Laurence Fox stands in Boris Johnson’s former seat and loses his deposit … again

Laurence Fox has lost his deposit after his disastrous election bid in Uxbridge culminated with him winning just 714 votes.

Fox, who recently came under fire for setting Pride flags on fire in his own back garden, was just one in a sea of candidates in the constituency Uxbridge & South Ruislip.

In the end, Conservative Party candidate Steve Tuckwell narrowly won the seat – which was vacated by Boris Johnson – with 13,965 votes. Labour’s Danny Beales finished in second place with 13,470 votes.

It was a poor showing for some of the other candidates in the race, with the Green Party and Liberal Democrat candidates failing to garner more than 1,000 votes.

Minor party candidates and independents fared even worse, but for many, Laurence Fox’s continued electoral failure was the main talking point.

The actor-turned-politician won just 2.31 per cent of the vote, meaning he will now lose the deposit he paid to run in the first place. Candidates must win five per cent of the vote share to retain their deposits.