Dogus was the parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party for the Cities of London and Westminster constituency in the June 2017 UK general election, having previously stood unsuccessfully for selection in Enfield Southgate in 2014 to contest the 2015 general election."Labour select Cypriot MP candidate for Enfield Southgate", Parikiaki, 10 March 2014. Despite not being elected, Dogus gained a 9.25% swing for Labour, in line with the national average; and finished in second place with 14,857 votes (38.4%), which was the closest any Labour candidate had come to winning the seat.
