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London Conservatives
Leader in the London AssemblySusan Hall AM
ChairmanCllr Gotz Mohindra
Deputy chairpersonsAndrea Craig
Founded1946
Preceded byMunicipal Reform Party
IdeologyConservatism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationConservative Party (UK)
International affiliationInternational Democrat Union
Colours  Blue
London House of Commons seats
21 / 73
London Assembly
8 / 25
Local councillors in London
508 / 1,851
Council control in London
7 / 32
Directly elected Mayoralties in London
0 / 5
Website
Greater London Authority Conservatives
Conservative Party in London
File:GLA Conservatives Logo.png
Logo for the GLA Conservatives

The London Conservatives are the regional party of the Conservative Party that operates in Greater London.

Party strength

The party's main competition is with the larger London Labour Party for office. They hold 21 of 73 London seats in the House of Commons and 8 of 25 seats in the London Assembly. The party controls 7 of 32 London boroughs, and won 508 out of the 1,851 Councillors in the 2018 local elections.

The party held the Mayoralty of London from 2008 until losing to Labour in 2016.

Mayoral candidates

Election Candidate Results
2000 Steven Norris Red XN Not elected
2004 Steven Norris Red XN Not elected
2008 Boris Johnson Green tickY Elected
2012 Boris Johnson Green tickY Elected
2016 Zac Goldsmith Red XN Not elected
2021 Shaun Bailey

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

London Assembly members

Councillors

  • Main article: 2018 London local elections
Council Councillors
Barking and Dagenham
0 / 51
Barnet
38 / 63
Bexley
34 / 45
Brent
3 / 63
Bromley
50 / 60
Camden
7 / 54
Croydon
29 / 70
Ealing
8 / 69
Enfield
17 / 63
Greenwich
9 / 51
Hackney
5 / 57
Hammersmith and Fulham
11 / 46
Haringey
0 / 57
Harrow
28 / 63
Havering
25 / 54
Hillingdon
44 / 65
Hounslow
9 / 60
Islington
0 / 48
Kensington and Chelsea
36 / 50
Kingston upon Thames
9 / 48
Lambeth
1 / 63
Lewisham
0 / 54
Merton
17 / 60
Newham
0 / 60
Redbridge
12 / 63
Richmond upon Thames
11 / 54
Southwark
0 / 63
Sutton
18 / 54
Tower Hamlets
2 / 45
Waltham Forest
14 / 60
Wandsworth
33 / 60
Westminster
41 / 60

Electoral performance

Regional elections

Greater London Council elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the London Conservatives in elections to the Greater London Council. The GLC was abolished by the Local Government Act 1985.

Date Votes won % of Votes Change Councillors Change Result
1964 956,543 40.1% N/A
36 / 100
 N/A Labour win
1967 1,136,092 52.6% Increase12.5%
82 / 100
 Increase46 Conservative win
1970 971,227 50.6% Decrease2.0%
65 / 100
 Decrease17 Conservative win
1973 743,123 38.0% Decrease12.6
32 / 92
 Decrease33 Labour win
1977 1,177,390 52.5% Increase14.5%
64 / 92
 Increase32 Conservative win
1981 894,234 39.7% Decrease12.8
41 / 92
 Decrease23 Labour win

London Assembly elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the London Conservatives in elections to the London Assembly.

 Pending

Borough council elections

The table below shows the London Conservatives results in elections for the London Boroughs.

Year % of
Vote		 Number of
Councillors		 Number of
Councils
1964
668 / 1,859
9 / 32
1968
1,438 / 1,863
28 / 32
1971
597 / 1,863
10 / 32
1974 40.8
713 / 1,867
13 / 32
1978 48.7
960 / 1,908
17 / 32
1982 42.2
984 / 1,914
17 / 32
1986 35.4
685 / 1,914
11 / 32
1990 37.8
731 / 1,914
12 / 32
1994 31.2
519 / 1,917
4 / 32
1998 32.0
538 / 1,917
4 / 32
2002 34.1
654 / 1,861
8 / 32
2006 34.9
785 / 1,861
14 / 32
2010 31.7
717 / 1,861
11 / 32
2014 26.4
612 / 1,861
9 / 32
2018 28.8
508 / 1,861
7 / 32

References

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