Newspaper endorsements in the United Kingdom general election, 2010

During the 2010 United Kingdom general election, a number of newspapers made endorsements of a political party. Here is an incomplete list.

A number of newspapers changed their endorsements from the previous general election, in 2005. The most notable changes were those of The Sun, The Times, the Sunday Times and the News of the World (all owned by News International), to the Conservative Party, having all backed Labour since 1997.

The Financial Times, the Evening Standard, The Economist also switched their endorsement from Labour to the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats picked up the endorsement of The Guardian and The Observer, but lost the endorsement of The Independent.

National newspapers

Newspaper		Notes
Daily Express	Conservative Party
Daily Mail	Conservative Party
Daily Mirror	Labour Party^[1]
Daily Star	None^[1]
Daily Telegraph	Conservative Party
Financial Times	Conservative Party	Backed Labour in 2005.
Guardian	Liberal Democrats^[2]	Backed Labour in 2005. Backed Labour in 2015. Supports anti-Conservative tactical voting with view to pro-electoral reform coalition
Independent	None	Supports proportional representation. Urged anti-Conservative tactical voting.
Morning Star	None	Calls for a Labour vote where Communist or similar left-wing candidates are not standing
Sun	Conservative Party^[1]	Backed Labour in 2005.
Times	Conservative Party^[1]	Backed Labour in 2005.

Newspaper		Notes
Independent on Sunday	None^[1]	Supports a hung parliament.
Mail on Sunday	Conservative Party^[1]
News of the World	Conservative Party^[1]	Backed Labour in 2005.
Observer	Liberal Democrats^[1]	Backed Labour in 2005.
Sunday Mirror	Labour Party^[1]
People	None^[1]	Supports a hung parliament.
Sunday Express	Conservative Party^[1]
Sunday Telegraph	Conservative Party^[1]
Sunday Times	Conservative Party^[1]	Backed Labour in 2005.

Newspaper		Notes
Economist	Conservative Party	Backed Labour in 2005.
New Statesman	None	Anti-Conservative tactical voting.
Spectator	Conservative Party

Newspaper		Notes
Belfast Telegraph	None^[3]
Irish News	None^[3]
News Letter	None	Pro-Unionist Parties. Back Unity candidate Rodney Connor.

United Kingdom general election, 2010

Boundary changes Constituencies Debates MPs elected MPs who stood down Newspaper endorsements Opinion polling Parties Results breakdown Results by constituency MPs by seniority Post-election events

Incumbent Prime Minister: Gordon Brown (Labour) Subsequent Prime Minister: David Cameron (Conservative)

Parties elected to the House of Commons	Conservative (David Cameron) Labour (Gordon Brown) Liberal Democrats (Nick Clegg) Democratic Unionist Party (Peter Robinson) Scottish National Party (Alex Salmond) Sinn Féin (Gerry Adams) Plaid Cymru (Ieuan Wyn Jones) Social Democratic and Labour Party (Margaret Ritchie) Green Party of England and Wales (Caroline Lucas) Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (David Ford) Independent (Sylvia Hermon)

Parties represented in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London, or the EU	British National Party (Nick Griffin) Green Party in Northern Ireland (Mark Bailey / Karly Greene) Progressive Unionist Party (Dawn Purvis) Scottish Green Party (Eleanor Scott / Patrick Harvie) Ulster Unionist Party (Sir Reg Empey) United Kingdom Independence Party (Lord Pearson)

Results by area	Northern Ireland Scotland Edinburgh Glasgow Wales England Birmingham Bristol Cornwall East Sussex Lancashire London Greater Manchester Merseyside Oxfordshire Surrey Wiltshire

United Kingdom local elections, 2010

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