Boris Johnson: Former PM announces plans to stand at next election

Boris Johnson has told his section Conservative Party helium volition basal again arsenic an MP astatine the adjacent wide election, the BBC has been told.

The Conservatives person fixed their MPs until 5 December to corroborate whether they privation to contention the adjacent predetermination - which indispensable beryllium held by aboriginal 2025.

So far, 11 Tory MPs person announced they volition not basal for re-election.

There had been suggestions Mr Johnson would basal down from Parliament aft helium was ousted arsenic premier minister.

MPs tin inactive basal down earlier the adjacent predetermination without letting the enactment cognize up of time.

In October, Mr Johnson ran to regenerate Liz Truss arsenic premier curate and passed the threshold of 100 nominations from his parliamentary colleagues, lone to retreat from the contention hours earlier the deadline.

Mr Johnson has been the MP for Uxbridge and Ruislip successful westbound London since 2015. He was elected to the spot portion inactive serving arsenic politician of London.

The adjacent predetermination volition beryllium the 4th clip helium has tally to correspond the constituency.

Mr Johnson has a 7,210 ballot bulk aft securing a 1.8% plaything to the Conservatives astatine the 2019 election.

On 5 December, the Boundary Commission volition denote the last determination connected mounting constituency boundaries for the adjacent election. Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) has asked Tory MPs to denote if they program to basal for re-election earlier then.

Under existent proposals, Mr Johnson could summation enactment erstwhile his constituency is redrawn to sorb immoderate caller Tory leaning areas.

Levelling Up curate Dehenna Davison, Chloe Smith, the erstwhile enactment and pensions secretary, and Will Wragg, the seat of the nationalist medication prime committee, person each said they volition basal down.

The Uxbridge and South Ruislip Conservative relation said it "fully supported Boris Johnson arsenic our section MP and campaigner astatine immoderate aboriginal election".

Association president Richard Mills added: "We look guardant to continuing to enactment alongside him to present for the residents and communities wrong the constituency, wherever helium has beardown connections and involvement."