Shaun Bailey (London politician)

rdf:langString Shaun Bailey (London politician)

rdf:langString Shaun Bailey

rdf:langString Shaun Bailey

rdf:langString North Kensington, London, England

rdf:langString Bailey in 2020

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rdf:langString Shaun Bailey AM (born May 1971) is a British politician and former journalist. A member of the Conservative Party, Bailey has been a member of the London Assembly since 2016. Born in North Kensington to a British Jamaican family, Bailey earned a degree in computer-aided engineering from London South Bank University. In 2006, he co-founded a charity called MyGeneration; it ceased operations in 2012 due to financial problems. Bailey was a researcher for the Centre for Policy Studies and wrote several articles in the British press. He was appointed a special adviser on youth and crime to David Cameron from 2010 to 2013. He also stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Hammersmith in 2010 and Lewisham West and Penge in 2017. In 2018, Bailey was selected as the Conservative candidate in the 2021 London mayoral election (initially scheduled for 2020, but postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Bailey came second in the election, losing to Sadiq Khan in the second-preference count, having received 35% of first-preference and 45% of second-preference votes. In November 2022, the police said they were taking no action over a gathering that took place at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters in December 2021. Bailey had resigned from his position as chair of the London Assembly's police and crime committee after a photograph of him at the gathering attracted allegations that it was in contravention of tier 2 coronavirus restrictions which were in place in the UK at the time.