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Boris Johnson selected for Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat | |
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Boris Johnson has been selected as the Conservative candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in the 2015 general election. | |
Local activists selected Mr Johnson - Mayor of London for six years - as a candidate for the west London seat. | |
Mr Johnson, 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. | |
Mr Johnson won outright on the first count, without the need for a second round. | |
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. |
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. | |
The quartet faced questions from local party members before the vote took place. | |
Before the hustings Mr Johnson, tipped by some as a future Conservative leader, had said he was taking "nothing for granted". | |