Ukip leader hopeful Steven Woolfe ‘forgot’ to declare drink-drive conviction during Police Crime Commissioner bid
He was fined £350 and disqualified for nine months after being caught drunk in charge of a scooter in 2002
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UKIP leadership hopeful Steven Woolfe has admitted failing to declare a drink-driving conviction when he stood for an important police and crime commissioner post.
The MEP, the front-runner in the race to succeed Nigel Farage, said he "forgot about the conviction" when he stood in the Greater Manchester PCC election in 2012.
PCC candidates must declare convictions for which they could have received a prison sentence.
It is also a criminal offence to make a false statement on nomination papers, the Electoral Commission website says.
Woolfe told Huffington Post he was fined £350 and disqualified from driving for nine months after being caught drunk in charge of a scooter in 2002.
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"I made a foolish mistake 14 years ago which I regret. As the years went on I forgot about the conviction as I got on with my life," he said.
"The conviction was a spent conviction in November 2012 and not in my mind when I stood for police and crime commissioner in Greater Manchester.
"It was also a spent conviction when I stood for the European elections in 2014 and general election in 2015."
It comes after Mr Woolfe blamed a technical blunder for missing Ukip's leadership nominations deadline, leaving his bid in the hands of party officials.
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