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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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.
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For Gareth Thomas (Labour Co-operative):
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For Michelle Dewberry (Independent):
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For Gavin Shuker (Labour):
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For George Galloway (Independent):
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For Jane Dodds (Liberal Democrat):
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For Robin Moss (Labour):
For Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat):
For James Wild (Conservative):
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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):
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For Louise Irvine (National Health Action):
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For Martin Costello (UKIP):
For Claire Young (Liberal Democrat):
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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):
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For Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat):
For Lisa Nandy (Labour):
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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):
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