Editing Martin Freeman (section)

=== Political views ===
Freeman is a supporter of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. As a teenager, he supported the now-defunct political group [[Militant tendency|Militant]] and volunteered with the [[Labour Party Young Socialists]].<ref name="Financial Times"/> In 2015, he appeared in a party political broadcast to endorse the Labour Party ahead of the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 UK general election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/30/hobbit-star-martin-freeman-appears-in-labour-election-broadcast |title=Hobbit star Martin Freeman appears in Labour election broadcast |last1=Mason |first1=Rowena|date=3 April 2015 |website=[[theguardian.com]]|access-date=3 April 2015}}</ref> In August 2015, he supported [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s [[2015 Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign|campaign]] in the [[2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|Labour Party leadership election]].<ref name="belfasttelegraph">{{cite news |last=Wylie|first=Catherine|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/sherlock-star-martin-freeman-backs-jeremy-corbyn-as-most-impressive-31483980.html|title=Sherlock star Martin Freeman backs Jeremy Corbyn as 'most impressive'|location=Belfast|newspaper=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|date=28 August 2015|access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref>