Endorsements in the 2024 United Kingdom general election

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Various newspapers, organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Endorsements for parties

Newspapers and magazines

National daily newspapers

Newspaper Endorsement Notes Ref
Daily Mirror Labour Party [1]
Daily Star None Endorsed "the most sane politician in the UK", Count Binface, who is only running in the Prime Minister's constituency of Richmond and Northallerton. [2]
The Daily Telegraph Conservative Party [3]

Endorsements from individuals

Conservative Party

Green Party

Labour Party

Businesspeople
Politicians
Other celebrities and public figures

Reform UK

Endorsements from organisations

Labour Party

Endorsements in individual constituencies

East of England

Bedford

For Tarek Javed (independent):

Cambridge

For Khalid Abu-Tayyem (Workers Party of Britain):

Clacton

For Nigel Farage (Reform UK)

Luton North

For Toqueer Shah (independent):

Luton South and South Bedfordshire

For Attiq Malik (independent):

Norwich South

For Clive Lewis (Labour):

South West Norfolk

For James Bagge (independent)

Watford

For Khalid Chohan (Workers Party of Britain):

Waveney Valley

For Adrian Ramsay (Green Party)

East Midlands

Amber Valley

For Alex Stephenson (Reform UK):

Boston and Skegness

For Richard Tice (Reform UK):

Derby South

For Chris Williamson (Workers Party of Britain):

Leicester East

For Claudia Webbe (independent):

Leicester South

For Shockat Adam (independent):

Nottingham South

For Paris Ghazni (Workers Party of Britain):

Scunthorpe

For Abdul Butt (independent):

Greater London

Barking

For Muhammad Asim (Workers Party of Britain):

Bethnal Green and Stepney

For Ajmal Masroor (independent):

Brent East

For Aadil Sheikh (independent):

Brentford and Isleworth

For Nisar Malik (Workers Party of Britain):

Chingford and Woodford Green

For Faiza Shaheen (independent):

Cities of London and Westminster

For Rajiv Sinha (Green):

Croydon East

For Peter Underwood (Green):

Croydon South

For Richard Howard (Lib Dem):

Croydon West

For Jahir Hussain (Lib Dem):

Dagenham and Rainham

For Margaret Mullane (Labour):

Ealing North

For Sameh Akram Habeeb (Workers Party of Britain):

Ealing Southall

For Darshan Singh Azad (Workers Party of Britain):

East Ham

For Tahir Mirza (independent):

Enfield North

For Ertan Karpazli (independent):

Feltham and Heston

For Amrit Mann (Workers Party of Britain):

Finchley and Golders Green

For Sarah Hoyle (Lib Dem):

Hackney North and Stoke Newington

For Diane Abbott (Labour):

Harrow East

For Sabira Lakha (independent):

Harrow West

For Pamela Fitzpatrick (independent):

Hayes and Harlington

For John McDonnell (Labour):

Holborn and St Pancras

For Andrew Feinstein (independent):

Ilford North

For Leanne Mohamad (independent):

Ilford South

For Noorjahan Begum (independent):

Islington North

For Jeremy Corbyn (independent):

Islington South and Finsbury

For Carne Ross (Green):

Kensington and Bayswater

For Joseph Powell (Labour):

Leyton and Wanstead

For Shanell Johnson (independent):

Poplar and Limehouse

For Apsana Begum (Labour):

Southgate and Wood Green

For Karl Vidol (independent):

Stratford and Bow

For Omar Faruk (independent):

For Fiona Lali (independent):

Streatham and Croydon North

For Scott Ainslie (Green):

Tottenham

For Nandita Lal (independent):

Uxbridge and South Ruislip

For Ian Rex-Hawkes (Lib Dem):

Walthamstow

For Imran Arshad (Workers Party of Britain):

West Ham and Beckton

For Sophia Naqvi (independent):

Northern Ireland

Belfast East

For John Finucane (Sinn Féin):

For John Ross (Traditional Unionist Voice):

Belfast North

For David Clarke (Traditional Unionist Voice):

Belfast South and Mid Down

For Claire Hanna (SDLP):

East Antrim

For Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party):

East Londonderry

For Allister Kyle (Traditional Unionist Voice):

Fermanagh and South Tyrone

For Diana Armstrong (Ulster Unionist Party):

North Antrim

For Ian Paisley Jnr (Democratic Unionist Party):

North Down

For Alex Easton (independent):

For Stephen Farry (Alliance):

North East England

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

For Jemma Joy (Lib Dem):

For Rod Liddle (SDP):

Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

For Yvonne Ridley (independent):

North West England

Ashton-under-Lyne

For Aroma Hassan (Workers Party of Britain):

Birkenhead

For Jo Bird (Green):

Blackburn

For Adnan Hussain (independent):

For Craig Murray (Workers Party of Britain):

Blackpool South

For Chris Webb (Labour):

Bolton North East

For Rebecca Forrest (Lib Dem):

Burnley

For Gordon Birtwistle (Lib Dem):

Bury North

For Mark Alcock (Lib Dem):

Carlisle

For John Stevenson (Conservative):

Crewe and Nantwich

For Connor Naismith (Labour):

Gorton and Denton

For Amanda Gardner (Green):

Hyndburn

For Shabir Faizal (Green):

Liverpool Garston

For Sam Gorst (Liverpool Community Independents):

Liverpool Wavertree

For Ann San (independent):

Manchester Central

For Ekua Bayunu (Green):

Manchester Withington

For Richard Kilpatrick (Lib Dem):

Oldham East and Saddleworth

For Shanaz Siddique (Workers Party of Britain):

Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

For Zaffar Iqbal (independent):

Preston

For Michael Lavalette (independent):

Rochdale

For George Galloway (Workers Party of Britain):

Southport

For Sean Halsall (independent):

Stockport

For Ayesha Khan (Workers Party of Britain):

Stretford and Urmston

For Khalila Chaudry (Workers Party of Britain):

Tatton

For Nigel Hennerley (Green):

Scotland

Alloa and Grangemouth

For Brian Leishman (Labour):

Dunfermline and Dollar

For Naz Anis-Miah (SNP):

Glasgow South West

For Chris Stephens (SNP):

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

For Angus Brendan MacNeil (independent):

South East England

Brighton Pavilion

for Siân Berry (Green):

Hove and Portslade

For Tanushka Marah (independent):

Maidenhead

For George Wright (independent):

Oxford East

For Jabu Nala-Hartley (independent):

Slough

For Azhara Chohan (independent):

Wycombe

For Khalil Ahmed (Workers Party of Britain):

South West England

Bristol Central

For Carla Denyer (Green Party of England and Wales):

Gloucester

For Steve Gower (Workers Party of Britain):

Wales

Cardiff North

For Irfan Latif (Lib Dem):

Cardiff South and Penarth

For Anthony Slaughter (Green Party of England and Wales):

Newport East

For Pippa Bartolotti (independent):

Swansea West

For Gwyn Williams (Plaid Cymru):

West Midlands

Aldridge-Brownhills

For Ian Garrett (Lib Dem):

Birmingham Edgbaston

For Ammar Warraich (independent):

Birmingham Erdington

For Shaukat Ali (independent):

Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

For Mohammad Hafeez (independent):

Birmingham Hodge Hill

For James Giles (Workers Party of Britain):

Birmingham Ladywood

For Akhmed Yakoob (independent):

Birmingham Perry Barr

For Ayoub Khan (independent):

Birmingham Selly Oak

For Kamel Hawwash (independent):

Birmingham Yardley

For Jody McIntyre (Workers Party of Britain):

Coventry East

For Dave Nellist (TUSC):

Coventry South

For Zarah Sultana (Labour):

North Herefordshire

For Ellie Chowns (Green Party of England and Wales):

Smethwick

For Nahim Rabani (Workers Party of Britain):

Stoke-on-Trent Central

For Navid Kaleem (independent):

Telford

For Alan Adams (Reform UK):

Walsall and Bloxwich

For Aftab Nawaz (independent):

West Bromwich

For Parmjit Singh Gill (Lib Dem):

Wolverhampton West

For Zahid Shah (independent):

Yorkshire and the Humber

Harrogate and Knaresborough

For Tom Gordon (Lib Dem):

Huddersfield

For Andrew Cooper (Green):

Keighley and Ilkley

For Vaz Shabir (Workers Party of Britain):

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

For Shaz Saleem (independent):

Leeds Central and Headingley

For Owais Rajput (Workers Party of Britain):

Leeds North East

For Dawud Islam (Workers Party of Britain):

Leeds South

For Ed Carlisle (Green):

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

For Christine Gilligan Kubo (Green):

Sheffield Hallam

For Olivia Blake (Labour):

Wetherby and Easingwold

For Arnold Warneken (Green):

York Outer

For Luke Charters (Labour):

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