seat to Labour's Wes Streeting; Scott said it was like a "bereavement", commenting that he "didn't anticipate losing". Speaking to The Guardian, he added "It was so close, but right up until 30 minutes before, I was being told that I'd done it – that I'd just scraped home". He stood again at the 2017 snap election called by Theresa May, but was unsuccessful, with the seat seeing an 8.5% swing from the Conservatives to Labour. He had previously said he would not stand again, but chose to do so after receiving "200 calls" from supporters who urged him to do so. In 2018, Scott said that he would not be standing again because "I wouldn't put my family through what we went through in the last three of those four elections", referring to what investigative journalist John Ware called "an antisemitic campaign aimed at ousting him from Parliament" linked to Mend (Muslim Engagement and Development). Personal life Scott married Estelle Dombey in 1987; he has three daughters and two sons. He supports Leyton Orient F.C. References External links Lee Scott MP biography at the site of the Conservative Party 1956 births Autism activists Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Councillors in the London Borough of Redbridge English Jews Jewish British politicians Living people UK MPs 2005–2010 UK MPs 2010–2015 Members of Essex County Council