The Lord Bailey of Paddington | |
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.jpg) Bailey in 2019 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 10 July 2023 | |
| Member of the London Assembly for Londonwide | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shaun Sharif Bailey 30 May 1971 North Kensington, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Ellie Bailey |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | London South Bank University |
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Shaun Sharif Bailey, Baron Bailey of Paddington (born 30 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 and the House of Lords since July 2023.
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 Prime Minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2013. He also stood unsuccessfully to be elected to the House of Commons as the Conservative 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. Bailey came second in the election, losing to Sadiq Khan in the second-preference count, having received 35 per cent of first-preference and 45 per cent of second-preference votes.
Amid the Partygate scandal, Bailey resigned from his position as chair of the London Assembly's police and crime committee after a photograph of him at a December 2021 gathering at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters emerged, attracting allegations that he had breached COVID-19 restrictions that were then in place in England. In November 2022, the Metropolitan Police said they were taking no action against Bailey for his attendance at the gathering, citing insufficient evidence. On 4 July 2023, the police announced that they would be re-opening their investigation into the gathering after new evidence emerged.