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Boris Johnson – Conservative Party

3:58pm Monday 4th February 2008


The Tories' mayoral candidate describes himself as a "one man melting-pot", with French, Turks & Germans among his ancestors.

While he admires the City, Johnson only lasted a week as a management consultant before retreating into journalism. Over the last twenty years, he has worked for The Wolverhampton Express and Star, The Times and The Telegraph. He was also editor of The Spectator for six years.

As well as being an avid cyclist - he has had many near-misses with bendy buses - he has published several books, and regularly appears on TV. Most notably, he has been a contestant on Have I Got News For You.

He fought Clwyd South in the 1997 General Election and in 2001, was elected MP for Henley. Since then, he has held shadow posts as Vice Chairman, Shadow Minister for the Arts and Shadow Minister of Higher Education.

He has pledged to increase the housing supply and spoken at length about his desire to make the LDA more accountable, making sure that funds were provided to those groups that are helping keep young people out of gangs.

Find out more about Boris here


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