London Elects said the actor had not submitted valid nomination papers on time and would therefore not be a candidate for Mayor of London.
Laurence Fox will not be a candidate for mayor of London after failing to fill in the nomination forms correctly
In now-deleted tweets, Mr Fox said his party had “checked, double checked and then triple checked our nominations” and would appeal against the decision, which he claimed was the result of “political corruption”. “The conclusion of London Elects was that the requirements of the nomination process were not completed by the deadline.
At the last London mayoral election in 2021, Mr Fox received just 47,634 votes – less than 2% of the total cast – and lost his £10,000 deposit, which is only returned to candidates receiving more than 5% of the vote.
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