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Boris Johnson in four-way Uxbridge Tory selection fight Boris Johnson selected for Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat
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Boris Johnson will go head-to-head with three other Tories to be the party's candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in the 2015 general election. Boris Johnson has been selected as the Conservative candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in the 2015 general election.
Local activists will select a candidate for the west London seat following a hustings on Friday night. Local activists selected Mr Johnson - Mayor of London for six years - as a candidate for the west London seat.
The other contenders are councillors David Simmonds and Simon Dudley and lawyer Suella Fernandes. Mr Johnson, MP for Henley between 2001 and 2008, announced his intention to return to the Commons last month.
The London Mayor, MP for Henley between 2001 and 2008, announced his intention to return to the Commons last month. He has said he plans to remain as Mayor of London until the end of his second term in May 2016.
If he is successful in gaining the nomination and winning the seat next May, Mr Johnson has said he will remain as Mayor of London until the end of his second term in May 2016. Mr Johnson won outright on the first count, without the need for a second round.
Ken Livingstone held the jobs of Mayor and MP for Brent East simultaneously for a year in 2000-01.
The contest was triggered by Sir John Randall's decision to stand down in 2015 after 18 years as the MP for the area. He had a majority of just over 11,000 in 2010.The contest was triggered by Sir John Randall's decision to stand down in 2015 after 18 years as the MP for the area. He had a majority of just over 11,000 in 2010.
The Conservative Home website said 62 people had applied for the nomination and the local party association had whittled the list down to a shortlist of four.The Conservative Home website said 62 people had applied for the nomination and the local party association had whittled the list down to a shortlist of four.
Mr Simmonds is deputy leader of the London Borough of Hillingdon, Uxbridge's local council while Mr Dudley is deputy leader of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council. The other contenders were councillors David Simmonds, deputy leader of the London Borough of Hillingdon, and Simon Dudley, deputy leader of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council, as well as barrister Suella Fernandes.
Ms Fernandes is a barrister and founder of the Africa Justice Foundation. The quartet faced questions from local party members before the vote took place.
The quartet will face questions from local party members - likely to include their stance on the future expansion of Heathrow and the route of the HS2 rail line - before a vote takes place. Before the hustings Mr Johnson, tipped by some as a future Conservative leader, had said he was taking "nothing for granted".
Mr Johnson, tipped by some as a future Conservative leader, has said he is taking "nothing for granted".