 In the weeks after his selection, Bailey was criticised for sharing an Islamophobic tweet attacking Sadiq Khan, as well as controversial views he had previously published on multiculturalism, Islam and Hinduism.He will be the first Conservative mayoral candidate to simultaneously stand in the concurrent London Assembly election.The Green Party chose Siân Berry, who had previously been their mayoral candidate in the 2008 and 2016 elections and who had served as co-leader of the party since 2018, as their candidate in February 2019.