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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

Boris Johnson thought to be planning move to Oxfordshire

Boris Johnson
Labour believes it could win Boris Johnson’s existing seat of Uxbridge at the next election. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/PA

Boris Johnson has been spotted looking at schools and is house-hunting in Oxfordshire, prompting speculation he is considering running for his former seat of Henley at the next election, the Guardian has been told.

The former prime minister had been planning to contest his existing seat of Uxbridge, a marginal in west London with a majority of 7,200. However, Labour believes it could win the seat and if Johnson loses it could end his hopes of another run at the Conservative leadership.

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