According to PinkNews, UKIP appointed Alan Craig, former leader of the Christian People's Alliance for the Greater London Authority “super constituency” of South West London at a hustings on Friday evening. Richard Hendron, his contender for the candidacy, later resigned in protest, citing Craig's traditional Christian views. A Change.org petition was then set up to petition the NEC to remove Craig from the candidacy.

We believe UKIP is a party which stands against insidious Political Correctness and champions conscience and free-speech. We wish for the NEC to uphold these values and ask them not to remove Alan Craig as a candidate.