# Endorsements in the 2015 United Kingdom general election

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Various newspapers, organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the 2015 general election

## Endorsements for parties
### Newspapers and magazines
#### National daily newspapers

| Newspaper | Main endorsement | Secondary endorsement(s) | Notes |
| Daily Express | UKIP | Conservative | Endorsed the UK Independence Party. |
| Daily Mail | Conservative Party | UKIP | Supported a Conservative government. Encouraged anti-Labour tactical voting. |
| Daily Mail | Conservative Party | Liberal Democrats | Supported a Conservative government. Encouraged anti-Labour tactical voting. |
| Daily Mirror (& other Reach plc owned papers) | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Endorsed a Labour government. Supported tactically voting LibDem against the Conservatives in marginal seats. |
| Daily Telegraph | Conservative | None | |
| Financial Times | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Endorsed a Conservative-led coalition. |
| The Guardian | Labour Party | Green | Endorsed the Labour Party. Also supported Green and Liberal Democrat candidates where they were the main opposition to the Conservatives. |
| The Guardian | Labour Party | Liberal Democrats | Endorsed the Labour Party. Also supported Green and Liberal Democrat candidates where they were the main opposition to the Conservatives. |
| The Independent | Liberal Democrats | Conservative | Endorsed a second term of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. |
| Metro | None | |
| Morning Star | Labour | Communist | Endorsed the Labour Party in opposition to the Conservative Party. |
| News Line | Workers Revolutionary | Labour | Endorsed a vote for the seven Workers Revolutionary Party candidates, Labour elsewhere. |
| The Sun | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Supported voting for the Liberal Democrats in 14 Labour/LibDem marginals. |
| The Times | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Endorsed a second term of Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. |

#### National weekly newspapers

| Newspaper | Main endorsement | Main endorsement | Secondary endorsement(s) | Secondary endorsement(s) | Notes | Link |
| New Worker | | Labour | | None | | |
| Weekly Worker | | Labour | | Minor left-wing and far-left parties. | Endorsed 39 left-wing Labour candidates. The paper also supported Left Unity, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Communist Party of Britain, Respect Party, Socialist Labour Party, Socialist Party of Great Britain, Workers Revolutionary Party, Class War Party, Socialist Equality Party, Republican Socialists and Communist League. | |

#### National monthly newspapers

| Newspaper | Main endorsement | Main endorsement | Secondary endorsement(s) | Secondary endorsement(s) | Notes | Link |
| Peace News | | Green | | Labour | Endorsed Greens and left-wing Labour candidates. Supported candidates who commit to the '2050 decarbonisation goal and/or to not replacing Trident'. | |

#### National Sunday newspapers

| Newspaper | Party endorsed | Notes |
| Independent on Sunday | None | Newspaper stated in an editorial that it was not advising readers how to vote in 2015. |
| Mail on Sunday | Conservative | |
| The Observer | Labour | |
| Sunday Express | UKIP | |
| Sunday Mirror | Labour | |
| Sunday People | Labour | |
| Sunday Telegraph | Conservative | |
| Sunday Times | Conservative | |

#### News magazines

| Magazine | Party endorsed | Party endorsed | Notes | Link |
| Economist | | Conservative | Endorsed a Conservative-led coalition. | |

#### Political magazines

| Magazine | Party endorsed | Party endorsed | Notes | Link |
| New Statesman | | Labour | | |
| Spectator | | Conservative | | |

#### English newspapers

| Newspaper | Party endorsed | Notes | Link |
| City A.M. | Conservative | | |
| Express & Star | Conservative | | Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine |
| Liverpool Echo | Labour | | |
| London Evening Standard | Conservative | Endorsed the Conservative Party, and selective tactical voting for the Liberal Democrats. | |
| Manchester Evening News | None | | |
| Southern Daily Echo | Conservative | Urged voters to support the Conservative Party with the exception of those where Liberal Democrats were in lead. | |
| The Yorkshire Post | Conservative | Endorsed a continuation of the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition. | |
| The Yorkshire Post | Liberal Democrats | Endorsed a continuation of the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition. | |

#### Northern Irish newspapers

| Newspaper | Party endorsed | Notes | Link |
| Belfast Telegraph | None | Encouraged everyone in Northern Ireland to exercise their voting rights. | |
| Irish News | None | | |
| The News Letter | None | Backed unionist candidates. | Archived 26 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine |

#### Scottish newspapers

| Newspaper | Party endorsed | Notes |
| Daily Record | Labour | |
| The Herald | None | Endorsed no political parties. |
| The National | SNP | |
| Scotland on Sunday | None | Urged voters to 'vote for the party that comes closest to what you believe in'. |
| The Scotsman | None | Warned against tactical voting. |
| The Scottish Sun | SNP | |
| Sunday Herald | SNP | |
| Daily Mail Mail on Sunday | Conservative | Praise in one article for SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, but otherwise anti-SNP and tactical for Tories. |

### Individuals
#### Animal Welfare Party

* Piers Morgan, journalist and television personality

#### Conservative Party

* Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician
* Sol Campbell, footballer
* Bob Dudley, American businessman
* Ron Dennis, businessman
* Charles Dunstone, businessman
* George Iacobescu, businessman
* Stuart Rose, businessman
* Tidjane Thiam, French-Ivorian businessman and former politician
* Paul S. Walsh, businessman
* Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer and Conservative member of the House of Lords

#### Green Party of England and Wales

* George Monbiot, writer and environmentalist
* Jack Monroe, writer and social activist
* Grace Petrie. activist and singer-songwriter
* Peter Tatchell, political campaigner and journalist

#### Labour Party

* Duncan Bannatyne, businessman and author
* Trevor Beattie, advertising executive
* Jo Brand, comedian, writer, actress and former nurse
* Russell Brand (in England and Wales, except Brighton), comedian, activist
* Michelle Collins, actress
* Steve Coogan, actor and comedian
* Peter Duncan, actor
* Ben Elton, comedian
* Martin Freeman, actor
* Stephen Fry, comedian, writer, actor and presenter
* Stephen Hawking, professor, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author
* Wayne Hemingway, fashion designer and businessman
* Mathew Horne, actor
* Jason Isaacs, actor
* Eddie Izzard, comedian, actor and writer
* Owen Jones, author, newspaper columnist and commentator
* Kathy Lette, author
* David Morrissey, actor, director, producer and screenwriter
* Susie Orbach, writer and social critic
* Paul O'Grady, broadcaster
* Ronnie O'Sullivan, professional snooker player
* Grayson Perry, artist
* Will Self, author, journalist, broadcaster
* Delia Smith, cook, author and television presenter
* Patrick Stewart, actor
* Harry Styles, singer of One Direction
* David Tennant, actor
* Polly Toynbee, journalist, author
* Dale Vince, entrepreneur
* Robert Webb, comedian

#### Liberal Democrats

* John Cleese, actor and comedian

#### Scottish National Party

* Dennis Canavan, former Scottish Labour Party and independent politician
* Martin Compston, former footballer and actor
* Brian Cox, actor
* Ian McElhinney, actor
* Tommy Sheridan, former Scottish Socialist Party and Solidarity member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow. Co-leader of Solidarity
* Elaine C. Smith, actress and comedian

#### Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

* Jawad Ahmad, singer, musician and activist

#### UK Independence Party

* Richard Desmond, publisher, adult industry businessman
* Nick Griffin, former leader of the British National Party, former MEP
* Tommy Robinson, former leader and founder of the English Defence League, founder of the European Defence League, former Vice-Chairman of British Freedom Party
* Paul Sykes, businessman, philanthropist

### Organisations
#### Conservative Party

* Young Republicans International Committee, youth wing of US Republican Party

#### Labour Party

* Australian Labor Party, abroad
* Socialist Environment and Resources Association, environmental activist group
* Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians, trade union
* UNISON, trade union
* USDAW, trade union

#### Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

* National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, trade union

#### UKIP

* Britain First, far-right 'street-defence' organisation

### Parties

Some parties which only contest elections in certain parts of the United Kingdom have endorsed political parties in areas they don't contest
* The Labour Party (Great Britain) endorsed the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland.
* Plaid Cymru (Wales) endorsed the Green Party in England and the Scottish National Party in Scotland.
* The SNP (Scotland) endorsed the Green Party in England, and Plaid Cymru in Wales.
* The DUP and UUP (Northern Ireland) formed a unionist pact in four seats, with DUP candidates standing in Belfast East and Belfast North, and UUP candidates standing in Fermanagh and South Tyrone and Newry and Armagh.
* The 3 Green Parties in the United Kingdom, the Green Party of England and Wales, the Scottish Green Party and the Green Party in Northern Ireland, endorsed each other in their respective areas.

## Endorsements for individual candidates
### Danny Alexander, Liberal Democrat candidate for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

* Hugh Grant, actor

### Ed Balls, Labour Party candidate for Morley and Outwood

* PinkNews

### Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat candidate for Sheffield Hallam

* The Times

### Oliver Coppard, Labour Party candidate for Sheffield Hallam

* Owen Jones, Guardian journalist.
* Ronnie O'Sullivan, professional snooker player

### Andrew Dismore, Labour Party candidate for Hendon

* PinkNews

### Lynne Featherstone, Liberal Democrat candidate for Hornsey and Wood Green

* PinkNews

### Mike Freer, Conservative Party candidate for Finchley and Golders Green

* PinkNews

### Andrew George, Liberal Democrat candidate for St Ives

* Brian May, Guitarist of Queen

### Naomi Long, Alliance Party candidate for Belfast East

* PinkNews

### Caroline Lucas, Green candidate for Brighton Pavilion

* Julia Chanteray, President of the Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce
* Tom Burke, environmentalist, former Executive Director of Friends of the Earth
* Tony Juniper, activist, writer, environmentalist
* Charles Secrett, author, environmentalist broadcaster
* Russell Brand, comedian, activist
* David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster
* Joanna Lumley, actress and author
* Thom Yorke, musician and songwriter; member of Radiohead
* Brian May, musician, astrophysicist and animal welfare campaigner; member of Queen
* Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter
* Rory Bremner, impressionist and satirist
* Stephen Frears, film director
* Katharine Hamnett, fashion designer
* Jeremy Irons, actor
* Diana Quick, actress
* Bianca Jagger, human rights activist
* Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs presenter
* Alistair McGowan, actor and impressionist
* Cornelia Parker, sculptor and installation artist
* Tracy Worcester, former actress and animal welfare campaigner
* Mark Constantine, founder of Lush cosmetics
* Joseph Corré, co-founder, Agent Provocateur
* John Ashton, former special representative for climate change at the Foreign Office
* Prof. Tim Jackson, sustainable development, University of Surrey
* Jane Goodall, primatologist and UN messenger of peace
* Satish Kumar, former monk and peace activist
* Jeremy Leggett, green energy entrepreneur
* Jonathon Porritt, environmentalist and broadcaster
* Chris Rapley, former director of the Science Museum and the British Antarctic Survey
* Gordon Roddick, founder of 38 Degrees and co-founder, The Big Issue and The Body Shop
* Charles Secrett, former head of Friends of the Earth, England, Wales and Northern Ireland
* Dale Vince, Ecotricity founder
* Sir Tim Smit, co-founder of the Eden Project
* George Monbiot, journalist and author
* Michael Morpurgo, children's author, poet, playwright
* Mark Steel, writer and comedian
* Mark Thomas, comedian and journalist
* PinkNews

### Maajid Nawaz, Liberal Democrat candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn

* David Aaronovitch, journalist
* Richard Dawkins, scientist and writer

### Derek Wall, Green candidate for Windsor

* Democratic Union Party, Syrian Kurdish political party

### Tom Watson, Labour candidate for West Bromwich East

* Hugh Grant, actor

### Hywel Williams, Plaid Cymru candidate for Arfon

* Caroline Lucas, Green candidate for Brighton Pavilion