British politician and journalist (born 1971)
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.
Early life
[
edit
]
Bailey was born on 30 May 1971
[1]
in
North Kensington
, London. He and his younger brother were raised by his mother and extended family in the absence of his father, who worked as a lorry driver.
[2]
When Bailey was around 13 years of age, he got to know his father and his second family, and became close to his stepsisters and stepbrother.
[3]
[4]
His grandfather came to the UK from Jamaica in 1947. Bailey has said his grandfather fought for Britain in the
Second World War
.
[5]
[6]
Bailey attended
Henry Compton School
in
Fulham
and left with five
CSEs
.
[2]
When Bailey was 12 years old, his mother sent him to join the
Army Cadet Force
in White City.
[7]
When he was about 19 years old, he became a Sergeant-Instructor and stayed in the Cadets for another 10 years.
[7]
At about the age of 12 or 13, he began attending the Jubilee Sports Centre to take up gymnastics, and he became a member of Childs Hill Gymnastics Display team.
[3]
After leaving secondary school, Bailey attended
Paddington College
, where he achieved two
A-levels
and a
BTEC
certificate.
[2]
Bailey was the subject of an episode of the
BBC Radio 4
series
The House I Grew Up In
, in which he admitted he had been a burglar in his youth and said: "I had a particular group of friends who indulged in a burglary. I had done it with them".
[8]
[9]
Reflecting on gang culture, Bailey commented: "The problem of having estates with names is that people become very territorial. You kind of defend your 'ends'. Because you don't want your locale to be seen as where the pussies live."
[10]
Career before politics
[
edit
]
Bailey graduated at the age of 27 with a 2:2 in computer aided engineering from
London South Bank University
.
[11]
Previously, he worked as a
Security guard
at
Wembley Stadium
and the
London Trocadero
to fund his university tuition.
[12]
He was unemployed for two years.
[13]
[14]
Bailey said: "I did bad, bad jobs. I basically worked sweeping factories, delivering beer and security work".
[13]
At least 12 members of his peer group spent time in prison.
[15]
In May 2006, Bailey co-founded MyGeneration, a charity addressing the social problems that affect struggling young people and their families. It was established shortly before Bailey was selected by the Conservative Party to stand in the recreated Hammersmith constituency.
[16]
In 2010,
The Times
reported that Bailey was at the centre of allegations that his North Kensington-based charity showed £16,000 worth of spending "without any supporting records".
[17]
Between 2008 and 2009, almost half of the charity's expenditure was on publicity and administration, not "direct charitable expenditure". Of the £116,000 "charitable expenditure", more than half was spent on travel and subsistence. The charity was closed in 2012 due to financial problems. The charity's services were taken over by other charities including
Kids Company
.
[18]
[19]
Political career
[
edit
]
Parliamentary candidate
[
edit
]
On 29 March 2007, Bailey was selected at an
open primary
to be the
Conservative
candidate for the newly recreated parliamentary seat of
Hammersmith
in West London.
[20]
His campaign focused on issues surrounding families and social responsibility.
[21]
He failed to win the seat at the
2010 general election
, achieving a swing of 0.5% from Labour which was two points below the average swing across London, and lost by 3,549 votes.
[22]
[23]
[24]
In the run-up to the
2015 general election
, Bailey was unsuccessful in attempts to be chosen as the Conservative Party candidate for
Kensington
,
[25]
[26]
Croydon South
,
[27]
[28]
and
Uxbridge South and Ruislip
.
[29]
[30]
At the
2017 general election
, Bailey contested
Lewisham West and Penge
, where he finished in second place with 12,249 votes. His share of the vote declined by 1.1 percentage points compared with 2015, against an average decrease of 1.7 percentage points for the Conservatives across London.
[31]
[32]
Researcher
[
edit
]
Bailey was a Research Fellow
[
when?
]
at the
Centre for Policy Studies
,
[33]
writing for the Centre and for various newspapers, including the
Evening Standard
,
[34]
the Times
,
[35]
and
The Independent
.
[36]
Government adviser
[
edit
]
In 2011, Bailey was appointed as one of
David Cameron
's "Ambassadors for the
Big Society
".
[37]
[38]
In 2012, he became a special adviser to the Prime Minister
David Cameron
on youth and crime.
[39]
Bailey was paid a salary of £60,000 as a special adviser.
[40]
In 2013, he was moved to a part-time role in the Cabinet Office on a one-year contract and was paid substantially less.
The Telegraph
published claims he was pushed out of Downing Street by
David Cameron
's "clique of Old
Etonian
aides".
[40]
London Assembly
[
edit
]
In October 2015, Bailey was selected as the third Conservative candidate on the London Assembly top-up list, after
Kemi Badenoch
and
Andrew Boff
.
[41]
He was Deputy Leader of the Conservative
Greater London Authority
Group before being selected as the Conservatives' Mayoral candidate.
[42]
NHS Trust's Board Member
[
edit
]
In 2018, Bailey joined Havering NHS Trust's board as part of a
diversity
scheme as a trainee.
[43]
House of Lords
[
edit
]
Bailey was nominated by
Boris Johnson
for a
life peerage
in the
2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
.
[44]
[45]
On 10 July, he was created
Baron Bailey of Paddington, of
Paddington
in the
City of Westminster
,
[46]
and was
introduced
to the
House of Lords
on 18 July.
[47]
He sits in the Lords for the Conservative Party.
[48]
2021 London mayoral election
[
edit
]
Campaign
[
edit
]
In 2018, Bailey was selected as the Conservative candidate for the
forthcoming London mayoral election
(scheduled to be held in 2020 but later postponed until 2021).
[49]
The
Evening Standard
newspaper endorsed Bailey for the Conservative candidacy, suggesting Bailey "had been both the embodiment and standard-bearer of Tory modernisation".
[50]
Bailey was subject to racism during the campaign on social media and in a letter posted to a Conservative party office.
[51]
Following his selection, Bailey was criticised for things he had written, said and shared on social media. He shared a tweet with an image with a caption describing Sadiq Khan, the incumbent mayor of London, as the "mad mullah of Londonistan". Bailey's spokesperson said he wouldn't have shared it if he had seen the caption.
[52]
In October 2018, Bailey was accused of
Islamophobia
and
Hinduphobia
over the contents of a pamphlet entitled
No Man's Land
, written for the
Centre for Policy Studies
in 2005. In it, Bailey said that celebrating Muslim and Hindu festivals "[robs] Britain of its community" and risked turning the country into a "crime riddled cesspool" as a result. He claimed that
Indians
"bring their culture, their country and any problems they might have, with them" but that this was not a problem within the black community "because we've shared a religion and in many cases a language".
[53]
In the pamphlet, Bailey confused the
Hindu
religion and the
Hindi
language: "You don't know what to do. You bring your children to school and they learn far more about
Diwali
than
Christmas
. I speak to the people who are from
Brent
and they've been having Muslim and Hindi
(
sic
)
days off".
[54]
James Cleverly
, then the deputy chair of the Conservative Party, said that Bailey had been misunderstood and would not be sanctioned.
[55]
In June 2020, following poor polling figures against current-Mayor
Sadiq Khan
, the
Financial Times
reported that some senior Conservatives wished to replace Bailey with another candidate such as
Sajid Javid
.
[56]
[57]
This was dismissed by ministers
[58]
and other senior Tories, with Bailey criticising those in the Conservative Party who sought to replace him as the candidate,
[59]
and stating that he had the personal backing of Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
.
[60]
In early March 2021, Bailey was accused of politicising the
disappearance of a 33-year-old woman
in
Clapham
, given that the police investigation was still ongoing.
[61]
[62]
[63]
Liberal Democrat mayoral candidate
Luisa Porritt
called the comments "utterly grotesque",
[64]
with Labour MPs calling his comments "shameless".
[63]
In an interview, Minister for London
Paul Scully
defended Bailey's comments, with Bailey also stating that he didn't regret the tweet during an interview on
LBC
.
[65]
[66]
In mid March 2021, the
Daily Mirror
alleged that the
Conservative Party
had withdrawn campaign funding, noting the lack of funds raised by the campaign itself.
[67]
[68]
Bailey's campaign denied the story, stating it was "fictional" and "hearsay".
[67]
Mayoral policies
[
edit
]
Throughout 2020 and 2021, Bailey's mayoral campaign outlined several policies including:
[69]
- An increase in the size of the
Metropolitan Police
to 40,000 officers and the introduction of new 'stop and scan' technology that will use thermal imaging in knife crime hotspots.
[70]
- A reverse in the increase in the
Congestion Charge
to £15,
[71]
and stopping the expansion of the
Ultra Low Emission Zone
.
[69]
- A taxpayer-owned housebuilding organisation controlled by the Mayor
[72]
and funding 100,000
shared ownership
homes to be sold for £100,000.
[73]
- A London Infrastructure Bank to fund
Crossrail 2
and other infrastructure including
Hammersmith Bridge
and Tube upgrades.
[74]
- Plans to make every London bus electric by the end of a second term.
[75]
- To install CCTV on the Bakerloo, Central and Piccadilly
London Underground
lines in an effort to improve women's safety.
[76]
- To recruit 4,000 new youth workers and open 32 new youth centres, one for every
London borough
.
[77]
In August 2020, he announced he would encourage larger businesses in London to
drug-test
employees in an effort to reduce drug consumption and crime.
[78]
[79]
In September 2020, Bailey proposed that companies should be able to pay to rename tube lines and stations with commercial brand names.
[80]
Bailey stated that funds so raised could be used to pay for under-18s and over-60s free travel.
[81]
In November 2020, Bailey pledged to fund 100,000
shared ownership
'millennial' homes to be sold at £100,000 each. These would be available for first time buyers under 40, who would be able to pay a deposit of just £5,000.
[73]
In January 2021, Bailey was criticised for suggesting in an interview with
Inside Housing
that homeless people would be able to save for this £5,000 deposit to purchase an affordable home.
[82]
[83]
[84]
Results
[
edit
]
Bailey received 893,051 first preference votes (35%) in the election.
[85]
In a run-off against
Sadiq Khan
, he received a total of 977,601 votes (45%) when second preferences were included.
[85]
Accordingly
Sadiq Khan
was re-elected Mayor of London although the result was tighter than earlier polls had predicted.
[85]
Political views
[
edit
]
Bailey has expressed concerns about
liberalism
, saying "the more liberal we have been, the more our communities have suffered".
[2]
Bailey has accused the BBC's output as being
biased
and went on to suggest the BBC "sees itself as propagandist for liberal values", and that the licence fee should be split with other broadcasters.
[86]
Bailey supported leaving the
European Union
in the 2016 EU Referendum.
[87]
In 2006, Bailey said "by giving children condoms and the amount of sexual material they are exposed to you normalise sex and they feel it is their divine right to have it, when actually it is not", and added "that is one of the things that drives their self-esteem up or down and leads to crime". It was later clarified that Bailey had not tried to suggest that access to abortions and contraceptive services had directly led to crime, however early sexual activity was a contributing factor to increased crime.
[88]
[89]
Bailey has said that children are using
abortion
services as contraception and has favoured reducing the time limit from
24 weeks to 22 weeks
.
[90]
In an article in
The Daily Telegraph
in 2006, Bailey claimed that single mothers deliberately become pregnant in order to gain benefits, saying that they "won't be too careful about not becoming parents. In some cases, they will deliberately become pregnant - as they know that if they do, they will get a flat".
[91]
[92]
At an event at a Conservative party conference in 2008, he repeated these claims, saying that "Girls getting knocked up to get housing? It's a cottage industry where I come from."
[93]
[94]
Bailey has argued in support of allowing the police to have greater use of
stop and search
powers.
[95]
[96]
Bailey has stated his support for greater equality for
black people
. Speaking about the
Black Lives Matter
movement, Bailey commented that the movement "made everybody feel they are racist and actually very few people are."
[97]
Prior to Black Lives Matter protests that occurred in London in 2020 taking place, he argued that they should be allowed to happen, because otherwise the tension behind such protests "will just spill out into the summer and be very tough for the police".
[98]
In 2021, Bailey opposed a review of statues and street names in London pledged by incumbent mayor
Sadiq Khan
, arguing that removing controversial statues does not change history. He instead argued that the review of place names and statues should be subject to citizen-led initiatives or that controversial statues should be placed in museums or have a plaque explaining the history behind the figure.
[99]
[100]
Allegations and accusations
[
edit
]
Alleged breaking of COVID-19 restrictions
[
edit
]
In December 2021,
The Times
reported that Bailey, as the party's London mayoral candidate, attended a gathering on 14 December 2020 in the basement of the Conservatives' Westminster HQ, with four aides seconded from Conservative Campaign Headquarters. This was alleged to be in contravention of tier 2 coronavirus restrictions which were in place at the time. It was reported that Bailey was given a
Lego
set by a Conservative donor. Bailey was not disciplined, but his four aides were.
[101]
On 14 December 2021,
The Daily Mirror
published a photograph of the gathering, revealing that property developer
Nick Candy
was also present. The picture also showed guests wearing party hats and that alcoholic beverages and a buffet were available to guests.
[102]
Following the release of the photograph, Bailey resigned from his position as chair of the
London Assembly
's police and crime committee.
On 11 January 2022, Bailey resigned as chair of a second London Assembly committee, the economy committee, in addition to his resignation from the police and crime committee in December.
[103]
On 11 November 2022, the police decided to take no action against Bailey, and all others in attendance at the gathering, citing insufficient evidence
[104]
On 18 June 2023, the Mirror released previously unseen video recordings of the above event.
[105]
On 4 July 2023, the police announced that they would be re-opening their investigation into the gathering as a result of this new evidence.
[106]
Islamophobia and Hinduphobia accusations
[
edit
]
Bailey has been accused of
Islamophobia
and
Hinduphobia
. In October 2018, it was reported that he had written a pamphlet, entitled
No Man's Land
, for the
Centre for Policy Studies
. In it, he said "You bring your children to school and they learn far more about [the Hindu festival of]
Diwali
than Christmas. I speak to the people who are from Brent and they’ve been having Muslim and Hindi (sic) days off. What it does is rob Britain of its community. Without our community we slip into a crime-riddled cesspool." He also claimed that
South Asians
"bring their culture, their country and any problems they might have, with them" and that this was not a problem within the
black community
"because we've shared a religion and in many cases a language".
[107]
In the pamphlet, Bailey confused the
Hindu religion
with the
Hindi language
.
[108]
The Conservative Party Deputy Chairman,
James Cleverly
, defended Bailey and insisted that he was being misunderstood, and he implied that black boys were drifting into crime as a result of learning more about other faiths rather than learning about "their own
Christian culture
".
[109]
However, the anti-racism
Hope not Hate
campaign group called Bailey's comments "grotesque".
[110]
Misogyny accusations
[
edit
]
Bailey has been accused of
misogyny
after he suggested on the
GB News
television channel that it was not possible for a woman to be a serious political commentator while at the same time posting flattering photographs on social media.
[111]
The subject of his comments,
Carol Vorderman
, had been previously critical of Bailey's elevation to the House of Lords despite his involvement in the '
Partygate
' scandal.
[112]
Personal life
[
edit
]
Bailey grew up in
social housing
with his
Jamaican
mother, grandfather, grandmother, two aunts, and two uncles. His extended family lived on the same estate in
Ladbroke Grove
.
[13]
[15]
Following selection as Conservative's PPC for Hammersmith in 2007, Bailey and his immediate family moved out of
social housing
and Bailey at the time said "the mice and damp got a bit much".
[15]
He lives in a house
owned jointly
with a
housing association
.
[113]
He and his wife Ellie have two children together.
[114]
[115]
Bailey attends an
Anglican church
.
[116]
[113]
Bailey has also made a regular appearance on
GB News
, particularly for the 9 pm programme
Dan Wootton Tonight
hosted by
Dan Wootton
.
[
citation needed
]
Publications
[
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]
References
[
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]
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"Shaun Bailey"
.
api.parliament.uk
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.
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Muir, Hugh (2 May 2007).
"Black and blue"
.
The Guardian
. London
. Retrieved
2 May
2010
.
- ^
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.
- ^
Barnicoat, Becky (20 March 2010).
"Meet the David Cameron generation"
.
The Guardian
. London
. Retrieved
2 May
2010
.
- ^
"Tory mayoral hopeful Shaun Bailey calls for Home Office head to quit over Windrush scandal"
.
Evening Standard
. 30 November 2018
. Retrieved
9 April
2019
.
- ^
"Conservative Mayoral candidate interviews: Shaun Bailey"
.
Conservative Home
. 20 July 2018
. Retrieved
12 June
2020
.
- ^
a
b
Geoghegan, Tom (8 April 2008).
"Army Cadets saved my life"
.
BBC News
.
- ^
Hill, Dave (4 October 2018).
"Conservative mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey said he committed burglary in his youth"
.
OnLondon
. London
. Retrieved
11 October
2018
.
- ^
"
The House I Grew up In
, featuring Shaun Bailey"
. BBC Radio 4. 3 September 2008. Archived from
the original
on 23 April 2010
. Retrieved
28 August
2008
.
- ^
"Word on the street: The political thoughts of Shaun Bailey"
.
The Guardian
. London. 20 March 2010
. Retrieved
2 May
2007
.
- ^
"OBV Profile: Shaun Bailey | OBV"
.
obv.org.uk
. Retrieved
13 December
2018
.
- ^
Roberts, Georgia (30 July 2018).
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.
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2018
.
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b
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"State schooling and old Labour families"
.
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. Retrieved
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2018
.
I did bad, bad jobs. I basically worked sweeping factories, delivering beer and security work.
- ^
Hill, Dave (5 May 2010).
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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a
b
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Oakeshott, Isabel (8 April 2007).
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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Wiggins, Kaye.
"Former big society ambassador's charity closes because of funding problems"
.
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. Retrieved
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2018
.
- ^
Baldwin, Tom (17 April 2010).
"Rising stars face questions on Tory community work"
.
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. Retrieved
4 October
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.
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Wiggins, Kaye (29 February 2012).
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.
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. Haymarket Media Group Ltd
. Retrieved
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2018
.
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McTague, Tom (2 March 2012).
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.
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. MGN Limited
. Retrieved
16 September
2018
.
- ^
"CPS Press Release"
. Archived from
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on 30 April 2007.
- ^
Watson, Samantha (14 May 2007).
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. Operation Black Vote
. Retrieved
2 May
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.
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"Election 2010 | Constituency | Hammersmith"
.
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.
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. BBC News
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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"Exclusive: We reveal the names of the longlisted candidates in Croydon South"
.
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. 1 November 2013
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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(PDF)
. House of Commons Library.
- ^
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. Archived from
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on 20 March 2007.
- ^
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
.
- ^
Bailey, Shaun (3 February 2008).
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.
The Sunday Times
. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012
. Retrieved
2 May
2010
.
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"Shaun Bailey: An entire generation left out of the economy"
.
The Independent
. London. 21 January 2010
. Retrieved
2 May
2010
.
- ^
Asthana, Anushka (13 August 2011).
"If this was a social reaction, it was a social reaction to the need for Gucci jeans"
.
The Times
. Retrieved
5 October
2018
.
- ^
"BBC Newsnight 31 March 2011"
.
BBC News
. Retrieved
16 September
2018
.
- ^
"List of special advisers in post at 4 April 2012"
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 18 August 2012
. Retrieved
13 July
2012
.
- ^
a
b
Dominiczak, Peter (10 May 2013).
"Shaun Bailey, the Prime Minister's only black aide, was 'frozen out by David Cameron's clique'
"
.
The Daily Telegraph
. Retrieved
5 October
2018
.
- ^
"Conservative candidates chosen for London Assembly top up list"
.
ConservativeHome
.
- ^
"Shaun Bailey"
.
GLA Conservatives
. Retrieved
7 October
2018
.
- ^
Clemenson, Matthew (17 April 2019).
"London Assembly member Shaun Bailey joins Havering NHS trust's board as part of innovative diversity scheme"
.
Romford Recorder
. Retrieved
16 October
2018
.
- ^
Rogers, Alexandra (9 June 2023).
"Partygate aides among those named in Boris Johnson's resignation honours list but others miss out"
.
Sky News
.
Archived
from the original on 12 June 2023
. Retrieved
12 June
2023
.
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.
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(Supplement). 21 July 2023. p. 14502.
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.
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. 14 July 2023. p. 13966.
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.
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. Vol. 831. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Lords. 18 July 2023. col. 2193.
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.
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.
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. Retrieved
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2018
.
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"Evening Standard comment: We back Shaun Bailey"
.
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. 18 September 2018
. Retrieved
18 September
2018
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