Endorsements in the United Kingdom general election, 2015

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

Endorsements for parties

Newspapers and magazines

National daily newspapers

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

National weekly newspapers

Newspaper Main endorsement Secondary endorsement(s) Notes Link
New Worker Labour None
Weekly Worker Labour Other minor left-wing 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 Secondary endorsement(s) Notes Link
Peace News Green Labour Endorsed 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 Link
Independent on Sunday None Newspaper stated in an editorial that it was not advising readers how to vote in 2015.
Mail on Sunday Conservative Party
The Observer Labour Party
Sunday Express UK Independence Party
Sunday Mirror Labour Party
Sunday People Labour Party
Sunday Telegraph Conservative Party
Sunday Times Conservative Party

News magazines

Newspaper Party endorsed Notes Link
Economist Conservative Party Endorsed a Conservative-led coalition.
New Statesman Labour Party
Spectator Conservative Party

English newspapers

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

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.

Scottish newspapers

Newspaper Party endorsed Notes Link
Daily Record Labour Party
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
Sunday Mail Conservative Party Praise in 1 article for SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, but otherwise anti-SNP & Tactical for Tories.

Individuals

Animal Welfare Party

Conservative Party

Green Party of England and Wales

Labour Party

Liberal Democrats

Scottish National Party

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

UKIP

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

Endorsements for individual candidates

Danny Alexander, Liberal Democrat candidate for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

Ed Balls, Labour Party candidate for Morley and Outwood

Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat candidate for Sheffield Hallam

Oliver Coppard, Labour Party candidate for Sheffield Hallam

Andrew Dismore, Labour Party candidate for Hendon

Lynne Featherstone, Liberal Democrat candidate for Hornsey and Wood Green

Mike Freer, Conservative Party candidate for Finchley and Golders Green

Andrew George, Liberal Democrat candidate for St Ives

Naomi Long, Alliance Party candidate for Belfast East

Caroline Lucas, Green candidate for Brighton Pavilion

Maajid Nawaz, Liberal Democrat candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn

Derek Wall, Green candidate for Windsor

Tom Watson, Labour candidate for West Bromwich East

Hywel Williams, Plaid Cymru candidate for Arfon

See also

References

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