Electoral history of Boris Johnson

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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.

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Parliamentary elections

1997 general election, Clwyd South

General election 1997: Clwyd South [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martyn Jones 22,901 58.1 N/A
Conservative Boris Johnson 9,09123.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Chadwick3,6849.4N/A
Plaid Cymru Gareth Williams2,5006.3N/A
Referendum Alex Lewis1,2073.1N/A
Majority13,81035.0N/A
Turnout 39,38373.6N/A
Registered electors 53,495
Labour win (new seat)

2001 general election, Henley

General election 2001: Henley [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Boris Johnson 20,466 46.1 –0.3
Liberal Democrats Catherine Bearder 12,00827.0+2.3
Labour Janet Matthews9,36721.1–1.6
UKIP Philip Collings1,4133.2New
Green Oliver Tickell 1,1472.6+1.6
Majority8,45819.1–2.6
Turnout 44,40164.3–13.3
Conservative hold Swing –1.3

2005 general election, Henley

General election 2005: Henley [5] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Boris Johnson 24,894 53.5 +7.4
Liberal Democrats David Turner12,10126.0–1.0
Labour Kaleem Saeed6,86214.7–6.4
Green Mark Stevenson1,5183.3+0.7
UKIP Delphine Gray-Fisk1,1622.5–0.7
Majority12,79327.5+8.4
Turnout 46,53767.9+3.6
Conservative hold Swing +4.2

2015 general election, Uxbridge and South Ruislip

General election 2015: Uxbridge and South Ruislip [6] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Boris Johnson 22,511 50.2 +1.9
Labour Chris Summers [9] 11,81626.4+3.0
UKIP Jack Duffin6,34614.2+11.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Cox2,2154.9–14.9
Green Graham Lee [10] 1,4143.2+2.1
TUSC Gary Harbord [11] 1800.4N/A
Independent Jenny Thompson [12] 840.2N/A
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope [13] 720.2N/A
Communities United Sabrina Moosun [12] 520.1N/A
The Eccentric Party of Great Britain (UK) Lord Toby Jug [12] 500.1N/A
Independent Michael Doherty [12] 390.1N/A
The Realists' PartyJane Lawrence [12] 180.0N/A
Independent James Jackson [12] 140.0N/A
Majority10,69523.8–1.1
Turnout 44,81163.4+0.1
Registered electors 70,631
Conservative hold Swing –0.5

2017 general election, Uxbridge and South Ruislip

General election 2017: Uxbridge and South Ruislip [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Boris Johnson 23,716 50.8 +0.6
Labour Vincent Lo18,68240.0+13.6
Liberal Democrats Rosina Robson1,8353.9–1.0
UKIP Lizzy Kemp1,5773.4–10.8
Green Mark Keir8841.9–1.3
Majority5,03410.8–13.0
Turnout 46,69466.8+3.4
Registered electors 69,936
Conservative hold Swing –6.5

2019 general election, Uxbridge and South Ruislip

General election 2019: Uxbridge and South Ruislip [14] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Boris Johnson 25,351 52.6 +1.8
Labour Ali Milani 18,14137.6–2.4
Liberal Democrats Joanne Humphreys3,0266.3+2.4
Green Mark Keir1,0902.2+0.3
UKIP Geoffrey Courtenay2830.6–2.8
Monster Raving Loony Lord Buckethead 1250.3N/A
Independent Count Binface 690.1N/A
Independent Alfie Utting440.1N/A
[17] Yace "Interplanetary Time Lord" Yogenstein230.0N/A
Independent Norma Burke220.0N/A
[17] Bobby Smith 80.0N/A
[17] William Tobin [18] 50.0N/A
Majority7,21015.0+4.2
Turnout 48,18768.5+1.7
Registered electors 70,369
Conservative hold Swing +2.1

Mayoral elections

2008 London mayoral election

Mayor of London election 1 May 2008 [19]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Boris Johnson 1,043,76143.2%124,9771,168,73853.2%
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Labour Ken Livingstone 893,87737.0%134,0891,027,96646.8%
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Liberal Democrats Brian Paddick 236,6859.8%
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Green Siân Berry 77,3473.2%
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BNP Richard Barnbrook 69,7102.9%
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CPA Alan Craig 39,2491.6%
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UKIP Gerard Batten 22,4220.9%
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Left List Lindsey German 16,7960.7%
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English Democrat Matt O'Connor 10,6950.4%
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Independent Winston McKenzie 5,3890.2%
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Conservative gain from Labour

2012 London mayoral election

Mayor of London election 3 May 2012 [20]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Boris Johnson 971,93144.0%82,8801,054,81151.5%
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Labour Ken Livingstone 889,91840.3%102,355992,27348.5%
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Green Jenny Jones 98,9134.5%
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Liberal Democrats Brian Paddick 91,7744.2%
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Independent Siobhan Benita 83,9143.8%
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UKIP Lawrence Webb43,2742.0%
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BNP Carlos Gerardo Cortiglia28,7511.3%
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Conservative hold

2019 Conservative Party leadership election

CandidateFirst ballot:
13 June 2019		Second ballot:
18 June 2019		Third ballot:
19 June 2019		Fourth ballot:
20 June 2019		Fifth ballot:
20 June 2019		Members' vote
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
Boris Johnson 11436.412640.314345.715750.216051.192,15366.4
Jeremy Hunt 4313.74614.75417.35918.87724.646,65633.6
Michael Gove 3711.84113.15116.36119.57524.0Eliminated
Sajid Javid 237.33310.53812.13410.9Eliminated
Rory Stewart 196.13711.8278.6Eliminated
Dominic Raab 278.6309.6Eliminated
Matt Hancock 206.4Withdrew
Andrea Leadsom 113.5Eliminated
Mark Harper 103.2Eliminated
Esther McVey 92.9Eliminated
Spoilt ballots 00.000.000.020.610.35090.4
Turnout313100.0313100.0313100.0313100.0313100.0139,31887.4

2019 United Kingdom general election

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Results of the December 2019 general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom [21] [22]
Political partyLeaderCandidatesMPs [23] Votes
TotalGainedLostNetOf total
(%)		TotalOf total
(%)		Change
(%)
Conservative Boris Johnson 6353655810Increase2.svg4856.213,966,45443.63+1.2
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 631202 1 61Decrease2.svg6031.110,269,05132.08−7.9
Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson 6111134Decrease2.svg11.73,696,41911.55+4.2
Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon 594814 1 Increase2.svg137.41,242,3803.88+0.8
Green Party of England and Wales Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley 472 1 0000.2835,5972.61+1.1
Brexit Party Nigel Farage 275644,2572.01
DUP Arlene Foster 17802Decrease2.svg21.2244,1280.76−0.1
Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald 157 1 1 01.1181,8530.57−0.2
Plaid Cymru Adam Price 3640000.6153,2650.480.0
Alliance Naomi Long 18 1 1 0Increase2.svg10.2134,1150.42+0.2
SDLP Colum Eastwood 15220Increase2.svg20.3118,7370.37+0.1
UUP Steve Aiken 1693,1230.290.0
Yorkshire Christopher Whitwood2829,2010.090.0
Scottish Greens Patrick Harvie & Lorna Slater 2228,1220.09
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 1 1 1 1 00.226,8310.080.0
UKIP Patricia Mountain (interim)4422,8170.07−1.8
Ashfield Ind. Jason Zadrozny 1 13,4980.040.0
Liberal Steve Radford1910,8760.030.0
The Independent Group for Change Anna Soubry 310,0060.03
Aontú Peadar Tóibín 79,8140.03
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 249,7390.030.0
People Before Profit Collective27,5260.02
Birkenhead Social Justice Frank Field 1 7,2850.02
CPA Sidney Cordle296,4860.020.0
Heavy Woollen Independents Aleksandar Lukic 1 6,4320.02
SDP William Clouston203,2950.010.0
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson63,0860.010.0
North East Mark Burdon22,6370.01
Lincolnshire Independent Marianne Overton 1 1,9990.01
Green Party Northern Ireland Clare Bailey 31,9960.01
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 51,9870.010.0
Libertarian Adam Brown61,7800.010.0
Mebyon Kernow Dick Cole 1 1,6600.010.0
Proud of Oldham and SaddleworthPaul Errock21,6060.01
Independent NetworkIan Stephens 1 1,5420.0
Gwlad Gwyn Wigley Evans31,5150.00
Cynon Valley Andrew Chainey 1 1,3220.00
VPP Robin Horsfall21,2190.00
Burnley and Padiham PartyMark Payne 1 1,1620.00
Shropshire PartyRobert Jones 1 1,1410.00
Putting Cumbria First Jonathan Davies 1 1,0700.00
Peace John Morris29600.00
Wycombe IndependentsMatt Knight 1 9260.00
JAC Donald Jerrard37280.00
Christian Jeff Green27050.000.0
Renew Julie Girling 45450.000.0
Workers Revolutionary Joshua Ogunleye55240.000.0
BNP Adam Walker 1 5100.000.0
Parties with fewer than 500 votes each405,6970.02
Independent (non-party) candidates224 1 Decrease2.svg1206,4860.64
Blank and invalid votes117,919——
Total3320650010032,014,110 [24] 1000.0
Registered voters, and turnout47,587,25467.52−1.3

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