily TelegraphConservative Party[5]
Financial TimesConservative Party[6]
The GuardianLabour PartyPrioritised 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]
iNone[9]
The IndependentNoneBacked 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]
MetroNone[12]
Morning StarLabour Party[13]
The SunConservative Party[14]
The TimesConservative Party[15]

National Sunday newspapers edit

NewspaperEndorsementNotesLink
The Mail on SundayConservative Party[14]
The ObserverNoneEndorsed voting against the Conservatives and for candidates opposing austerity and a hard Brexit.[16]
Sunday ExpressConservative Party[17]
Sunday MirrorLabour Party[18]
The Sunday PeopleNoneEndorsed tactical voting against the Conservatives.[19]
The Sun on SundayConservative Party[14]
The Sunday TelegraphConservative Party[20]
The Sunday TimesConservative Party[21]

National weekly newspapers edit

NewspaperEndorsementNotesLink
The New EuropeanNoneEndorsed 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 WorkerLabour Party[23]
The New WorkerLabour Party[24]
Weekly WorkerLabour Party[25]

National political magazines edit

NewspaperEndorsementNotesLink
New StatesmanLabour Party[26]
The EconomistLiberal DemocratsThis was the Economist's first endorsement of a non-dominant party in the publication's history.[27]
The SpectatorConservative Party[28]
TribuneLabour Party[29]
Socialist StandardSocialist Party of Great Britain[30]

Other national publications edit

NewspaperEndorsementNotesLink
DIYLabour PartyMonthly music magazine.[31]
Kerrang!Labour PartyWeekly rock music magazine.[32]
NMELabour PartyWeekly music magazine.[33]

Scottish newspapers edit

NewspaperEndorsementNotesLink
Daily RecordLabour PartySupported voting for the SNP in SNP/Conservative marginal seats.[34]
The NationalScottish National Party[35]
The Scottish SunScottish National Party[36]
Sunday HeraldScottish National Party[37]

Northern Irish newspapers edit

NewspaperEndorsementNotesLink
Irish NewsNoneSupported candidates who oppose a hard Brexit.[38]
The News LetterUlster Unionist PartySupported unionists. Opposes an SDLP-supported Corbyn coalition at a national level, but opposes Sinn Féin more.[39]
Democratic Unionist Party

Local publications edit

NewspaperEndorsementLocationLink
City A.M.Conservative PartyGreater London and surrounding area.[40]
Evening StandardConservative PartyGreater London.[41]
Express & StarConservative PartyWest Midlands and Staffordshire.[42]
The Plymouth HeraldNoneWest Devon, South East Cornwall and South Hams.[43]
Yorkshire PostNoneYorkshire.[44]

Individuals edit

Conservative Party edit

Green Party of England and Wales edit

Labour Party edit

Liberal Democrats edit

Plaid Cymru edit

Scottish National Party edit

  • Limmy, comedian, actor and web developer (endorsed Labour outside of Scotland).[166]
  • Eddi Reader, singer-songwriter (endorsed Labour outside of Scotland).[284]

UK Independence Party edit

Sinn Féin edit

Organisations edit

Conservative Party edit

  • Leave.EU[287] (have also endorsed candidates of other parties in some specific constituencies)

Labour Party edit

Parties edit

Some parties which only contest elections in certain parts of the United Kingdom have endorsed political parties in areas they don't contest.

Endorsements for individual candidates edit

Aberavon edit

For Stephen Kinnock (Labour):

Amber Valley edit

For Nigel Mills (Conservative):

Arfon edit

For Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru):

Ashfield edit

For Gloria De Piero (Labour):

Banbury edit

For Roseanne Edwards (Independent):

Barrow and Furness edit

For John Woodcock (Labour Co-operative):

Bassetlaw edit

For John Mann (Labour):

Belfast East edit

For Gavin Robinson (DUP):

For Naomi Long (Alliance):

Belfast North edit

For Nigel Dodds (DUP):

Belfast South edit

For Emma Little Pengelly (DUP):

Birmingham Edgbaston edit

For Preet Gill (Labour):

Birmingham Erdington edit

For Jack Dromey (Labour):

Birmingham Yardley edit

For Jess Phillips (Labour):

  • Iain Dale, political commentator and former Conservative Party politician[322]

Bishop Auckland edit

For Helen Goodman (Labour):

Bournemouth West edit

For Conor Burns (Conservative):

Brecon and Radnorshire edit

For James Gibson-Watt (Liberal Democrat):

Brentford and Isleworth edit

For Ruth Cadbury (Labour):

Brighton Kemptown edit

For Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour):

Brighton Pavilion edit

For Caroline Lucas (Green):

Bristol East edit

For Kerry McCarthy (Labour):

Bristol North West edit

For Darren Jones (Labour):

Bristol West edit

For Molly Scott Cato (Green):

Broxtowe edit

For Anna Soubry (Conservative):

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross edit

For Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat):

Camberwell and Peckham edit

For Harriet Harman (Labour):

Cambridge edit

For Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat):

  • Iain Dale, political commentator and former Conservative Party politician[322]

Canterbury edit

For Julian Brazier (Conservative):

Cannock Chase edit

For Paul Dadge (Labour):

Cardiff Central edit

For Jo Stevens (Labour):

Cardiff South and Penarth edit

For Stephen Doughty (Labour Co-operative):

Cardiff West edit

For Kevin Brennan (Labour):

Carshalton and Wallington edit

For Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat):

For Matthew Maxwell-Scott (Conservative Party)

Ceredigion edit

For Mark Williams (Liberal Democrat):

Chatham and Aylesford edit

For Tracey Crouch (Conservative):

  • Iain Dale, political commentator and former Conservative Party politician[322]

Cheadle edit

For Mark Hunter (Liberal Democrat):

Chingford and Woodford Green edit

For Bilal Mahmood (Labour):

For Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative):

Christchurch edit

For Christopher Chope (Conservative):

Chipping Barnet edit

For Emma Whysall (Labour):

Dulwich and West Norwood edit

For Rachel Wolf (Conservative):

For Rashid Nix (Green):

Ealing Central and Acton edit

For Rupa Huq (Labour):

East Dunbartonshire edit

For Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat):

Eastbourne edit

For Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat):

Edinburgh South edit

For Ian Murray (Labour):

Edinburgh West edit

For Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat):

For Toni Giugliano (Scottish National Party):

Enfield Southgate edit

For Bambos Charalambous (Labour):

Exeter edit

For Ben Bradshaw (Labour):

Feltham and Heston edit

For Seema Malhotra (Labour):

Fermanagh and South Tyrone edit

For Tom Elliott (UUP):

Glasgow South West edit

For Matt Kerr (Labour and Co-operative):

Gower edit

For Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour):

Guildford edit

For Mark Bray-Perry (Green):

Hackney South and Shoreditch edit

For Meg Hillier (Labour):

Hampstead and Kilburn edit

For Tulip Siddiq (Labour):

Hammersmith edit

For Andy Slaughter (Labour):

Harborough edit

For Teck Khong (UKIP):

Harrogate and Knaresborough edit

For Helen Flynn (Liberal Democrat):

Hayes and Harlington edit

For John McDonnell (Labour):

Harrow West edit

For Gareth Thomas (Labour Co-operative):

Hazel Grove edit

For Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat):

Hendon edit

For Mike Katz (Labour):

High Peak edit

For Andrew Bingham (Conservative):

Hornsey and Wood Green edit

For Catherine West (Labour):

For Nimco Ali (Women's Equality):

Hove edit

For Peter Kyle (Labour):

Ilford North edit

For Lee Scott (Conservative):

For Wes Streeting (Labour):

Isle of Wight edit

For Vix Lowthion (Green):

Kensington edit

For Emma Dent Coad (Labour):

Kettering edit

For Philip Hollobone (Conservative):

Kingston and Surbiton edit

For Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat):

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle edit

For Michelle Dewberry (Independent):

Leeds North East edit

For Fabian Hamilton (Labour):

Leeds West edit

For Rachel Reeves (Labour):

Leicester West edit

For Liz Kendall (Labour):

Lewes edit

For Kelly-Marie Blundell (Liberal Democrat):

Leyton and Wanstead edit

For John Cryer (Labour):

Lincoln edit

For Karl McCartney (Conservative):

Luton North edit

For Kelvin Hopkins (Labour);

Luton South edit

For Gavin Shuker (Labour):

Maidenhead edit

For Gerard Batten (UKIP):

Manchester Gorton edit

For George Galloway (Independent):

For Afzal Khan (Labour):

Mitcham and Morden edit

For Siobhain McDonagh (Labour):

Morley and Outwood edit

For Neil Dawson (Labour):

Montgomeryshire edit

For Jane Dodds (Liberal Democrat):

New Forest East edit

For Julian Lewis (Conservative):

New Forest West edit

For Desmond Swayne (Conservative):

Newcastle upon Tyne North edit

For Catherine McKinnell (Labour):

Nottingham South edit

For Lilian Greenwood (Labour):

North East Fife edit

For Elizabeth Riches (Liberal Democrat):

North East Somerset edit

For Robin Moss (Labour):

North Norfolk edit

For Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat):

For James Wild (Conservative):

North West Leicestershire edit

For Andrew Bridgen (Conservative):

Norwich North edit

For Chloe Smith (Conservative):

Norwich South edit

For Lana Hempsall (Conservative):

For Clive Lewis (Labour):

Orkney and Shetland edit

For Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat):

Oxford East edit

For Larry Sanders (Green):

Oxford West and Abingdon edit

For Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat):

Paisley and Renfrewshire South edit

For Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party):

Penistone and Stocksbridge edit

For Angela Smith (Labour):

Peterborough edit

For Stewart Jackson (Conservative):

Plymouth Moor View edit

For Sue Dann (Labour):

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport edit

For Luke Pollard (Labour):

Pontypridd edit

For Owen Smith (Labour):

Pudsey edit

For Ian McCargo (Labour):

Rhondda edit

For Chris Bryant (Labour):

Richmond Park edit

For Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat):

Salford and Eccles edit

For Rebecca Long-Bailey (Labour):

Sedgefield edit

For Phil Wilson (Labour):

Sheffield Central edit

For Natalie Bennett (Green):

Sheffield Hallam edit

For Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat):

Shipley edit

For Philip Davies (Conservative):

For Sophie Walker[422] (Women's Equality):

Skipton and Ripon edit

For Andy Brown (Green):

Somerton and Frome edit

For David Warburton (Conservative):

South Leicestershire edit

For Roger Helmer (UKIP):

South West Surrey edit

For Louise Irvine (National Health Action):

Southampton Test edit

For Alan Whitehead (Labour):

Southport edit

For Sue McGuire (Liberal Democrat):

St Albans edit

For Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat):

St Ives edit

For Andrew George (Liberal Democrat):

Stalybridge and Hyde edit

For Jonathan Reynolds (Labour):

Stockton South edit

For James Wharton (Conservative):

Streatham edit

For Chuka Umunna (Labour):

Surrey Heath edit

For Ann-Marie Barker (Liberal Democrat):

Sutton and Cheam edit

For Amna Ahmad (Liberal Democrat):

Swindon South edit

For Martin Costello (UKIP):

Thornbury and Yate edit

For Claire Young (Liberal Democrat):

Thurrock edit

For Tim Aker (UKIP):

For Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative):

Tooting edit

For Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour):

Tottenham edit

For David Lammy (Labour):

Twickenham edit

For Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat):

Vauxhall edit

For Kate Hoey (Labour)

For George Turner (Liberal Democrat):

Wakefield edit

For Antony Calvert (Conservative):

For Mary Creagh (Labour):

Wellingborough edit

For Peter Bone (Conservative):

Wells edit

For James Heappey (Conservative):

For Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat):

Wigan edit

For Lisa Nandy (Labour):

Wirral South edit

For Alison McGovern (Labour):

Wolverhampton North East edit

For Emma Reynolds (Labour):

Wolverhampton South East edit

For Pat McFadden (Labour):

Wrexham edit

For Ian Lucas (Labour):

Wycombe edit

For Rafiq Raqa (Labour):

Yeovil edit

For Marcus Fysh (Conservative):

For Jo Roundell Greene (Liberal Democrat):

York Central edit

For Rachael Maskell (Labour):

For Ed Young (Conservative):

York Outer edit

For Julian Sturdy (Conservative)

References edit

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