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| London mayoral election: Shaun Bailey chosen as Conservative candidate | London mayoral election: Shaun Bailey chosen as Conservative candidate |
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| Shaun Bailey will contest the 2020 London mayoral election for the Conservatives, it has been announced. | Shaun Bailey will contest the 2020 London mayoral election for the Conservatives, it has been announced. |
| The 47-year-old said tackling crime and building affordable homes would be some of his priorities if he is elected. | The 47-year-old said tackling crime and building affordable homes would be some of his priorities if he is elected. |
| The former special advisor to David Cameron beat his fellow London Assembly Member Andrew Boff and Ealing Councillor Joy Morrissey. | The former special advisor to David Cameron beat his fellow London Assembly Member Andrew Boff and Ealing Councillor Joy Morrissey. |
| In May 2016, Labour's Sadiq Khan beat Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith. | In May 2016, Labour's Sadiq Khan beat Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith. |
| Boris Johnson remains the only Conservative mayor of London, following election victories in 2008 and 2012. | Boris Johnson remains the only Conservative mayor of London, following election victories in 2008 and 2012. |
| Shaun Bailey | Shaun Bailey |
| Mr Bailey said: "It is a great honour to be selected as the Conservative Party's candidate for the 2020 London mayoral election. | Mr Bailey said: "It is a great honour to be selected as the Conservative Party's candidate for the 2020 London mayoral election. |
| "For someone who grew up in a council house in one of the poorest parts of London, securing this nomination is proof that our city truly is the place where anything is possible. | "For someone who grew up in a council house in one of the poorest parts of London, securing this nomination is proof that our city truly is the place where anything is possible. |
| "London has given me so much. | "London has given me so much. |
| "It's why I've spent my entire adult life trying to repay its generosity, either through my twenty plus years of youth work helping to steer children away from a life of crime and towards work opportunities, or my current involvement on the London Assembly, where I have done my best to hold the current mayor to account." | "It's why I've spent my entire adult life trying to repay its generosity, either through my twenty plus years of youth work helping to steer children away from a life of crime and towards work opportunities, or my current involvement on the London Assembly, where I have done my best to hold the current mayor to account." |
| He has vowed to cut City Hall bureaucracy to free up more money for policing and to release more land for homes. | |
| Labour criticised Mr Bailey's support for Brexit in the EU referendum and said he was part of the Cameron government that implemented cuts to the Metropolitan Police. | |
| "London deserves so much better than this," Battersea MP Marsha de Cordova said. |