UCL Conservative Society

All UCL students SHOULD be put on the electoral roll when they arrive in London - thus meaning you can vote in the London elections (for Boris!).

If not (or if you are unsure) you can still be registered to vote as long as it is by the 16th April. View the pdf file here for more information on this.

Make sure you are registered to vote for Boris on May 1st!

Boris also has a new website design here.

Tomorrow (September 20th) is the final day you can register for a ballot in the Conservative candidate selection.

The ballot closes on the 26th with the announcing of the candidate at the Party Conference. If you live in London and have not registered please make sure you do! The ballot is open to all Londoners and not just Conservative Party members. For more info on the candidates click here.

“All calls to 0906 555 5050 cost £1 per minute, and a typical call is expected to cost £1.50. The line - which launches at 2pm on Thursday July 26 - will be open Monday to Friday, 8am-9pm, Saturday, 9am-5pm and Sunday, 10am-4pm. Last date for registering is September 20, and the ballot will close on September 26.”

On Monday 4 of us from UCL Tories went along to help Boris campaign for the Mayoral race.

We had the pleasure of travelling around on the Boris Battle Bus (the 70th Routemaster to have been made!) and helping him to sway over voters.

Boris was visiting Kingston and Wimbledon on our day and we helped by giving out “Back Boris” stickers, leaflets and Oyster card holders. More on what Boris got up to can be found here.

A really fun day out with Boris and his lovely bus (hopefully we shall see more of these when he beats Ken!) - more photos can be seen on our Flickr page.

A video showing the candidates speeches at the second hustings.

Above is a clip from Boris Johnson speaking on 18 Doughty Street. Click here for the full 28 mins version.

Although UCL Conservatives are supporting Boris I have included below the websites for the other candidates plus a link to when they appeared on 18 Doughty Street.

Boris Johnson - website - 18 Doughty Street

Victoria Borwick - website - 18 Doughty Street

Warwick Lightfoot - website - 18 Doughty Street

Andrew Boff - website - 18 Doughty Street

The 3rd September saw the launch of Boris Johnson’s campaign to become the conservative candidate for London Mayor. A gaggle of UCL Conservatives duly made their way down to the iconic County Hall for the official ceremony.After being kitted out with Back Boris T-Shirts and placards us dashing lot were positioned round the vicinity chanting and jeering all the way. Soon everyone was whisked inside for the event itself an insightful introduction and video was swiftly followed by the main man himself. Boris talked on a whole range of topics including crime, housing and transport with an air of common sense that made the whole campaign so refreshing. No more bureaucracy and blame shifting, no more red tape and endless faffing.

Boris is running a grounded campaign which despite the self confessed ‘reservation to make jokes’ is most probably one of the most sincere and professional campaigns I’ve ever seen. On behalf of the UCL conservatives I wish Boris and his team every success in what will most certainly be a true good old-fashioned ‘mayoral race’.