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Boris Johnson stood for the post of London mayor for the Conservative Party, his office announced on Monday 16th July.
Johnson, who has become a household name thanks to appearances on television shows like "Have I Got News For You", had been mulling whether to stand for one of the most high-profile jobs in British politics.

Johnson's key policies included: cracking down on street crime, better homes, making cycling safer and easing overcrowded Tube trains.

A few minutes before midnight on the evening of 2 May 2008, Boris Johnson was confirmed as having won the London Mayor election, beating the incumbent Ken Livingstone. He won on second preference votes, as he did not receive enough first preference votes to win outright; 1,168,738 votes as against Livingstone's 1,028,966. Following his victory, he praised Livingstone as a "very considerable public servant"

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