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
National Sunday newspapers
News magazines
Political magazines
English newspapers
Northern Irish newspapers
Scottish newspapers
Individuals
Animal Welfare Party
*
Piers Morgan, journalist and television personality
Conservative Party
*
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman, politician, philanthropist, and author. He is the majority owner, co-founder and CEO of Bloomberg L.P. He was Mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013, and was a ca ...
, American businessman and politician
*
Sol Campbell
Sulzeer Jeremiah Campbell (born 18 September 1974) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of club Southend United. He previously managed Macclesfield Town from November 2018 to August 20 ...
, footballer
*
Bob Dudley
Robert Warren Dudley (born September 14, 1955) is an American-born businessman who is a former group chief executive of BP. He had been president and chief executive of TNK-BP and on June 18, 2010, was assigned to be BP executive in charge of th ...
, American businessman
*
Ron Dennis, businessman
*
Charles Dunstone
Sir Charles William Dunstone (born 21 November 1964) is the British co-founder and former chairman of mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse, former chairman of multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company Dix ...
, businessman
*
George Iacobescu, businessman
*
Stuart Rose
Stuart Alan Ransom Rose, Baron Rose of Monewden, Kt (born 17 March 1949) is a British businessman and life peer, who was the executive chairman of Marks & Spencer until 2010, remaining as chairman until early 2011. He was knighted in 2008 ...
, businessman
*
Tidjane Thiam, French-Ivorian businessman and former politician
*
Paul S. Walsh
Paul Steven Walsh (born 15 May 1955) is an English businessman who is the executive chairman of the McLaren Group. He was the chief executive of Diageo, the world's largest whisky company, for twelve years between 2000 and 2013.
Walsh was criti ...
, businessman
*
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948), is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, ...
, composer and Conservative member of the House of Lords
Green Party of England and Wales
*
George Monbiot, writer and environmentalist
*
Jack Monroe
Jack Monroe (born 17 March 1988) is a British food writer, journalist and activist known for campaigning on poverty issues, particularly hunger relief. She initially rose to prominence by writing a blog titled ''A Girl Called Jack'' (now r ...
, 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
Trevor Beattie (born 24 December 1959) is a British advertising executive. He is a founding partner, chairman and creative director of Beattie McGuinness Bungay (BMB), and was formerly the chairman and creative director of TBWA London. Consider ...
, advertising executive
*
Jo Brand, comedian, writer, actress and former nurse
*
Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand (born 4 June 1975) is an English comedian and actor known for his flamboyant, loquacious style and manner. Brand has received three British Comedy Awards: Best Newcomer (2006), Best Live Stand-Up (2008), and the award for ...
(in England and Wales, except Brighton), comedian, activist
*
Michelle Collins, actress
*
Steve Coogan
Stephen John Coogan (; born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter. He is most known for creating original characters such as Alan Partridge, a socially inept and politically incorrect media personality, which ...
, 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
Wayne Andrew Hemingway (born 19 January 1961) is an English designer and co-founder of Red or Dead. He is also on the Design Council Trustee Board and having been with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) for a d ...
, 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
Susie Orbach (born 6 November 1946) is a British psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic. Her first book, ''Fat is a Feminist Issue'', analysed the psychology of dieting and over-eating in women, and she has campaigned against m ...
, writer and social critic
*
Paul O'Grady, broadcaster
*
Ronnie O'Sullivan, professional snooker player
*
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry (born 1960) is an English contemporary artist, writer and broadcaster. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries, and cross-dressing, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "pre ...
, artist
*
Will Self, author, journalist, broadcaster
*
Delia Smith, cook, author and television presenter
*
Patrick Stewart, actor
*
Harry Styles
Harry Edward Styles (born 1 February 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and actor. His musical career began in 2010 as a solo contestant on the British music competition series ''The X Factor (UK TV series), The X Factor''. Following hi ...
, singer of
One Direction
*
David Tennant, actor
*
Polly Toynbee
Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee (; born 27 December 1946) is a British journalist and writer. She has been a columnist for ''The Guardian'' newspaper since 1998.
She is a social democrat and was a candidate for the Social Democratic Party in the 19 ...
, journalist, author
*
Dale Vince, entrepreneur
*
Robert Webb, comedian
Liberal Democrats
*
John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese ( ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and ...
, actor and comedian
Scottish National Party
*
Dennis Canavan, former
Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Labour ( gd, Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Labour Pairty; officially the Scottish Labour Party) is a social democratic political party in Scotland. It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party. From their peak o ...
and
independent politician
*
Martin Compston, former footballer and actor
*
Brian Cox, actor
*
Ian McElhinney, actor
*
Tommy Sheridan, former
Scottish Socialist Party and
Solidarity
''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...
member of the
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyro ...
for
Glasgow. Co-leader of Solidarity
*
Elaine C. Smith
Elaine Constance Smith (born 2 August 1958) is a Scottish actress, comedian, and political activist. She has starred in the BBC Scotland sitcoms '' City Lights'' (1984–91), ''Rab C. Nesbitt'' (1988–2014) and '' Two Doors Down'' (2016–), ...
, actress and comedian
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
*
Jawad Ahmad
Jawad Ahmed is a Pakistani pop singer and musician. Jawad Ahmed is currently chairman of Barabri Party Pakistan.
Early life and career
Jawad Ahmad was born into a Kashmiri family who immigrated to Pakistan after independence. Both his parents ...
, 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
The English Defence League (EDL) is a far-right, Islamophobic organisation in the United Kingdom. A social movement and pressure group that employs street demonstrations as its main tactic, the EDL presents itself as a single-issue movement ...
, founder of the
European Defence League, former Vice-Chairman of
British Freedom Party
*
Paul Sykes Paul Sykes may refer to:
* Paul Sykes (boxer) (1946–2007), English heavyweight boxer
* Paul Sykes (businessman) (born 1943), English Eurosceptic businessman and political donor
* Paul Sykes (rugby league) (born 1981), English rugby league footbal ...
, businessman, philanthropist
Organisations
Conservative Party
*
Young Republicans International Committee, youth wing of US
Republican Party
Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, though the term most commonly refers to the United States' Republican Party.
Republican Party may also refer to:
Africa
*Republican Party (Liberia)
* Republican Part ...
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
The Scottish National Party (SNP; sco, Scots National Pairty, gd, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from ...
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 Newry and Armagh can refer to:
* Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)
*Newry and Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)
Newry and Armagh is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Mickey Brady o ...
.
*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
Guardian usually refers to:
* Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another
* ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper
(The) Guardian(s) may also refer to:
Places
* Guardian, West Virginia, Unite ...
'' 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
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 73 countries. The organization was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by David Brower, Donald Aitken and Gary Soucie after Brower's split with ...
*
Tony Juniper
Anthony Juniper (born 24 September 1960) is a British campaigner, writer, sustainability advisor and environmentalist who served as Executive Director of Friends of the Earth, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. He was Vice Chair of Friends ...
, activist, writer, environmentalist
*
Charles Secrett
Charles Secrett is an environmental activist and was head of Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1993–2003. He is an author and broadcaster on environmental topics.
Secrett was a member of the Labour Government's Comm ...
, author, environmentalist broadcaster
*
Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand (born 4 June 1975) is an English comedian and actor known for his flamboyant, loquacious style and manner. Brand has received three British Comedy Awards: Best Newcomer (2006), Best Live Stand-Up (2008), and the award for ...
, comedian, activist
*
David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural histor ...
, naturalist and broadcaster
*
Joanna Lumley, actress and author
*
Thom Yorke, musician and songwriter; member of
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass) ...
*
Brian May, musician, astrophysicist and animal welfare campaigner; member of
Queen
*
Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music is ...
, singer-songwriter
*
Rory Bremner, impressionist and satirist
*
Stephen Frears, film director
*
Katharine Hamnett, fashion designer
*
Jeremy Irons, actor
*
Diana Quick
Diana Marilyn Quick (born 23 November 1946) is an English actress.
Early life and family background
Quick was born on 23 November 1946 in London, England. She grew up in Dartford, Kent, the third of four children. Her father was Leonard Quic ...
, actress
*
Bianca Jagger, human rights activist
*
Kevin McCloud
Kevin McCloud, (born 8 May 1959) is a British designer, writer, and television presenter. He has presented the Channel 4 series ''Grand Designs'' since its debut in April 1999.
Early life
Born in Bedfordshire, McCloud and his two brothers, T ...
,
Grand Designs
''Grand Designs'' is a British television series produced by Boundless and broadcast on Channel 4 which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
The programme has been presented by Kevin McCloud since it first ...
presenter
*
Alistair McGowan
Alistair Charles McGowan (born 24 November 1964) is an English impressionist, comic, actor, singer and writer best known to British audiences for ''The Big Impression'' (formerly ''Alistair McGowan's Big Impression''), which was, for four years ...
, actor and impressionist
*
Cornelia Parker, sculptor and installation artist
*
Tracy Worcester
Tracy Louise Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (née Ward; born 22 December 1958) is a British duchess, environmental activist, and former actress. She is usually known as Tracy Worcester, the married style that she often used before 2017, and as an ...
, former actress and animal welfare campaigner
*
Mark Constantine
Mark Constantine OBE (born 1952) is a British entrepreneur and trichologist best known as the co-founder and CEO of Lush, described as "one of the world's biggest cosmetics firms".
Personal life
Constantine was born in 1952 in Sutton.
He ...
, founder of
Lush
Lush may refer to:
People
Music
* Lush (band), a British rock band
* ''Lush'' (Mitski album), a 2012 album by Mitski
* ''Lush'' (Snail Mail album), a 2018 album by Snail Mail
* "Lush", a single by Skepta featuring Jay Sean
* ''Lush 3'', a si ...
cosmetics
*
Joseph Corré, co-founder, Agent Provocateur
*
John Ashton John Ashton may refer to:
Entertainment
* John Ashton (composer) (1830–1896), Welsh musician
* Will Ashton (John William Ashton, 1881–1963), British-Australian artist and art director
* John Rowland Ashton (1917–2008), English author
* John ...
, former special representative for climate change at the
Foreign Office
Foreign may refer to:
Government
* Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in many countries
** Foreign Office, a department of the UK government
** Foreign office and foreign minister
* Unit ...
*
Prof. Tim Jackson, sustainable development,
University of Surrey
The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. The university received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following recommendations in the Robbins Report. The institut ...
*
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
Christopher Graham Rapley (born 8 April 1947) is a British scientist and scientific administrator. He is Professor of Climate Science at University College London, a member of the Academia Europaea, Chair of the European Science Foundation's E ...
, former
director of the Science Museum and the
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...
*
Gordon Roddick
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of the British version of The Body Shop, now The Body Shop Internationa ...
, founder of
38 Degrees
38 Degrees is a British not-for-profit political-activism organisation. It describes itself as " progressive" and claims to "campaign for fairness, defend rights, promote peace, preserve the planet and deepen democracy in the UK".
38 Degrees ta ...
and co-founder,
The Big Issue and
The Body Shop
*
Charles Secrett
Charles Secrett is an environmental activist and was head of Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1993–2003. He is an author and broadcaster on environmental topics.
Secrett was a member of the Labour Government's Comm ...
, 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
The Eden Project ( kw, Edenva) is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England, UK. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit, located from the town of St Blazey and from the larger town of St Austell.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS E ...
*
George Monbiot, journalist and author
*
Michael Morpurgo, children's author, poet, playwright
*
Mark Steel
Mark Steel (born 4 July 1960) is an English author, broadcaster, stand-up comedian and newspaper columnist. He has made many appearances on radio and television shows as a guest panellist, and has written regular columns in ''The Guardian'', '' ...
, writer and comedian
*
Mark Thomas
Mark Clifford Thomas (born 11 April 1963) is an English comedian, presenter, political satirist, and journalist. He first became known as a guest comic on the BBC Radio 1 comedy show ''The Mary Whitehouse Experience'' in the late 1980s. He is ...
, comedian and journalist
*
PinkNews
Maajid Nawaz, Liberal Democrat candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn
*
David Aaronovitch, journalist
*
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. An ath ...
, 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
Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician who has twice led the Green Party of England and Wales and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion since the 2010 general election. She was re-elected ...
, Green candidate for Brighton Pavilion
See also
*
Newspaper endorsements in the United Kingdom general election, 2010
*
United Kingdom general election, 2010 (Endorsements)
*
Endorsements in the United Kingdom general election, 2017
*
Endorsements in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
References
{{2015 United Kingdom general election
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