By Kylie MacLellan and William James LONDON (Reuters) – London's colourful mayor, Boris Johnson, widely regarded as a potential challenger for Prime Minister David Cameron's job, said on Wednesday he would try to run for parliament in next year's national election. Winning a parliamentary seat would be the first step in any bid to succeed Cameron as leader of the Conservative Party – a job that Johnson has coyly denied interest in for years while at the same time fuelling constant media speculation. "I haven't got any particular seat lined up but … since you can't do these things furtively I might as well be absolutely clear that with all probability I will try to find somewhere to stand in 2015," he told an audience in London. He has won two mayoral elections in London despite large parts of the city voting for the opposition Labour party in a 2010 national election.
Colourful London mayor, potential Cameron successor, plans return to parliament
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