Tories drop General Election candidate hours before nominations close

The message said Mr McIvor had denied the allegations and refused to resign his candidacy, but his party membership had been suspended pending an investigation meaning he was not eligible to stand as the party’s candidate

Nominations for the General Election closed at 4pm on Friday 

The Conservatives dropped one of their parliamentary candidates hours before nominations closed on Friday after receiving a complaint about his conduct.

Jaymey McIvor had been due to fight the Hemel Hempstead seat for the Tories in the General Election, but announced on Friday afternoon that he was withdrawing from the contest “for personal reasons”.