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Various newspapers, organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom.
| Newspaper | Endorsement | |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Mail | Conservative Party, Brexit Party in strategic electorates[1] | |
| Evening Standard | Liberal Democrats[2] | |
| The Guardian The Observer |
Pro-EU candidates[3][4] | |
| The News Letter (Belfast) | Unionist candidates[5] | |
| The Sun | Brexit Party[1] | |
| Sunday Mail (Scotland) | Scottish Green Party[6] | |
| Sunday Mirror | Labour Party[7] | |
- The ConservativeHome blog and its editor Paul Goodman implied endorsing, or appeared to suggest, abstaining from the elections.[8]
- The online magazine Spiked endorsed the Brexit Party.[9]
- The online newspaper Human Events endorsed the Brexit Party.[10]
- The online newspaper The Independent endorsed candidates that can "best influence EU lawmaking".[11]
- The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland encouraged voters in Northern Ireland to give their second preferences to other candidates opposed to Brexit.[12]
- The Communication Workers Union (CWU) endorsed the Labour Party.[13]
- The leadership of Mebyon Kernow endorsed the Green Party.[14]
- The Communist Party of Britain through its official organ the Morning Star called for a boycott of the European elections.[15]
- The Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) endorsed the Brexit Party.[16]
- For Britain, a far-right party, supported independent candidate Tommy Robinson.[17]
- The Gibraltar Social Democrats encouraged voters in Gibraltar to vote for parties opposed to Brexit or supporting a second referendum.[18]
- The Loyalist Communities Council, an umbrella group for illegal loyalist paramilitary groups, called on voters to support unionist parties.[19]
- The Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPAC UK) encouraged voting for Labour, the Greens, the SNP or Plaid Cymru.[20]
- The New Communist Party of Britain through its official organ The New Worker encouraged a boycott of the election.[21]
- Remain United, a website set up by activist Gina Miller to encourage tactical voting in the EU elections to maximise the number of MEPs who support remaining in the EU,[22] made an initial recommendation in early May, based on a ComRes poll, that people should vote for the Liberal Democrats in England, the SNP in Scotland and Plaid Cymru in Wales.[23]
- Sinn Féin encouraged voters in Northern Ireland to give their second preferences to other candidates opposed to Brexit.[24][25]
- The Socialist Workers Party through its official organ The Socialist Worker endorsed the Labour Party.[26]
- Together Gibraltar encouraged voters in Gibraltar to vote for parties opposed to Brexit and supporting a second referendum, specifically naming Change UK, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party.[18]
Brexit Party
- Jamie Bryson, unionist activist in Northern Ireland.[27]
- Derek Chisora, professional boxer.[28][29]
- George Galloway, former Labour and Respect Party MP.[30]
- Jeremy Hosking, businessperson and former donor to the Conservatives.[31]
- Lee Hurst, comedian.[32]
- Václav Klaus, former President and inaugural Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.[33][34]
- Tim Martin, businessman.[35]
- Tim Montgomerie, political activist, blogger, and columnist.[36]
- Douglas Murray, The Spectator journalist.[37]
- Patrick O'Flynn, Social Democratic Party MEP (elected as a UKIP MEP in 2014).[38]
- Allison Pearson, author and newspaper columnist.[39]
- Peter Shilton, former England goalkeeper[40]
- Steven Woolfe, independent MEP (elected as a UKIP MEP in 2014).[41]
Change UK
- Martin Bell, former independent MP, UNICEF ambassador and reporter.[42]
- Dan Hodges, columnist.[43]
- Jane Kennedy, former Labour minister and MP and sitting independent Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner.[44]
Conservative Party
- Jan Zahradil, President and Spitzenkandidat ('lead candidate' for election as President of the European Commission) of the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe.[45]
Green Party
- Steve Backshall, naturalist, writer and television presenter.[46]
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, celebrity chef, television personality, journalist and food writer.[47]
- Matt Haig, novelist and journalist.[48]
- Duncan Jones, film director, producer and screenwriter.[49]
- Robin Lustig, journalist and radio broadcaster.[50]
- Augustus Prew, actor.[51]
- Peter Reid, football manager.[52]
- Jolyon Rubinstein, actor, writer, producer and director.[53]
- Jack Thorne, screenwriter and playwright.[54]
- Dick Cole, member of Cornwall Council and the leader of Mebyon Kernow.[55]
Labour Party
- Thom Brooks, political philosopher and legal scholar.[56]
- Rob Delaney, American comedian, actor and writer.[57]
- Dawn Foster, journalist, broadcaster and author.[58]
- Nikhil Goyal, American journalist, activist and author.[59]
- Adam Howden, actor.[60]
- Owen Jones, political commentator and activist.[61]
- Mark McGowan, performance artist and political activist.[62]
- Zoe Williams, journalist.[63]
Liberal Democrats
- Rafael Behr, political commentator.[58]
- Mitch Benn, comedian, author and musician.[64]
- Georgie Bingham, radio and television presenter[65]
- Katy Brand, actor, comedian and writer.[66]
- Simon Callow, actor, musician, writer, and theatre director.[67]
- Michael Cashman, Labour peer, former actor.[68]
- Andrew Cooper, Conservative peer, pollster and David Cameron's former Director of Strategy, who subsequently had the Conservative whip suspended due to his endorsement.[69]
- Greg Dyke, media executive, football administrator, journalist and broadcaster.[70]
- Jenny Eclair, comedian, novelist and actor.[71]
- Simon Fraser, former Permanent Secretary.[72]
- Joseph Garcia, Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar and leader of the Liberal Party of Gibraltar.[73]
- Bamber Gascoigne, television presenter and author.[74]
- Julie Girling, independent MEP (elected as a Conservative MEP in 2014).[75][76]
- David Allen Green, lawyer and writer.[77]
- Michael Heseltine, Conservative peer and former Deputy Prime Minister,[78] who subsequently had the Conservative whip suspended due to his endorsement.[79]He later had the Whip restored over five years later in July 2024.
- James Hurst, footballer.[80]
- Emma Kennedy, actress, writer and television presenter.[81]
- Andrew MacKinlay, former Labour MP for Thurrock.[82]
- Peter Oborne, journalist[83]
- James O'Brien, broadcaster and journalist.[84]
- Gus O'Donnell, former Cabinet Secretary.[68]
- Matthew Parris, former Conservative MP for West Derbyshire, writer and broadcaster.[85]
- Susan Penhaligon, actress and writer.[86]
- Guy Verhofstadt, former Prime Minister of Belgium, leader of the ALDE group and currently the European Parliament's representative in the Brexit negotiations.[87]
Individual candidates
- Donald Tusk, President of the European Council and former Prime Minister of Poland, endorsed Jacek Rostowski, a Change UK candidate for London.[88]
- Julia Hartley-Brewer, broadcaster and newspaper columnist, endorsed Martin Daubney, a Brexit party candidate for the West Midlands.[89]
Mixed endorsements
- David Blanchflower, economist and academic, endorsed voting for parties in favour of remaining in the European Union.[90]
- Jonathan Freedland, journalist and author, endorsed the Liberal Democrats or Greens.[91]
- Gaby Hinsliff, journalist, endorsed the Liberal Democrats, Greens or Change UK in England, and SNP or Plaid Cymru in Scotland and Wales.[58]
- Katie Hopkins, newspaper columnist and chat show host, endorsed the Brexit Party, unless voters had a UKIP MEP that they loved.[92]
- David McNarry, former leader of UKIP in Northern Ireland, endorsed voting for unionist parties.[93]
- Fabian Picardo, Chief Minister of Gibraltar and leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party, encouraged voting for candidates opposed to Brexit.[73]
- Alan Sugar (independent member of the House of Lords, formerly Labour) urged voters to not vote for Labour.[94]
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