Various newspapers, organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the 2015 general election
Endorsements for parties
Newspapers and magazines
National daily newspapers
National weekly newspapers
National monthly newspapers
Newspaper
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Main endorsement
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Secondary endorsement(s)
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Notes
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Link
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Peace News
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Green
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Labour
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Endorsed Greens and left-wing Labour candidates. Supported candidates who commit to the '2050 decarbonisation goal and/or to not replacing Trident'.
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National Sunday newspapers
News magazines
Political magazines
English newspapers
Northern Irish newspapers
Scottish newspapers
Individuals
Animal Welfare Party
Conservative Party
- Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician[2]
- Sol Campbell, footballer[3]
- Bob Dudley, American businessman[4]
- Ron Dennis, businessman[5]
- Charles Dunstone, businessman[5]
- George Iacobescu, businessman[6]
- Stuart Rose, businessman[6]
- Tidjane Thiam, French-Ivorian businessman and former politician[4]
- Paul S. Walsh, businessman[6]
- Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer and Conservative member of the House of Lords[7]
Green Party of England and Wales
Labour Party
- Duncan Bannatyne, businessman and author[12]
- Trevor Beattie, advertising executive[13]
- Jo Brand, comedian, writer, actress and former nurse[14]
- Russell Brand (in England and Wales, except Brighton), comedian, activist[15]
- Michelle Collins, actress[16]
- Steve Coogan, actor and comedian[17]
- Peter Duncan, actor[13]
- Ben Elton, comedian[18]
- Martin Freeman, actor[19]
- Stephen Fry, comedian, writer, actor and presenter[20]
- Stephen Hawking, professor, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author[21]
- Wayne Hemingway, fashion designer and businessman[13]
- Mathew Horne, actor[16]
- Jason Isaacs, actor[16]
- Eddie Izzard, comedian, actor and writer[22]
- Owen Jones, author, newspaper columnist and commentator[23]
- Kathy Lette, author[20]
- David Morrissey, actor, director, producer and screenwriter[20]
- Susie Orbach, writer and social critic[13]
- Paul O'Grady, broadcaster[16]
- Ronnie O'Sullivan, professional snooker player[24]
- Grayson Perry, artist[20]
- Will Self, author, journalist, broadcaster[25]
- Delia Smith, cook, author and television presenter[26]
- Patrick Stewart, actor[20]
- Harry Styles, singer of One Direction[27]
- David Tennant, actor[19]
- Polly Toynbee, journalist, author[28]
- Dale Vince, entrepreneur[13]
- Robert Webb, comedian[29]
Liberal Democrats
Scottish National Party
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
UK Independence Party
Organisations
Conservative Party
Labour Party
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
UKIP
Parties
Some parties which only contest elections in certain parts of the United Kingdom have endorsed political parties in areas they don't contest