 Bailey had been endorsed in the party's selection process by the "Evening Standard", as well as Conservative Police and Crime Commissioners Anthony Stansfeld, David Lloyd, Matthew Scott and Roger Hirst.Siobhan Benita, a former senior civil servant and 2012 independent candidate for London mayor, was selected to be the Liberal Democrat candidate on 21 November 2018.The other shortlisted candidates were the anti-Brexit campaigner and former and 2020 London Assembly candidate Rob Blackie, Ebookers founder Dinesh Dhamija, and former parliamentary candidate, consultant and 2020 London Assembly candidate Lucy Salek.