Ex-London Mayor candidate Shaun Bailey quits police and crime committee after ‘rule breaking’ bash

Shaun Bailey (Tory Ex-Candidate for London Mayor) has resigned from the London Assembly’s police and crime committee. He was found to have broken Covid rules after he attended a Christmas gathering. 

Last Wednesday, the Conservative Party announced that Shaun Bailey’s former-mayoral campaign was held inside their Westminster headquarters on December 10, 2020.

MyLondon reports that Mr Bailey gave in to the pressure after being subject to intense requests for his resignation over the past week. 

Downing Street employees joined the party. They danced into the wee hours, in spite of London’s Tier 2 ban on indoor socializing at that time.

Reports say that four of Bailey’s employees were disciplined for their actions at the event. 

 Ex-mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has quit as chairman of the London Assembly’s police and crime committee following revelations of a Chistmas gathering he attended last year, in breach of Covid regulations

‘[Mr Bailey] does not want an unauthorised social gathering involving some former members of the London mayoral campaign team last December to distract from the Committee’s important work,’ said a Conservative spokesman

He was to have been the chair of Wednesday’s crime and police committee. However, it was expected that London Assembly Members would make a personal demand for Bailey’s resignation.

However, an email stated that Susan Hall from City Hall Conservative would take the chairmanship of the interim committee. 

The Greater London Assembly spokeswoman for the Conservative Party, saying that “Shaun Bailey AM is now the Chairman of the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee.”

Labour opposition to Mr Bailey at the London Assembly say he still has many questions about the party’s actions last December.

“He doesn’t want an unauthorised social event involving former members of London’s mayoral campaign team in December distracting from the important work of holding the Mayor accountable.

“He will speak out for Londoners that don’t feel secure in the city, and advocate for a strategy for dealing with crime at disproportionate levels in London’s black communities.

Unmesh Dasai AM, Labour’s London Assembly police lead said that Bailey had to respond to questions from the Labour group.

Labour has asked for information on who went to the party and if Mr Bailey was given any gifts.