Joshua Bonehill-Paine has withdrawn as a Tory election candidate after criticism over his selection for a council contest in Somerset.
The withdrawal followed a backlash against the party’s decision to put him forward as a candidate. Bonehill-Paine has been described as a former neo-Nazi activist, a background that prompted objections to his selection.
The case centred on a local government election candidacy in Somerset. The available information does not specify which council seat he had been due to contest, when he was selected, or when the withdrawal took place.
The development leaves the party facing questions over how the candidacy was approved and what steps will follow locally. No further details have been provided about any replacement candidate or additional action by the party.
The latest known position is that Bonehill-Paine is no longer standing as the Tory candidate in the Somerset council election contest.
