Westminster Book Awards

The Westminster Book Awards (formerly the Parliamentary Book Awards) were established by the Booksellers Association and the Publishers Association in 2016 to champion the best political writing in the UK and to recognise the important link between the worlds of politics and publishing.  

The only political book awards curated by bookshops and voted for by parliamentarians, previous winners have included Harriet Harman MP, Nick Clegg MP, Penny Mordaunt MP, Andrew Mitchell MP, Baroness Jowell, Baroness Floella Benjamin, Sebastian Payne, Michael Ashcroft, Mark Carney, Iain Dale, and James O’Brien. 

The three categories are:  

• Best Biography, Autobiography, or Memoir by a Parliamentarian 

• Best Fiction or Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian  

• Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian   

The Westminster Book Awards 2024 are now closed for submissions.  The deadline for submissions was Wednesday 6 November. The winners will be announced in February 2025.