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The Westminster Book Awards (formerly known as the Parliamentary Book Awards) were launched by the Booksellers Association and the Publishers Association in 2016 to champion the best of political writing and recognise the important link between politics and the book world. The awards celebrate parliamentary writing across three categories: Best Fiction or Non-Fiction book by a Parliamentarian, Best Biography by a Parliamentarian and Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian. Each year, publishers are invited to nominate titles and authors for the awards, with booksellers selecting the shortlists, and parliamentarians vote for the winner in each category. 
 

Westminster Book Awards 2024 Winners

Westminster Book Awards winners
 

Best Fiction or Non-Fiction book by a Parliamentarian: Let’s Be Honest by Jess Phillips

Best Biography by a Parliamentarian: Harold Wilson Twentieth Century Man by Alan Johnson

Best book by a Non-Parliamentarian: Patriot by Alexei Navalny

Previous winners

2023
​Best Non-Fiction o4 Fiction by a Parliamentarian
The Winding Stair by Jesse Norman

Best Memoir or Autobiography by a Parliamentarian
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival by Lord Daniel Finkelstein OBE

Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian
Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors: 50 Places That Changed British Politics by Matt Chorley

2022
Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian
The Fall of Boris Johnson by Sebastian Payne

Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian
In The Shadows - The extraordinary men and women of the Intelligence Corps by Michael Ashcroft

Best Memoir or Autobiography by a Parliamentarian
What Are You Doing Here? by Baroness Floella Benjamin

2021
Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian
Value(s):The Must-Read Book On How to Fix Our Politics, Economics and Values by Mark Carney

Best Non-Fiction Book by a Parliamentarian
Greater: Britain After the Storm by Penny Mordaunt MP and Chris Lewis

Best Biography, Memoir or Autobiography by a Parliamentarian
Beyond a Fringe: Tales from a Reformed Establishment Lackey by Andrew Mitchell MP

2020
Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian
The Prime Ministers: 55 Leaders, 55 Authors, 300 Years of History by Iain Dale

Best Non-Fiction Book by a Parliamentarian
The Glamour Boys: The Secret Story of the Rebels who Fought for Britain to Defeat Hitler by Chris Bryant MP

Best Biography, Memoir or Autobiography by a Parliamentarian
Long Way Home by Dan Jarvis MP

2019
  • Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian
  • This is Our Story: How the Fans Kept Their Hearts Beating, by Ian Murray
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  • Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian
  • Women of Westminster: The MPs who Changed Politics by Rachel Reeves
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  • Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian
  • How to be Right: In A World Gone Wrong by James O’Brien
 
2018
  • Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian
  • The Power of Politicians by Tessa Jowell and Frances D’Souza
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  • Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian
  • Adam Smith: What He Thought and Why it Matters by Jesse Norman
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  • Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian
  • Why We Get the Wrong Politicians by Isabel Hardman
 
2017
  • Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian
  • A Woman’s Work by Harriet Harman
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  • Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian
  • How to Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again) by Nick Clegg
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  • Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian
  • Jo Cox: More in Common by Brendan Cox
 
2016
  • Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian
  • The Long Winding Road by Alan Johnson
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  • Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian
  • Called to Account by Margaret Hodge
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  • Best Fiction by a Parliamentarian
  • Now is the Time by Melvyn Bragg
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  • Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian
  • Citizen Clem by John Bew
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