George Osborne, Ellwood Atfield’s guest of honour at Political Cartoon of the Year awards evening – standard!
The winners were announced during a ceremony hosted by Ellwood Atfield in Westminster, on Thursday 23rd November 2017, at St John’s Smith Square, Westminster.
The awards celebrate the UK’s national newspaper cartoonists, and are attended by the National Press, Members of Parliament, leaders from the communications and PR industry and cartoonists alike.
Congratulations to the winners…
Political Cartoon of the Year 2017. Winner: Ben Jennings, The Guardian
Political Cartoon of the Year 2017. Runner-up: Bob Moran, Daily Telegraph
Political Cartoonist of the Year 2017. Winner: Morten Morland, The Times
Political Cartoonist of the Year 2017. Runner-up: Dave Brown, The Independent
The winning cartoonists
(L-R) Ben Atfield (MD, Ellwood Atfield), Dave Brown (The Independent), Morten Morland (The Times), George Osborne, Bob Moran (Daily Telegraph), Ben Jennings (The Guardian), Tim Benson (Political Cartoon Gallery).
Guest of honour George Osborne was at the sharp end of many a cartoonist’s pen over the years, and is now an advocate for political cartooning. In his new role as editor of The Evening Standard he has re-introduced the political cartoon to its pages with the appointment of Christian Adams.
Thank you to all our guests for a spectacular evening and celebration of this very special form of journalism.
View the shortlist of cartoons here.
A special thanks to Heineken for helping support this event. 
