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class="tmp-color" style="color: #FFF">This article is part of <br />a series about</span></div><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #FFF; text-decoration: inherit;">Boris Johnson</span></a></span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Political positions of Boris Johnson">Political positions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Electoral history of Boris Johnson">Electoral history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_image_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Public image of Boris Johnson">Public image</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge_and_South_Ruislip_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Uxbridge and South Ruislip (UK Parliament constituency)">MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Henley (UK Parliament constituency)">MP for Henley</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">Electoral history</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> {{{2}}}</div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_London_mayoral_election" title="2008 London mayoral election">2008 mayoral election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_London_mayoral_election" title="2012 London mayoral election">2012 mayoral election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 EU referendum</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Causes_of_the_vote_in_favour_of_Brexit" title="Causes of the vote in favour of Brexit">causes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="Aftermath of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">aftermath</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Conservative Party leadership election">2019 leadership election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="Opinion polling for the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election">polling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="Endorsements in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election">endorsements</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2021 United Kingdom local elections">2021 local elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2022 United Kingdom local elections">2022 local elections</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div 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Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012 Summer Paralympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Bridge" title="Garden Bridge">Garden Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vote_Leave" title="Vote Leave">Vote Leave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2016 Conservative Party leadership election">2016 explored candidacy</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">Foreign Secretary</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson_as_Foreign_Secretary" title="Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary">Tenure as Foreign Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian%E2%80%93led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen">Yemen intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazanin_Zaghari-Ratcliffe" title="Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe">Zaghari-Ratcliffe case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_Skripal" title="Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal">2018 Salisbury attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chequers_plan" title="Chequers plan">Chequers plan</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Premiership of Boris Johnson">Premiership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_prime_ministerial_trips_made_by_Boris_Johnson" title="List of international prime ministerial trips made by Boris Johnson">International trips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Union" title="Minister for the Union">Minister for the Union</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">First ministry and term</div> (July – December 2019) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Johnson_ministry" title="First Johnson ministry">First ministry (minority)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_suspension_of_rebel_Conservative_MPs" title="2019 suspension of rebel Conservative MPs">Suspension of rebel MPs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_(Withdrawal)_(No._2)_Act_2019" title="European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019">Benn Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_British_prorogation_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 British prorogation controversy">2019 prorogation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R_(Miller)_v_The_Prime_Minister_and_Cherry_v_Advocate_General_for_Scotland" title="R (Miller) v The Prime Minister and Cherry v Advocate General for Scotland">Supreme Court case</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brexit_negotiations_in_2019" title="Brexit negotiations in 2019">Brexit deal renegotiation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brexit_withdrawal_agreement" title="Brexit withdrawal agreement">revised deal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Get_Brexit_Done" title="Get Brexit Done">Get Brexit Done</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Second ministry and term</div> (December 2019 – September 2022) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry" title="Second Johnson ministry">Second ministry (majority)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_departures_from_the_second_Johnson_ministry" title="List of departures from the second Johnson ministry">departures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2020 British cabinet reshuffle">2020 reshuffle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2021 British cabinet reshuffle">2021 reshuffle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_(Withdrawal_Agreement)_Act_2020" title="European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020">EU Withdrawal Agreement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Protocol" title="Northern Ireland Protocol">Northern Ireland Protocol</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_negotiation_between_the_UK_and_the_EU" title="Trade negotiation between the UK and the EU">EU trade negotiation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EU%E2%80%93UK_Trade_and_Cooperation_Agreement" title="EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement">cooperation agreement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">government response</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_lockdown_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom">lockdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom">vaccinations</a></li> <li><a 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Street refurbishment controversy">Refurb controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Paterson_scandal" class="mw-redirect" title="Owen Paterson scandal">Owen Paterson scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_asylum_plan" title="Rwanda asylum plan">Rwanda asylum plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_David_Amess" title="Murder of David Amess">Murder of David Amess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_and_Social_Care_Levy" title="Health and Social Care Levy">Proposed NI increase</a></li> <li><span class="wraplinks"><a href="/wiki/British_support_for_Ukraine_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="British support for Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine">British support for Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%93present_United_Kingdom_cost-of-living_crisis" title="2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis">Cost of living crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_vote_of_confidence_in_the_Conservative_Party_leadership_of_Boris_Johnson" title="2022 vote of confidence in the Conservative Party leadership of Boris Johnson">Conservative Party confidence vote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Pincher_scandal" title="Chris Pincher scandal">Chris Pincher scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis" title="July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis">Government crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_2022_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="July 2022 British cabinet reshuffle">July 2022 reshuffle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July%E2%80%93September_2022_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election">leadership election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_vote_of_confidence_in_the_Johnson_ministry" title="2022 vote of confidence in the Johnson ministry">House of Commons confidence vote</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Questions" title="Prime Minister's Questions">Prime Minister's Questions</a> about "the legality of activities in 10 Downing Street and the Cabinet Office under Covid regulations", events commonly referred to as <a href="/wiki/Partygate" title="Partygate">Partygate</a>. The investigation is concerned with whether Johnson misled the Commons when he made these statements.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson resigned over the investigation after having been sent a draft copy of the committee's report. </p><p>The Committee had voted on the final report text and unanimously supported it. They concluded that Johnson had deliberately misled the House, a contempt of Parliament. They said that, had he still been an MP, they would have recommended a 90 day suspension.<sup id="cite_ref-reportlive2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportlive2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report stated that Johnson tried to "rewrite the meaning" of COVID rules "to fit his own evidence" for example that "a leaving gathering or a gathering to boost morale was a lawful reason to hold a gathering."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They concluded he was guilty of further contempts of Parliament and that he breached confidentiality requirements by criticising the Committee's provisional findings when he resigned.<sup id="cite_ref-reportlive2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportlive2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Commons debated the report on 19 June 2023. Labour forced a vote and the Commons voted 354 to 7 in support, with a large number of abstentions. This was an absolute majority of the Commons. 118 Conservative MPs, including 15 ministers, voted for the report and 225 abstained. Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a> had earlier said he had other commitments, and did not attend the debate and refused to say how he would have voted. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Partygate" title="Partygate">Partygate</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Political_scandal" title="Political scandal">political scandal</a> concerning staff gatherings, mainly in <a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street" title="10 Downing Street">10 Downing Street</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic</a> in 2020 and 2021, that contravened <a href="/wiki/British_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">public health restrictions</a>, which only allowed certain gatherings to take place at the time, and which contributed to <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>'s downfall as Prime Minister. The first reporting relating to these events was on 30 November 2021 of 10 Downing Street staff gatherings during the 2020 <a href="/wiki/Christmas_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas season">Christmas season</a>. Johnson said rules had been followed, and Downing Street denied that a party took place. Reports of further events emerged. In January 2022, the Metropolitan Police opened an investigation into potential breaches of COVID-19 regulations, which led to <a href="/wiki/Fixed_penalty_notice" title="Fixed penalty notice">fixed penalty notices</a> being issued. Johnson made several statements to the Commons about the matter. </p><p>On 19 April 2022, Speaker of the Commons <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle" title="Lindsay Hoyle">Lindsay Hoyle</a> approved an application, from the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> and other leading opposition MPs,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to table a motion for debate followed by a vote on 21 April, on whether Johnson should be referred to the <a href="/wiki/Commons_Select_Committee_of_Privileges" title="Commons Select Committee of Privileges">Parliamentary Privileges Committee</a> to investigate whether he knowingly misled Parliament in his comments.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 April 2022, the <a href="/wiki/I_(newspaper)" title="I (newspaper)"><i>i</i></a> news website said that a vote would reveal the loyalties of the so-far silent Tory MPs; this could then be used by opposition MPs to influence voters in the unrelated <a href="/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2022 United Kingdom local elections">May local elections</a>, even if, as expected by <i>i</i>, they lost the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 April, the Conservative leadership initially sought to have their MPs vote the motion down, but faced a potential rebellion among their backbench MPs. They instead tabled an amendment to delay the decision about referring Johnson to the Privileges Committee until after the investigative report into Partygate by <a href="/wiki/Sue_Gray_(political_adviser)" title="Sue Gray (political adviser)">Sue Gray</a> was published. However, by the morning of 21 April, further Conservative MPs were threatening to rebel. The Government's position shifted further and they dropped the <a href="/wiki/Three-line_whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-line whip">three-line whip</a> for their amendment.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The chair of the committee, Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Chris_Bryant" title="Chris Bryant">Chris Bryant</a>, recused himself on the grounds of comments he had made about the matter previously.<sup id="cite_ref-:21_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:21-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The motion was tabled on 21 April 2022, with Tory MPs told not to oppose it.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, the Commons approved the motion without a vote.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The motion called for the Privileges Committee to launch an inquiry, once the police had finished their own investigation into the gatherings.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The committee began its considerations on 29 June 2022 and appointed the Rt Hon Sir <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Ryder" title="Ernest Ryder">Ernest Ryder</a>, former President of Tribunals for the United Kingdom and former Lord Justice of Appeal, as their legal adviser.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The committee could recommend a range of possible sanctions, including a suspension from the Commons, and resignation for knowingly misleading Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-:21_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:21-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The full Commons would have to approve any sanctions in a vote.<sup id="cite_ref-:21_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:21-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was initially unclear if the <a href="/wiki/Recall_of_MPs_Act_2015" title="Recall of MPs Act 2015">Recall of MPs Act 2015</a> would apply to any suspension, but the Commons Speaker subsequently ruled that it would.<sup id="cite_ref-:21_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:21-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson announced his resignation as Prime Minister on 7 July 2022, with <a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a> being appointed the new Prime Minister on 6 September 2022. Truss was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a> on 25 October 2022. </p><p>The Government hired <a href="/wiki/Lord_Pannick" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Pannick">Lord Pannick</a> to advise Johnson, who released an opinion critical of the committee's functioning.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Privileges Committee responded, saying, "The Committee accepts the view of its impartial legal advisers and the Clerks that Lord Pannick's opinion is founded on a systemic misunderstanding of the parliamentary process and misplaced analogies with the criminal law."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Official_portrait_of_Allan_Dorans_MP_crop_3.jpg/213px-Official_portrait_of_Allan_Dorans_MP_crop_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Official_portrait_of_Allan_Dorans_MP_crop_3.jpg/284px-Official_portrait_of_Allan_Dorans_MP_crop_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Members of the Committee (clockwise, from top left): <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Costa_(British_politician)" title="Alberto Costa (British politician)">Alberto Costa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Walker_(British_politician)" title="Charles Walker (British politician)">Charles Walker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Jenkin" title="Bernard Jenkin">Bernard Jenkin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allan_Dorans" title="Allan Dorans">Allan Dorans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Fovargue" title="Yvonne Fovargue">Yvonne Fovargue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Carter_(politician)" title="Andy Carter (politician)">Andy Carter</a></div></div></div></div> <p>The committee was chaired by Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a> (Harman replaced Bryant in June 2022 and was unanimously voted chair by the other Committee members<sup id="cite_ref-:21_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:21-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and included four Conservative MPs (<a href="/wiki/Alberto_Costa_(British_politician)" title="Alberto Costa (British politician)">Alberto Costa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Walker_(British_politician)" title="Charles Walker (British politician)">Charles Walker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Carter_(politician)" title="Andy Carter (politician)">Andy Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Jenkin" title="Bernard Jenkin">Bernard Jenkin</a>), a second Labour MP (<a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Fovargue" title="Yvonne Fovargue">Yvonne Fovargue</a>) and an SNP MP (<a href="/wiki/Allan_Dorans" title="Allan Dorans">Allan Dorans</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-partygateinquirycould_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-partygateinquirycould-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee is traditionally chaired by an opposition MP. The chair only votes in the event of a tie, so the usual voting breakdown is four Conservatives, one Labour and one SNP MP.<sup id="cite_ref-reportfinal_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportfinal-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They met on 11 January 2023 to examine documents released by the Cabinet Office in late November 2022, soon after Sunak became prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These include WhatsApp messages sent inside Downing Street, emails, Johnson's official diary and his briefing papers to prepare him for Prime Minister's Questions, and entry logs recording who went into 10 Downing Street on 13 November and 19 June 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Telegraph</i> described the question facing the committee in these terms: "Even Mr Johnson's allies accept he misled Parliament, in that information was given to MPs that turned out to be incorrect. The key question is whether he did so knowingly, deliberately."<sup id="cite_ref-partygateinquirycould_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-partygateinquirycould-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harman tweeted about Johnson and events in April 2022. Some Johnson supporters questioned her impartiality because of this. Harman privately offered to the Government to stand down as chair, but she was asked to continue.<sup id="cite_ref-mpshave_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mpshave-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a former prime minister, and as the inquiry related to statements he made on behalf of the government, the government decided to pay Johnson's fees for legal support in the inquiry.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, while there was precedent for paying legal fees arising from public inquiries, there had not been a prior case where legal fees were paid for a Parliamentary inquiry.<sup id="cite_ref-nao_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nao-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally £129,000 was made available. This was extended to an additional £90,000 in December 2022. The contract was due to expire 28 February 2023, but there was then a no cost extension to 30 April 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Labour party have criticised the expenditure.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bjinline_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bjinline-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2023, the <a href="/wiki/National_Audit_Office_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Audit Office (United Kingdom)">National Audit Office</a> criticised the government's justification for paying a £265,000 bill for Boris Johnson's legal fees relating to Partygate, saying the government's reasoning for doing so was not "wholly persuasive" and that due process had not been followed when signing off the money.<sup id="cite_ref-nao_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nao-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="3_March_2023_Committee_publication">3 March 2023 Committee publication</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 3 March 2023 Committee publication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 3 March 2023, the committee published its summary of issues to be raised with Johnson, including some previously unpublished photos of gatherings. It raised at least four occasions on which the Commons might have been misled when Johnson said regulations were followed, and suggested that breaches of COVID-19 guidance would have been obvious to Johnson.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This report said there is evidence that advisors to Johnson were "struggling to contend that some gatherings were within the rules".<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_64836425_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_64836425-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, it quotes the then Downing Street communications director, Jack Doyle, as writing a WhatsApp message saying, "I'm struggling to come up with a way this one is in the rules" about the 2020 birthday gathering.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another WhatsApp message from 28 April 2021 by an unnamed Number 10 official said: "[No. 10 official]'s worried about leaks of PM having a piss up and to be fair I don't think it's unwarranted".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 3 March report was reportedly published because Johnson's lawyers asked for details on what issues would be raised when he spoke to the committee, but the committee felt any response should be made public.<sup id="cite_ref-fulltrump_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fulltrump-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee has first to decide if it thinks any of Johnson's statements were misleading, and if it does, it said it will then "consider whether that was inadvertent, reckless or intentional".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson said none of the evidence showed he "knowingly" misled parliament, and that "it is clear from this report that I have not committed any contempt of parliament".<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_64836425_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_64836425-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Johnson spokesperson said the committee consisted of members who already "think Boris is guilty". </p><p>Around the same time, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Sue_Gray_(civil_servant)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sue Gray (civil servant)">Sue Gray</a> had been offered the job of chief of staff to <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a>, leader of the Labour Party. Some supporters of Johnson argued this undermined her earlier Partygate report.<sup id="cite_ref-fulltrump_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fulltrump-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A spokesperson for the Privileges Committee stressed that their report was not based on Gray's work, but on evidence supplied by the government and from witnesses.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="21_March_2023_Johnson_document">21 March 2023 Johnson document</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 21 March 2023 Johnson document"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson submitted a response, the final version of which was delivered to the committee on the morning of 21 March 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was published later that day by the committee.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson's defence document acknowledged that his statements to Parliament were misleading, but argued that this was inadvertent. It set up possible key arguments for the subsequent hearings. Johnson argued that it was inappropriate of the committee to consider whether his statements were "reckless", that doing so unduly expands the scope of such investigations, and they should only be seeking to determine whether he his misleading statements were "intentional".<sup id="cite_ref-keyclashes_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-keyclashes-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson argued that the committee should only be examining the accuracy of his statements with respect to compliance with regulations, <i>i.e.</i> with what was legal or illegal, and not with respect to compliance with non-legally-binding guidance. However, the statements by Johnson under examination included claims he made that "all guidance was followed completely" at 10 Downing Street.<sup id="cite_ref-keyclashes_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-keyclashes-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson also argued that he was never told by advisers that any of the gatherings in question were against the rules. In some cases, he was specifically told they were within the rules. This, he argues, disputes the suggestion that he should have known gatherings were in breach of the rules. The defence document largely relies on advice from Johnson's then-communications chief, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Doyle_(journalist)" title="Jack Doyle (journalist)">Jack Doyle</a>, who was a political <a href="/wiki/Special_adviser_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special adviser (UK)">special adviser</a> rather than a permanent civil servant. Cummings has claimed he did warn against the garden party, but Johnson argued that Cummings is not a reliable witness.<sup id="cite_ref-keyclashes_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-keyclashes-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hearings">Hearings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hearings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson gave evidence before the committee on 22 March 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hearing was televised.<sup id="cite_ref-bjinline_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bjinline-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the morning of 22 March, the Committee released 110 pages of evidence,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with redactions in places. The unredacted evidence was previously shared with Johnson a fortnight earlier. The evidence in the release was chosen by Johnson or the committee as it was to be referred to in the hearings.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This includes Cabinet Secretary <a href="/wiki/Simon_Case" title="Simon Case">Simon Case</a> denying that he gave assurances to Johnson that rules or guidance were obeyed at all times in 10 Downing Street. It also has <a href="/wiki/Lee_Cain" title="Lee Cain">Lee Cain</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Downing_Street_Director_of_Communications" title="Downing Street Director of Communications">Downing Street Director of Communications</a>, confirming Dominic Cummings at the time said the garden party should not take place and that he had discussed the matter with Johnson.<sup id="cite_ref-22marchlive_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22marchlive-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Martin_Reynolds_(civil_servant)" title="Martin Reynolds (civil servant)">Martin Reynolds</a> advised Johnson to not say guidance was always followed in his 8 December 2021 appearance at Prime Minister's Questions. Johnson agreed to delete this line from his response, but then, in the House, verbally said guidance had been followed.<sup id="cite_ref-22marchlive_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22marchlive-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson appeared for three hours in front of the committee on the afternoon of 22 March in proceedings that were described as "tetchy" by the BBC<sup id="cite_ref-clashes_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clashes-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "frosty" by CNN, with Johnson raising his voice at times.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He reiterated his view that he had not lied to Parliament. He also described the committee's processes as "manifestly unfair".<sup id="cite_ref-clashes_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clashes-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he distanced himself from comments some of his supporters had made criticising the committee.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson argued that gatherings to note the leaving of a staff member and for his birthday counted as "essential" work events under the COVID-19 rules in place, but committee members disagreed. Johnson argued that he did not deserve to receive the fine he was given.<sup id="cite_ref-grilling_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grilling-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson argued that he received advice that all rules had been followed before speaking in Parliament, but the committee questioned that he largely meant advice from politically-appointed media advisors, mainly Jack Doyle but also <a href="/wiki/James_Slack" title="James Slack">James Slack</a>. They asked why he did not rely on what he had seen himself or why he had not sought advice from lawyers or senior civil servants.<sup id="cite_ref-grilling_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grilling-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson responded, "I asked the relevant people. They were senior people. They had been working very hard."<sup id="cite_ref-clashes_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clashes-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following Johnson's March 2023 hearing, a Survation poll found 68% of the public did not believe Johnson when he said he believed he was following the rules.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subsequent_events">Subsequent events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Subsequent events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Once the Committee had heard all the evidence, it worked on its conclusions. Johnson was then to be given a fortnight to respond, before the final report is published.<sup id="cite_ref-hangsinbalance_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hangsinbalance-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office</a> <a href="/wiki/Partygate#COVID-19_Inquiry_evidence" title="Partygate">referred to the police evidence of possible further breaches of COVID-19 regulations</a> by Johnson at 10 Downing Street and <a href="/wiki/Chequers" title="Chequers">Chequers</a>. The Privileges Committee met on 24 May and received legal advice that this was not a reason to delay their work.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Committee_reports">The Committee reports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Committee reports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fifth_Report_-_Matter_referred_on_21_April_2022_(conduct_of_Rt_Hon_Boris_Johnson).pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Fifth_Report_-_Matter_referred_on_21_April_2022_%28conduct_of_Rt_Hon_Boris_Johnson%29.pdf/page1-220px-Fifth_Report_-_Matter_referred_on_21_April_2022_%28conduct_of_Rt_Hon_Boris_Johnson%29.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Fifth_Report_-_Matter_referred_on_21_April_2022_%28conduct_of_Rt_Hon_Boris_Johnson%29.pdf/page1-330px-Fifth_Report_-_Matter_referred_on_21_April_2022_%28conduct_of_Rt_Hon_Boris_Johnson%29.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Fifth_Report_-_Matter_referred_on_21_April_2022_%28conduct_of_Rt_Hon_Boris_Johnson%29.pdf/page1-440px-Fifth_Report_-_Matter_referred_on_21_April_2022_%28conduct_of_Rt_Hon_Boris_Johnson%29.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1239" data-file-height="1752" /></a><figcaption>The final report of the Committee's investigation into Boris Johnson</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Johnson_resignation">Johnson resignation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Johnson resignation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson was sent a draft of the Committee's report on 8 June 2023, and given 14 days to respond to any criticisms.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This recommended a suspension of more than 10 days from the Commons,<sup id="cite_ref-guardianhonours_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardianhonours-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which, if approved by the House, would trigger a <a href="/wiki/Recall_petition" class="mw-redirect" title="Recall petition">recall petition</a> in Johnson's constituency and a possible by-election. </p><p>Johnson announced his resignation as an MP on 9 June. He was critical of the Committee and insisted he never lied. He described the Committee as a "<a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_court" title="Kangaroo court">kangaroo court</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He claimed their report was "riddled with inaccuracies and reeks of prejudice".<sup id="cite_ref-guardianhonours_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardianhonours-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 June 2023, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> said he disagreed with Johnson's description of the process as a "kangaroo court", saying he had "respect" for their work.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same day, Sunak also expressed support for the Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson's claim that he was being "forced out" was criticised, given the Committee's report had to be voted on by Parliament and then there would have been a recall petition and by-election. The BBC reported a former Cabinet ally as saying that Johnson would not have resigned if he had thought he would win the by-election.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response, the Committee said it would meet on 12 June 2023 to conclude their work and publish their report earlier. They said, "Mr Johnson has departed from the processes of the House and has impugned the integrity of the House by his statement."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson sent a response to the report at 23:57 on 12 June 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_65897514_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_65897514-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_report">Final report</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Final report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Committee published their final report on 15 June.<sup id="cite_ref-reportlive_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportlive-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Committee had voted on the final report text and unanimously supported it.<sup id="cite_ref-reportfinal_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportfinal-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They concluded that Johnson had deliberately misled the House, a contempt of Parliament. They said that, had he still been an MP, they would have recommended a 90 day suspension.<sup id="cite_ref-reportlive_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportlive-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If that had happened, it would have been the second longest suspension since 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-reportlive_61-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportlive-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Committee concluded that Johnson's actions were "more serious" because they were committed when he was Prime Minister. They noted that there was no precedent for a PM being found to have deliberately misled Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report stated that Johnson tried to "rewrite the meaning" of COVID rules "to fit his own evidence" for example that "a leaving gathering or a gathering to boost morale was a lawful reason to hold a gathering."<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They concluded he was guilty of further contempts of Parliament and that he breached confidentiality requirements by criticising the Committee's provisional findings when he resigned. They said he was complicit in a "campaign of abuse" against those investigating him.<sup id="cite_ref-reportlive_61-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportlive-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style=";"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>13. We considered the nature and extent of Mr Johnson's culpability in misleading the House. In coming to the conclusion that Mr Johnson deliberately misled the House, we considered: </p><p>a) His repeated and continuing denials of the facts, for example his refusal to accept that there were insufficient efforts to enforce social distancing at gatherings where a lack of social distancing is documented in official photographs, and that he neither saw nor heard anything to alert him to the breaches that occurred. </p><p>b) The frequency with which he closed his mind to those facts and to what was obvious so that eventually the only conclusion that could be drawn was that he was deliberately closing his mind. </p><p>c) The fact that he sought to re-write the meaning of the Rules and Guidance to fit his own evidence, for example, his assertion that "imperfect" social distancing was perfectly acceptable when there were no mitigations in place rather than cancelling a gathering or holding it online, and his assertion that a leaving gathering or a gathering to boost morale was a lawful reason to hold a gathering. </p><p>d) His own after-the-event rationalisations, for example the nature and extent of the assurances he received, the words used, the purpose of the assurances, who they came from, the warning he received about that from Martin Reynolds (his Principal Private Secretary) and his failure to take advice from others whose advice would have been authoritative. His view about his own Fixed Penalty Notice (that he was baffled as to why he received it) is instructive. </p><p>14. We came to the view that some of Mr Johnson's denials and explanations were so disingenuous that they were by their very nature deliberate attempts to mislead the Committee and the House, while others demonstrated deliberation because of the frequency with which he closed his mind to the truth. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Committee of Privileges, "Matter referred on 21 April 2022 (conduct of Rt Hon Boris Johnson): Final Report – Report Summary"<sup id="cite_ref-reportfinal_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportfinal-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_reaction">Initial reaction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Initial reaction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The BBC's political editor, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Mason_(journalist)" title="Chris Mason (journalist)">Chris Mason</a>, wrote, "This is a report – in breadth and depth – that demolishes Boris Johnson's character and conduct."<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BBC political correspondent Rob Watson wrote, "If you think about the several hundred year history of parliament, there's nothing like this."<sup id="cite_ref-reportlive_61-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportlive-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> described the report as "damning".<sup id="cite_ref-reuters_factbox_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters_factbox-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Lib%C3%A9ration" title="Libération">Libération</a></i> likewise called it "accablant" ("damning").<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A spokesperson for the <a href="/wiki/Covid-19_Bereaved_Families_for_Justice_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK">Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK</a> group, David Garfinkel, said, "[Johnson] should never be allowed to stand for any form of public office again".<sup id="cite_ref-reportlive_61-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportlive-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectator" title="The Spectator">The Spectator</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Brendan_O%27Neill_(columnist)" title="Brendan O'Neill (columnist)">Brendan O'Neill</a> said the findings of the committee with respect to Johnson's dishonesty "are not wholly convincing". He concluded that he fears "that the fallout from partygate poses a larger threat to democracy than partygate itself".<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson released a statement that said it was "a dreadful day for MPs and for democracy", accused the committee of functioning in "anti-democratic way" and that "It is for the people of this country to decide who sits in Parliament, not [committee chair] <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-bojo_bryant_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bojo_bryant-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson was supported by allies including <a href="/wiki/Nadine_Dorries" title="Nadine Dorries">Nadine Dorries</a>, who called the report "quite bizarre" and said "any Conservative MP who would vote for this report is fundamentally not a Conservative", as well as Brendan Clarke-Smith, Simon Clarke, James Duddridge, Jake Berry, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Fabricant" title="Michael Fabricant">Michael Fabricant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Jenkyns" title="Andrea Jenkyns">Andrea Jenkyns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zac_Goldsmith" title="Zac Goldsmith">Zac Goldsmith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-allies_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allies-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conservative minister <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rees-Mogg" title="Jacob Rees-Mogg">Jacob Rees-Mogg</a> stated that the committee had "over-egged their particular pudding and made themselves look vindictive and actually therefore helped Boris Johnson".<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former Conservative minister <a href="/wiki/Michael_Heseltine" title="Michael Heseltine">Michael Heseltine</a> said, "We've had four days of this report and the story doesn't change: Boris Johnson told a pack of lies. Boris Johnson got out from under, he saw it coming, he knew he hadn't a case to defend. So he resigned before the suspension that he feared could be relevant."<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bryant" title="Chris Bryant">Chris Bryant</a> called Johnson a "scoundrel" who "repeatedly lied" and the publication of the report meant that justice had finally been served.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bojo_bryant_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bojo_bryant-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commons_vote">Commons vote</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Commons vote"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Commons debated the report on 19 June 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-mpshave_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mpshave-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Conservative Party have said the vote on the report would be a <a href="/wiki/Free_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Free vote">free vote</a> for Conservative MPs. On 18 June 2023, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> said he would abstain.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some right-wing Conservative MPs said that they felt the proposed 90-day suspension was too harsh and would also be abstaining.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beforehand, Johnson had asked his supporters not to vote against the report and some of them abstained whilst others did not appear for the vote at all.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Penny_Mordaunt" title="Penny Mordaunt">Penny Mordaunt</a>, started the debate by tabling the government's motion to approve the Privileges Committee's report into Boris Johnson's conduct, and was the first Cabinet member to express her support for the report. Other prominent Conservatives supporting the report included former PM <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>; former Cabinet member <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tobias_Ellwood" title="Tobias Ellwood">Tobias Ellwood</a>, chair of the Defence Committee; and <a href="/wiki/Father_of_the_House" title="Father of the House">Father of the House</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bottomley" title="Peter Bottomley">Peter Bottomley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mpshave_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mpshave-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Thangam_Debbonaire" title="Thangam Debbonaire">Thangam Debbonaire</a>, Shadow Leader of the House, for Labour said that Sunak should have blocked <a href="/wiki/2022_Prime_Minister%27s_Resignation_Honours_(Boris_Johnson)" title="2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours (Boris Johnson)">Johnson's resignation honours</a> list.<sup id="cite_ref-mpshave_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mpshave-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Labour forced a vote on the report. The Commons voted 354 to 7 in support of the report, with a large number of abstentions. This was an absolute majority of the Commons. 118 Conservative MPs, including 15 ministers, voted for the report and 225 abstained.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voting against the report were Conservative MPs <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Swayne" title="Desmond Swayne">Desmond Swayne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cash" title="Bill Cash">Bill Cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Fletcher_(politician)" title="Nick Fletcher (politician)">Nick Fletcher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Holloway" title="Adam Holloway">Adam Holloway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karl_McCartney" title="Karl McCartney">Karl McCartney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joy_Morrissey" title="Joy Morrissey">Joy Morrissey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heather_Wheeler" title="Heather Wheeler">Heather Wheeler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sunak had earlier said that he had other commitments. He did not attend the debate and refused to say how he would have voted.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mpshave_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mpshave-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When later pressed by <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> he said he did not want to influence the way other MPs might vote, saying it was "a matter for the House rather than the government".<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Report_on_alleged_interference_with_the_work_of_the_Committee">Report on alleged interference with the work of the Committee</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Report on alleged interference with the work of the Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 19 June, chair <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a> confirmed that the Committee was preparing a second report on MPs who had sought to "intimidate" the Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-mpshave_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mpshave-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report was released on 29 June 2023; it accused ten Conservatives of interfering with the Committee's investigation into Boris Johnson. The report named former ministers <a href="/wiki/Nadine_Dorries" title="Nadine Dorries">Nadine Dorries</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rees-Mogg" title="Jacob Rees-Mogg">Jacob Rees-Mogg</a>, and Dame <a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a>; serving Foreign Office Minister Lord <a href="/wiki/Zac_Goldsmith" title="Zac Goldsmith">Zac Goldsmith</a>; MPs <a href="/wiki/Mark_Jenkinson" title="Mark Jenkinson">Mark Jenkinson</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Michael_Fabricant" title="Michael Fabricant">Michael Fabricant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Clarke-Smith" title="Brendan Clarke-Smith">Brendan Clarke-Smith</a> and Dame <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Jenkyns" title="Andrea Jenkyns">Andrea Jenkyns</a>; and peers <a href="/wiki/Lord_Cruddas" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Cruddas">Lord Cruddas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_Greenhalgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Greenhalgh">Lord Greenhalgh</a>. They were said to have rejected the accusations, complaining that "the committee was trying to shut down freedom of speech".<sup id="cite_ref-:2_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The report suggested attempts to "impugn the integrity of the committee" or "lobby or intimidate" committee members could be a <a href="/wiki/Contempt_of_parliament" title="Contempt of parliament">contempt of parliament</a>. The Commons will vote on this special report following a debate on 10 July.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> pointed out that four of the MPs who were named – Patel, Rees-Mogg, Fabricant and Jenkyns – had been put forward for honours by Johnson in his <a href="/wiki/2022_Prime_Minister%27s_Resignation_Honours_(Boris_Johnson)" title="2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours (Boris Johnson)">September 2022 resignation honours list</a>. They called for an investigation into whether there had been "collusion" between Johnson and these individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_82-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Labour and the Liberal Democrats called for Goldsmith to be dismissed following the publication of the Committee's report. A Downing Street spokesman said that Sunak retained full confidence in Goldsmith as a minister.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_82-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, 30 June 2023, Goldsmith resigned from his ministerial position without mentioning the committee's investigation. He said government's "apathy" towards environmental issues made his position "untenable".<sup id="cite_ref-:42_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:42-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his reply to Goldsmith, Sunak said Goldsmith was asked to apologise for his comments regarding the committee and had not done so. He had expressed support in a <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">tweet</a> for the view that the inquiry was a "witch hunt" and a "kangaroo court". Goldsmith responded in the media, saying, "as a minister I shouldn't have commented publicly".<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 July, answering questions in front of the <a href="/wiki/Liaison_Committee_(House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom)" title="Liaison Committee (House of Commons of the United Kingdom)">Liaison Committee</a>, Sunak said he had not fully read this second report.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 July, the Commons approved the second report without the need for a vote. Sunak did not attend the debate.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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title="Stephen Farry">Stephen Farry</a>, deputy leader of the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party</a></li></ul></div></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Boris_Johnson_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Boris_Johnson_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Boris_Johnson_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Boris_Johnson_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Boris_Johnson_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Boris_Johnson_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1122" data-file-height="1578" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mayoralty_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Mayoralty of Boris Johnson">Mayoralty</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Britannia_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="London Britannia Airport">"Boris Island"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santander_Cycles" title="Santander Cycles">"Boris Bikes"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Routemaster" title="New Routemaster">New Routemaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_England_riots" title="2011 England riots">2011 London riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Cable_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="London Cable Car">London Cable Car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012 Summer Paralympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Bridge" title="Garden Bridge">Garden Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Tube" title="Night Tube">Night Tube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Arcuri" title="Jennifer Arcuri">Jennifer Arcuri</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other offices held</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)">Leader of the Conservative Party</a> (2019–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Chair-in-Office" title="Commonwealth Chair-in-Office">Commonwealth Chair-in-Office</a> (2019–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson_as_Foreign_Secretary" title="Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary">Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs</a> (2016–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Minister_for_Higher_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Minister for Higher Education">Shadow Minister for Higher Education</a> (2005–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Minister_for_the_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Minister for the Arts">Shadow Minister for the Arts</a> (2004)</li> <li>MP for <a href="/wiki/Henley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Henley (UK Parliament constituency)">Henley</a> (2001–2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Electoral history of Boris Johnson">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_London_mayoral_election" title="2008 London mayoral election">2008</a> (Mayoral)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_London_mayoral_election" title="2012 London mayoral election">2012</a> (Mayoral)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> (General)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2021 United Kingdom local elections">2021</a> (Local)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2022 United Kingdom local elections">2022</a> (Local)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By Johnson</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Friends,_Voters,_Countrymen" title="Friends, Voters, Countrymen">Friends, Voters, Countrymen</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seventy-Two_Virgins" title="Seventy-Two Virgins">Seventy-Two Virgins</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dream_of_Rome" title="The Dream of Rome">The Dream of Rome</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Churchill_Factor" title="The Churchill Factor">The Churchill Factor</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unleashed_(book)" title="Unleashed (book)">Unleashed</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">About Johnson</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Boris:_The_Rise_of_Boris_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson">Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boris_v._Ken" title="Boris v. Ken">Boris v. Ken</a></i> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Public_image_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Public image of Boris Johnson">Public <br />image</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cultural <br />depictions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Headcases" title="Headcases">Headcases</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_Boris_Met_Dave" title="When Boris Met Dave">When Boris Met Dave</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Newzoids" title="Newzoids">Newzoids</a></i> (2015–2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Members_Only_(South_Park)" title="Members Only (South Park)">South Park</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brexit:_The_Uncivil_War" title="Brexit: The Uncivil War">Brexit: The Uncivil War</a></i> (2019)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vossi_Bop" title="Vossi Bop">Vossi Bop</a>" (2019)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson_Is_a_Fucking_Cunt" title="Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt">Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt</a>" (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Stop_Christmas" title="Can't Stop Christmas">Can't Stop Christmas</a>" (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spitting_Image_(2020_TV_series)" title="Spitting Image (2020 TV series)">Spitting Image</a></i> (2020–2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_England_(TV_series)" title="This England (TV series)">This England</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DSP_(film)" title="DSP (film)">DSP</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Partygate_(TV_drama)" class="mw-redirect" title="Partygate (TV drama)">Partygate</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_Bullingdon_Club_photograph" title="1987 Bullingdon Club photograph">1987 Bullingdon Club photograph</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Greased_piglet" title="Greased piglet">Greased piglet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dead_cat_strategy" title="Dead cat strategy">Dead cat strategy</a>"</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegra_Mostyn-Owen" title="Allegra Mostyn-Owen">Allegra Mostyn-Owen</a> (first wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marina_Wheeler" title="Marina Wheeler">Marina Wheeler</a> (second wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Johnson" title="Carrie Johnson">Carrie Johnson</a> (third wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lara_Johnson-Wheeler" title="Lara Johnson-Wheeler">Lara Johnson-Wheeler</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilyn" title="Dilyn">Dilyn</a> (dog)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Johnson_(writer)" title="Stanley Johnson (writer)">Stanley Johnson</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Johnson_Wahl" title="Charlotte Johnson Wahl">Charlotte Fawcett</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Johnson" title="Rachel Johnson">Rachel Johnson</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Fawcett" title="Edmund Fawcett">Edmund Fawcett</a> (uncle)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Fawcett" title="James Fawcett">James Fawcett</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Kemal" title="Ali Kemal">Ali Kemal</a> (great-grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elias_Avery_Lowe" title="Elias Avery Lowe">Elias Avery Lowe</a> (great-grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Tracy_Lowe-Porter" title="Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter">H. 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