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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.
In 2019, Johnson promised to reduce net migration to the United Kingdom (the number of people immigrating minus the number emigrating) below 250,000 per year by the next election. [470] In 2021 net migration to the UK was 488,000, [ 471 ] [ 472 ] up from 184,000 in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 473 ]
Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 24 July 2019 when he accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding Theresa May, and ended on 6 September 2022 upon his resignation.
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 ...
For example, during the 2019 leadership contest to replace Theresa May, which saw Boris Johnson elected leader, there were initially 10 candidates in the first ballot, with several rounds of ...
Johnson's election also caused concern in financial markets, with Moody's and Goldman Sachs both warning that the election of Boris Johnson would increase the likelihood of the exit of Britain from the European Union without a deal. [249]
The newly elected Tory leader said the story was exaggerated as she praised Boris Johnson as a ‘great ... and highlights just how detached politicians can be from the people they ...
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.