Editing Hugh Grant (section)

===Political views===
In 2011, Grant appeared at the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]' conference on the [[News International phone hacking scandal|News International phone-hacking scandal]], where he briefly met then-party leader [[Nick Clegg]]. Grant said that he was attending the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] conferences as well, but told Lib Dem activists that "You, more than any of the other parties, have a good bill of health. You have never been in bed with these scumbags."<ref>Emma Griffiths, [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-14964379 Hugh Grant reverts to type to charm Lib Dems] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104191240/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-14964379|date=4 January 2016}}, BBC News (18 September 2011).</ref>

In the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], Grant expressed support for Liberal Democrat MP [[Danny Alexander]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/celebrity/hugh-grant-backing-danny-alexander-in-election-1-3759629|title=Hugh Grant backing Danny Alexander in election|date=30 April 2015|access-date=3 May 2015|work=The Scotsman}}</ref> and later hosted a dinner for the Liberal Democrats, in which he met the winner of a draw of donors to the Liberal Democrats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libdemvoice.org/fancy-a-chance-of-dinner-with-hugh-grant-just-donate-to-lib-dems-before-monday-evening-45721.html|title=Fancy a chance of dinner with Hugh Grant? Just donate to Lib Dems before Monday evening|first=Caron|last=Lindsay|website=Liberal Democrat Voice|date=2 May 2015|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=4 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504143548/http://www.libdemvoice.org/fancy-a-chance-of-dinner-with-hugh-grant-just-donate-to-lib-dems-before-monday-evening-45721.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Express">[https://www.expressandstar.com/election/2015/05/04/tom-watson-should-be-prime-minister-says-hugh-grant/ Tom Watson should be Prime Minister, says Hugh Grant] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132440/http://www.expressandstar.com/election/2015/05/04/tom-watson-should-be-prime-minister-says-hugh-grant/|date=4 March 2016}}, ''Express & Star'' (4 May 2015).</ref> In an email sent by former Liberal Democrat leader [[Paddy Ashdown]], Grant wrote: "I am not a Lib Dem, a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Tory]], a Labourite or anything in particular but I recognise political guts."<ref name="Express"/> In the 2015 election, he endorsed two Labour candidates: [[Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest|Tom Watson]]<ref name="Express"/> and his former agent, [[Michael Foster (agent)|Michael Foster]].<ref>Katy Forrester, [https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/hugh-grant-jokes-seeing-former-5609939 Hugh Grant jokes about seeing his former agent in the BATH in hilarious video for Labour MP candidate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309183735/http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/hugh-grant-jokes-seeing-former-5609939|date=9 March 2016}}, ''Mirror'' (20 April 2015).</ref>

During the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] Grant campaigned for [[Strategic voting|tactical voting]] to stop a Conservative majority and [[Brexit]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/02/hugh-grant-i-want-to-do-my-bit-to-prevent-a-national-catastrophe|title=Hugh Grant: 'I want to do my bit to prevent a national catastrophe'|last=Walker|first=Peter |date=2 December 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=19 December 2019}}</ref> He was seen canvassing with Liberal Democrats candidates,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Speare-Cole |first1=Rebecca |title=General election 2019 latest: Hugh Grant canvasses with Lib Dem supporters to unseat Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-2019-latest-hugh-grant-canvasses-with-lib-dem-supporters-to-unseat-foreign-a4307741.html |access-date=26 January 2020 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |date=7 December 2019}}</ref> Labour candidates,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/hugh-grant-heckled-by-antiracism-protesters-as-he-campaigns-for-labour-in-northeast-london-a4305146.html|title=Hugh Grant heckled as he campaigns for Labour in north-east London|date=4 December 2019|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=19 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ikonen |first1=Charlotte |title=General Election: Hugh Grant joins Labour in Crawley |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18097541.general-election-hugh-grant-joins-labour-crawley/ |access-date=26 January 2020 |work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |date=12 December 2019}}</ref> and independent [[Dominic Grieve]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/hugh-grant-lib-dem-campaigning-luciana-berger-a4301746.html|title=Hugh Grant surprises voters by door-knocking with Lib Dem candidate|date=2 December 2019|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=19 December 2019}}</ref>

In the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], Grant publicly endorsed [[Carla Denyer]], co-leader of the [[Green Party of England and Wales]], for the newly-established [[Bristol Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol Central]] seat. Grant stated that Denyer was "a politician with integrity, who puts the public first".<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1795538637762998386 |user=HackedOffHugh |title=a politician with integrity, who puts the public first}}</ref>