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Shaun Bailey
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Conservative candidate for the London mayoral election, 2020
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Assumed office
28 September 2018
Preceded byZac Goldsmith
Member of the London Assembly
as the 9th Additional Member
Assumed office
6 May 2016
Preceded byVictoria Borwick
Personal details
Born1971 (age 52–53)
North Kensington, London, England
Political partyConservative
ChildrenTwo
Alma materLondon South Bank University

Shaun Bailey (born 1971) is a British Conservative politician and youth worker, who is the Conservative Party's candidate for the London mayoral election in 2020. He has also served on the London Assembly since 6 May 2016.

Bailey has worked as a researcher for the Centre for Policy Studies. He stood for the London constituency of Hammersmith as a Conservative at the 2010 General Election, and served as the Prime Minister's Special Adviser on Youth and Crime from 2010–2013.[1] At the 2017 General Election, he contested Lewisham West and Penge. Bailey is the Conservative candidate for the 2020 London Mayoral election,[2] where he will take on Sadiq Khan for the London mayoralty.

Early life

Bailey was born in North Kensington, London in 1971, where he and his younger brother were raised by his mother and extended family in the absence of his father, a lorry driver.[3] The family are of Jamaican origin.[4] From about 13 years of age, he began to get to know his father, along with a second family his father had started, and became close to his stepsisters and stepbrother.[5]

Bailey attended Henry Compton School in Fulham and left with five CSEs.[3] When Bailey was 12 years old, his mother sent him to join the Army Cadet Force in White City.[6] When Bailey was about 19, he became a Sergeant-Instructor and stayed in the Cadets for another 10 years in Askew.[6] At about the age of 12 or 13, he began attending the Jubilee Sports Centre to take up gymnastics,[5] and he became a member of Childs Hill Gymnastics Display team. After leaving secondary school, Bailey attended Paddington College, where he achieved two A-levels and a BTEC.[3]

Career before Politics

Bailey graduated with a 2.2 in computer-aided engineering from London South Bank University. Previously, he worked as a security guard at Wembley Stadium and the Trocadero to put himself through university. After witnessing the route to crime taken by many of his peers, Bailey became a drug-worker for the Blenheim Project, and later co-founded My Generation, a charity addressing the social problems that affect struggling young people and their families, such as anti-social behaviour, drug abuse, crime, pregnancy, educational underachievement, and unemployment.[7] The charity closed in 2012.[8][9]

Bailey was drafted in as chair of the trustees at the Pepper Pot Day Centre (2007–2009), an organisation in West London that provided for the African and Caribbean elders and adults with special needs.

He is currently[when?] the chairman of the panel of judges of the Spirit of London Awards.

Political career

Bailey is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies,[10] writing for the Centre and for various newspapers, including the Evening Standard,[11] the Times,[12] and The Independent.[13] His main area of specialisation is youth crime, welfare and charity and he is a member of the Police Community Consultation Group and has worked with the Independent Police Complaints Authority.

On 29 March 2007, he was selected at an open primary to be the Conservative candidate for the new parliamentary seat of Hammersmith, a key marginal seat in West London.[14] His campaign focused on issues surrounding families and social responsibility.[15] He failed to win the seat at the 2010 general election, losing by 3,549 votes, achieving only a 0.5% swing[16] (against an average swing to the Conservatives in London of 2.5%).[17]

After the election, Bailey took up a post in Downing Street, as Special Adviser to the Prime Minister David Cameron on Youth and Crime.[18] He focused on issues surrounding Government youth, crime, welfare and community policy, and was influential in shaping the agenda on these issues,[citation needed] particularly in the aftermath of the 2011 England Riots. In 2013, Bailey moved to the Cabinet Office, to help oversee the set up of the National Citizen Service, before taking up a post in the Department for Education, where he advised on Schools Military Covenant.

Bailey was critical of the Coalition's policies in relation to police cuts, cuts to youth services and housing benefit cuts. He was interviewed on the BBC's Newsnight programme in March 2011, where he was introduced as 'Ambassador for the Big Society'.[19]

In the run-up to the May 2015 General Election, Bailey was unsuccessful in attempts to be named the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Kensington,[20][21] South Croydon (where he didn't make the final round),[22][23] as well as Uxbridge and South Ruislip.[24][25]

In October 2015, Bailey was selected as the third Conservative candidate on the London Assembly top-up list. Following the loss of two constituency seats by the Conservatives, he was elected. He is currently deputy leader of the Conservative Greater London Authority Group.

At the 2017 general election, he stood in Lewisham West and Penge, coming second with 12,249 votes.[26] His vote share declined by 1.1% from the Conservative performance in 2015, compared to an average of 1.7% for Conservative candidates across London.[27]

2020 London Mayoral election

Bailey put himself forward to be the Conservative candidate for the 2020 London Mayoral election. Bailey said "My family first came to London in the fifties as part of the Windrush generation. They came to work hard and contribute to the country. I want to continue that tradition by making London an even better place to work, and a better place for your family. Sadiq Khan is a mayor who has constantly broken his promises to Londoners. He is far more interested in promoting his image and pursuing PR opportunities than he is in showing leadership on tackling knife crime or building the homes London needs. Londoners deserve better."[2]

Political views

Bailey has expressed concerns about liberalism, saying "The more liberal we have been, the more our communities have suffered",[3] and "The key wickedness that the Government has perpetrated is the idea that government can pay for everything. If you continually give people things and ask for nothing back you rob them of their will. People have to be involved in their own redemption. There are people sitting at home now who don't work because it's not worth their while to do it under the benefits system. That's wrong".[28]

Publications

References

  1. ^ "Conservative candidates chosen for London Assembly top up list | Conservative Home". Conservative Home. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44956501
  3. ^ a b c d Muir, Hugh (2 May 2007). "Black and blue". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  4. ^ Barnicoat, Becky (20 March 2010). "Meet the David Cameron generation". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  5. ^ a b "The House I Grew up In featuring Shaun Bailey". The House I Grew Up In. 3 September 2008. BBC. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b Geoghegan, Tom (8 April 2008). "'Army Cadets saved my life'". BBC.
  7. ^ "MyGeneration | Home". MyGeneration. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  8. ^ "Former big society ambassador's charity closes because of funding problems". Thirdsector.co.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  9. ^ 00:00, 2 MAR 2012Updated15:19, 12 MAR 2012 (15 June 2018). "Flagship 'Big Society' charity closes... due to lack of funds - Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Centre for Policy Studies Website Archived 20 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Bailey, Shaun (19 May 2009). "The Government's given up the war on drugs". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Bailey, Shaun (3 February 2008). "Stop and search saves lives". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) (Archived by )
  13. ^ "Shaun Bailey: An entire generation left out of the economy". London: The Independent. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  14. ^ CPS Press Release Archived 30 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Watson, Samantha (14 May 2007). "OBV Profile: Shaun Bailey". Operation Black Vote. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  16. ^ "Election 2010 | Constituency | Hammersmith". BBC News. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  17. ^ Political Party Seats Change Labour (1 January 1970). "Election 2010 | Results | London". BBC News. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  18. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ 22:30 . "BBC Newsnight 31 March 2011". BBC News. Retrieved 16 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ Kevin Rawlinson. "Victoria Borwick selected as Conservative candidate for Kensington | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  21. ^ "Victoria Borwick selected for Kensington". Conservative Home. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  22. ^ "Exclusive: We reveal the names of the longlisted candidates in Croydon South". Conservative Home. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  23. ^ "Final four announced for Croydon South". Conservative Home. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  24. ^ Hope, Christopher (1 September 2014). "James Cracknell to stand as a Tory MP". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  25. ^ "Former Cameron special adviser in the running for Uxbridge seat". Get West London. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  26. ^ "Lewisham West & Penge parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". BBC News. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  27. ^ Colombeau, Joseph. "The 2017 General Election – the numbers behind the result". London Datastore. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  28. ^ Tweedie, Neil (30 September 2008). "Interview: Shaun Bailey – he's black, he's tough, and he's a Tory". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  29. ^ http://www.cps.org.uk/files/reports/original/111028105425-NoMansLand.pdf

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