Could Boris Johnson be on his way to county?

9:38am Wednesday 10th October 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Richard Vernalls, @rvernallsWN #worcsnews

TOO POSH? Speculation is rife over a possible move to Worcestershire by the current Mayor of London Boris Johnson TOO POSH? Speculation is rife over a possible move to Worcestershire by the current Mayor of London Boris Johnson

WITH a veteran Worcestershire MP standing down at the next election, speculation is rife about a possible move to the county by Boris Johnson.

The current Mayor of London was mobbed as he arrived for the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham on Monday, and has enjoyed a boost in popularity thanks to the London Olympics.

He’s been touted as a potential future Conservative Party leader, but to do so he needs to find a safe Tory seat to return to Parliament.

With Peter Luff – the current Conservative incumbent for Mid- Worcestershire – vacating his safe seat at the next election expected in 2015, there could be an opening for the blond-haired former MP for Henley-on-Thames known for his eccentricities.

Mr Luff said he had not had an approach from anyone about discussing fighting the seat – the 73rd safest Tory constituency – on the party’s campaign ticket in 2015.

He said: “It’s far too early for me to try to try to mark any scorecards for the runners and riders.”

However, one highly-placed county Conservative Party insider, who declined to be named, cautioned against the odds of a house move by Boris, saying: “You know, I’m really not sure Worcestershire and the Midlands suits Boris. I think he’s keener on southern England.

“I actually think he might be a bit ‘posh’ for here – it’s a long commute from Worcestershire to London, you know.”

However, with the Boundary Commission review proposals on where parliamentary constituencies will fall in Worcestershire due next week, the matter of which county seat Boris could stand for is also cause for speculation.

There are revised proposals to reduce by 31 seats the total number of parliamentary seats.

Within the current option, Mid- Worcestershire would disappear from the political map entirely and be subsumed mainly into a new Evesham constituency, while another part would go into a newly named Malvern and Ledbury seat.

Comments(18)

Peter WR5 says...
9:52am Wed 10 Oct 12

Boris’s response …

Cripes! What? No! Well! Worcester-where? Crickey! Isn’t that up North or somewhere dreadful?

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Andy1955 says...
10:11am Wed 10 Oct 12

I must say... If Boris stands here I will vote Tory for the first time in my 57 years!!

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Frank13 says...
10:18am Wed 10 Oct 12

Must be a slow time for news for the WN to make this up-source? evidence?

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spider666 says...
10:38am Wed 10 Oct 12

Boris is about as politically correct as a racist joke ---I stand by what i said a while ago,the Tory councillors backed Allah Ditta after his last shambolic episode over the grave of Monuhor Ali and i will no longer give them my vote no matter who is running for the area.UKIP all the way now for me.

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outside-edge says...
10:41am Wed 10 Oct 12

Apart from pre recorded station announcements at Foregate Street Station during the Olympics, that's as close to Worcestershire Boris will ever come.

What self respecting ex London Mayor would leave the vitality of London at a time when he would need to be at the centre of things, for an out of the way place as this County?

Would be good if he did though, might give the local politicians/councils a kick up the khyber, wake them up and do a better job.

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Peter WR5 says...
11:09am Wed 10 Oct 12

Or, referring to outside-edge’s comment, make Worcestershire a viable political unit and create a Unitary Authority and get Boris to be head-honcho?

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MrsStJohns says...
12:44pm Wed 10 Oct 12

I think there have been a couple of spare rooms at Long Lartin since the weekend.

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MrsStJohns says...
12:44pm Wed 10 Oct 12

I think there have been a couple of spare rooms at Long Lartin since the weekend.

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Landy44 says...
2:12pm Wed 10 Oct 12

Extremely unlikely he'd move to Worcestershire and thank heavens for that.

The man is a grade a joke!

I'm frankly stunned at the result of the WN poll! Boris for PM? REALLY? I'm sure we'd all have a fun time, but we'd be even more broke and a bigger laughing stock to the rest of the world than we are already.

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Robot 3021 says...
4:25pm Wed 10 Oct 12

The poll really needed a "Neither" option. What a choice!

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mayall8808 says...
8:16pm Wed 10 Oct 12

RoBot 3021 dead right,
If Boris comes to Worcester i am emigrating as i can't stand the clown.

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RobertR says...
9:32pm Wed 10 Oct 12

A Conservative with a brain?. It'll never work.

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whyme says...
11:00pm Wed 10 Oct 12

Boris coming to the County?

Is he a batsman or a bowler?

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Jabbadad says...
12:59am Thu 11 Oct 12

Boris only has to own a property here, close enough to a railway station for his renowned bike ride to work. Just like a the MPs who don't live in their constituency, and the tried to cheat over the expenses.

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pronstar says...
8:57am Thu 11 Oct 12

Don't let his image fool you, Boris Johnson is as evil a Tory as you will find, even more so than Cameron.

Wasn't BoJo's constituency Henley-on-Thames before he ran for London Mayor? No doubt if he is going to be making a comeback to Parliament he will be back there or to an equally safe seat, rather than coming to rural Worcestershire.

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pronstar says...
8:58am Thu 11 Oct 12

Andy1955 wrote:
I must say... If Boris stands here I will vote Tory for the first time in my 57 years!!
See my previous post

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Mr Analysis says...
11:28am Thu 11 Oct 12

Whats with the poll I also want a neither option.

I think my 10 month old son could do a better job than those two.

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pronstar says...
12:25pm Thu 11 Oct 12

How about adding "an amoeba on saturn" to the poll

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