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Boris Johnson was a member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from 2015 to 2023 and was the prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022. He also served as the mayor of London from 2008 to 2016 and the foreign secretary from 2016 to 2018.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was born on 19 June 1964 in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, [2] [3] to Stanley Johnson, then studying economics at Columbia University, [4] and Charlotte Fawcett, [5] an artist, whose father Sir James Fawcett, was a prominent barrister and president of the European Commission of Human Rights ...
Premiership of Boris Johnson 24 July 2019 – 6 September 2022 ... in its first defeat since the general election, Johnson's government lost three votes in the House ...
The governing Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, won a landslide victory with a majority of 80 seats, [n 5] a net gain of 48, on 43.6 per cent of the popular vote, the highest percentage for any party since the 1979 general election, [4] though with a narrower popular vote margin than that achieved by the Labour Party over ...
The 2012 London mayoral election was an election held on Thursday 3 May 2012, to elect the Mayor of London. It was held on the same day as the London Assembly election, and used a supplementary vote system. Incumbent Tory mayor and future Prime Minister Boris Johnson won re-election to a second term as Mayor.
The general membership of the party elected the leader by postal ballot; the result was announced on 23 July, with Boris Johnson being elected with almost twice as many votes as his opponent Jeremy Hunt. Speculation about a leadership election first arose following the party's performance at the 2017 snap general election.
Conservative candidate Boris Johnson defeated incumbent Labour Mayor Ken Livingstone. [1] It was the third London mayoral election, the previous elections being the first election in May 2000 and the second election in June 2004. Johnson became the second Mayor of London and the first Conservative to hold the office since its creation in 2000.
Boris Johnson served as mayor of London from 1 May 2008 until 5 May 2016, being elected in 2008 and reelected in 2012. During his mayoralty, Johnson oversaw the preparations and hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympics and oversaw the cycle hire scheme.