Various newspapers, organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the 2019 United Kingdom general election.
Endorsements for parties
Newspapers and magazines
National daily newspapers
Newspaper Endorsement Notes Link Daily Express Daily Mail Daily Mirror Labour Party Conservative Party None "To those candidates who share [internationalist, pro business and liberal] values – and are ready to fight for them – the FT lends its wholehearted support." The Guardian Labour Party Advocated voting for "candidates who can defeat the Tories" where Labour cannot win. i None The Independent None Endorsed tactical voting "in an effort to deny Mr Johnson that majority." Morning Star Labour Party The Sun The Times
National Sunday newspapers
Newspaper Endorsement Notes LinkThe Observer None Encouraged readers to vote for "pro-referendum, progressive" candidates in order to stop a Conservative majority. Sunday Express Conservative Party The Sunday Mirror Labour Party The Sunday People Labour Party The Sun on Sunday Conservative Party The Sunday Telegraph Conservative Party The Sunday Times Conservative Party
National weekly newspapers
Newspaper Endorsement Notes Link The Jewish Chronicle None Opposed Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn becoming prime minister.
National political magazines
Publication Endorsement Notes Link The Economist Liberal Democrats New Statesman None Endorsed tactical voting against the Conservatives.Called Jeremy Corbyn "unfit to be prime minister". Red Pepper Labour Party Socialist Standard Socialist Party of Great Britain Called on voters to write "world socialism" on their ballot outside the two constituencies contested. The Spectator Conservative Party
Other national publications
Publication Endorsement Notes Link Dazed Labour Party Bi-monthly style magazine gal-dem Labour Party Publication sharing perspectives from women and non-binary people of colour Huck Labour Party Bi-monthly arts and lifestyle magazine Peace NewsGreen PartySupported parties that proposed a green new deal. Labour Party Plaid Cymru The Quietus Labour Party Music and pop culture magazine Socialist Appeal Labour Party Trotskyist publication Vice Labour Party Cultural/lifestyle magazine
Northern Irish newspapers Newspaper Endorsement Notes Link Irish News None Supported candidates who support remaining in the European Union.
Regional newspapers
Publication Endorsement Notes Link Evening Standard Free daily London newspaper Liverpool Echo Labour Party Daily newspaper covering Liverpool and Merseyside
Individuals
Brexit Party Derek Chisora, boxer
Conservative Party
Ian Austin, former independent and Labour MP Arron Banks, businessman and co-founder of Leave.EU Gareth Bennett, independent and former UKIP AM Carl Benjamin, YouTuber and former UKIP candidate Catherine Blaiklock, founder and former leader of the Brexit Party Roy Chubby Brown, stand-up comedian Douglas Carswell, former independent, UKIP and Conservative MP Bill Etheridge, former UKIP and Brexit Party MEP Lance Forman, independent and former Brexit Party MEP Bobby George, darts player David Goodhart, journalist Darren Grimes, commentator and activist Lucy Harris, independent and former Brexit Party MEP Tom Harris, former Labour MP Katie Hopkins, media personality and columnist Bernard Ingham, journalist Claude Littner, business executive John Longworth, independent and former Brexit Party MEP and chairman of Leave Means Leave Tim Martin, businessman and founder of Wetherspoons Piers Morgan, broadcaster Geoff Norcott, comedian Annunziata Rees-Mogg, independent and former Brexit Party MEP Tommy Robinson, far-right activist and co-founder of the English Defence League Tim Stanley, journalist and historian Gisela Stuart, former Labour MP, chair of Change Britain and former chair of Vote Leave Alan Sugar, business magnate, media personality and former Labour Peer, now a crossbench peer John Woodcock, former independent and Labour MP Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian politician and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Green Party
John Cleese, actor and comedian Richard Dawkins, ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and author (also endorsed the Liberal Democrats, SNP, and Plaid Cymru) Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, celebrity chef, television personality, journalist and food writer Liam Gallagher, musician and songwriter George Monbiot, writer and political activist (also endorsed Labour)
Labour Party
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, contemporary artist Lolly Adefope, comedian Akala, rapper Lily Allen, singer-songwriter Gar Alperovitz, American historian and economist Amir Amirani, director Li Andersson, Finnish politician and Minister for Education Ulla Andersson, Swedish politician Adjoa Andoh, actor Kehinde Andrews, academic Katherine Angel, academic and writer Keith Armstrong, author and poet Oreet Ashery, artist Katy B, singer-songwriter Danny Baker, radio DJ Ronan Bennett, writer Big Narstie, musician Lethal Bizzle, rapper Grace Blakeley, author and economics commentator David Blanchflower, economist David Blandy, artist Mark Blyth, economist<ref name="FTecon"> (paywall). 'Economists' letter to the Financial Times''' also available here.</ref> Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter and activist Sam Byers, novelist Victoria Chick, economist Diana Chire, artist and director Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher Julie Christie, actress and activist Chipo Chung, actress Joan Collins, Irish politician Andy Croft, writer, editor and poet Caryl Churchill, playwright Jasmina Cibic, performance, installation and film artist Steve Coogan, comedian and actor (not in all constituencies) Christine Cooper, economist Rafael Correa, former president of Ecuador Nicola Coughlan, Irish actress Angela Davis, American political activist and academic Fabio De Masi, German politician and economist Rob Delaney, comedian Robert Del Naja, musician and graffiti artist Panicos Demetriades, Cypriot economist Danny DeVito, American actor, director, producer, and filmmaker Leena Dhingra, television actress Danny Dorling, social geographer Joe Dunthorne, novelist and poet Tom Dyckhoff, journalist and television presenter Will Eaves, author Michael Eavis, dairy farmer and founder of the Glastonbury festival David Edgar, playwright Travis Elborough, writer Brian Eno, musician Íñigo Errejón, Spanish politician Ali Esbati, Swedish politician and columnist Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive of the New Economics Foundation Adham Faramawy, artist Andrew Feinstein, former South African politician Mark Fell, music producer and artist Shiva Feshareki, experimental composer Jem Finer, musician Liza Fior, architect Liam Fray, musician Stephen Frears, film director Selma James, American writer and feminist Jumpin Jack Frost, DJ and record producer Guy Garvey, singer, songwriter and radio presenter Tefere Gebre, Ethiopian-American union leader Geeneus, DJ Ghetts, grime MC Tariq Goddard, novelist and publisher John Goodby, chemist Antony Gormley, sculptor Nikhil Goyal, American writer David Graeber, American anthropologist and anarchist John Grahl, economist Matthew Green, Canadian politician Professor Green, rapper and singer-songwriter Stephany Griffith-Jones, economist Patrick Harrington, political activist"Unions tell Labour it got it wrong and it's time to move on from Remain" , Solidarity website, 17 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019. Sofie Hagen, comedian Peter Hallward, philosopher Barbara Harriss-White, economist David Harrison, artist M. John Harrison, author and critic Douglas Hart, musician Owen Hatherley, journalist and writer Chris Hayes, American journalist Charles Hayward, musician Libby Heaney, artist, physicist and lecturer Edwin Heathcote, architect Tony Heaton, artist Peter Herbert, barrister Kevin Higgins, Irish poet Susan Himmelweit, economist Peter Hobbs, novelist Richard Hollis, graphic designer Peter Hooton, singer Srećko Horvat, Croatian philosopher House House, Australian video game developer Michael Hrebeniak, academic, author, jazz musician and journalist Joseph Huber, German economist Will Hutton, economist (endorsed Liberal Democrats in some constituencies) Timothy Hyman, artist Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician Eddie Izzard, comedian and actor Lars Iyer, novelist and philosopher Michael Jacobs, economist Juliet Jacques, journalist Jamelia, recording artist and television presenter Gus John, writer Linton Kwesi Johnson, dub poet Fred Johnston, Irish writer Richard Jolly, economist Owen Jones, journalist, author and political activist Meena Kandasamy, Indian poet Kano, rapper Asif Kapadia, film director Anish Kapoor, contemporary artist Ronnie Kasrils, South African politician Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director Roz Kaveney, writer, critic and poet John Keane, artist Shaun Keaveny, broadcaster Steve Keen, Australian economist Patrick Keiller, film director Peter Kennard, photomontage artist A. L. Kennedy, author and comedian Laleh Khalili, Iranian American academic Sharon Kivland, American-British artist Naomi Klein, Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker Hanif Kureishi, playwright, screenwriter and novelist Francesco Laforgia, Italian politician Kate Lamb, actor Mark Leckey, artist Lawrence Lek, multimedia artist Mike Leigh, film and theatre writer Dua Lipa, singer Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter Little Mix, girl group Guillaume Long, Ecuadorian politician, former Foreign Minister, and academic Josie Long, comedian Hannah Lowe, writer Lowkey, rapper Audun Lysbakken, Norwegian politician and former Minister for Children and Equality M.I.A., rapper, singer-songwriter and activist Sophie Mackintosh, author Sabrina Mahfouz, poet, playwright, performer and writer Firoze Manji, Kenyan author, activist and editor-in-chief Michael Mansfield, barrister Miriam Margolyes, actress Grantley Evan Marshall (aka Daddy G), musician and founding member of Massive Attack Francesca Martinez, actor and comedian Massive Attack, trip hop band Marisa Matias, Portuguese sociologist Mariana Mazzucato, economist Jon McClure (aka The Reverend), musician Jon McGregor, writer Bill McKibben, American environmentalist and writer Susana Medina, writer Luka Mesec, Slovenian politician Micachu, singer, songwriter and composer James Miller, novelist and academic Anna Minton, journalist and writer Maurice Mitchell, American activist and musician George Monbiot, writer and political activist (also endorsed the Green Party) Juan Carlos Monedero, Spanish politician Alan Moore, writer Mick Moore, political economist Thurston Moore, American musician and member of Sonic Youth Alan Morrison, poet Graham Mort, poet Bjørnar Moxnes, Norwegian politician John Muckle, writer Neel Mukherjee, writer Hugh Mulholland, curator Richard Murphy, political economist Karma Nabulsi, academic Sara Nelson, American flight attendant and union leader Andy Nicholson (formerly of Arctic Monkeys), musician, DJ, record producer and photographer Alex Niven, writer Peter Oborne, journalist Leo Panitch, Canadian writer Ian Parks, writer Maxine Peake, actor Avinash Persaud, economist Alex Pheby, author and academic Heather Phillipson, artist Tom Pickard, poet and filmmaker Kate Pickett, epidemiologist Thomas Piketty, French economist Joanna Piotrowska, Polish photographer David Pollard, writer Jocelyn Pook, composer, pianist, viola player Chris Power, short story writer and literary critic John Power, singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist Agata Pyzik, Polish journalist and cultural critic Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, American politician, member of Chicago City Council Kate Raworth, economist Bernd Riexinger, German politician and trade union organiser