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Mayor of London race 2028: Conservatives seek party's nomination

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Boris Johnson holds aloft a brick during a speech on the stage at the Tory party conference in 2014. He is wearing a dark blue suit, white shirt and blue patterned tie.

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Conservatives seek party nomination for 2028 London mayoral race

Overview

The Conservative Party has closed applications for its mayoral candidate in the 2028 London election, with four declared runners: Festus Akinbusoye, Andrew Boff, Alex Challoner, and Sir James Cleverly MP. Following three consecutive defeats to Sadiq Khan, leading Conservatives have acknowledged the party previously treated the mayoralty as a paper candidacy, but feel the mood is changing ahead of the vote in May 2028.

Key points

  • Four candidates have openly declared and applied for the Conservative nomination for the 2028 London mayoral election.
  • The declared candidates are Festus Akinbusoye, Andrew Boff, Alex Challoner, and Sir James Cleverly MP.
  • Conservative MP Gareth Bacon admitted the party treated previous mayoral races like paper candidacies and failed to take them seriously enough.
  • The final shortlist of two candidates is expected to be announced on 20 November.
  • Boris Johnson remains the only Conservative mayor of London, having served from 2008 to 2016.
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