London Conservatives

London Conservatives
Leader in the London Assembly	Gareth Bacon AM
Chairman	Ian Twinn
Deputy chairpersons	Gotz Mohindra Paul Canal
Founded	1946
Preceded by	Municipal Reform Party
Ideology	Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Conservative Party (UK)
European affiliation	Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
International affiliation	International Democrat Union
European Parliament group	European Conservatives and Reformists
Colours	Blue
London House of Commons seats	21 / 73
London Assembly	8 / 25
London EU Parliament seats	2 / 8
Local councillors in London	612 / 1,851
Council control in London	9 / 32
Directly elected Mayoralties in London	0 / 5
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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 two of the eight London seats in the European Parliament, 27 of 73 London seats in the House of Commons and 8 of 25 seats in the London Assembly. The party controls 9 of 32 London boroughs, and won 612 out of the 1,851 Councillors in the 2014 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	N Not elected
2004	Steven Norris	N Not elected
2008	Boris Johnson	Y Elected
2012	Boris Johnson	Y Elected
2016	Zac Goldsmith	N Not elected

Current representatives

Members of the European Parliament

• Syed Kamall
• Charles Tannock

Members of Parliament

• Bob Blackman
• James Brokenshire
• Iain Duncan Smith
• David Evennett
• Mark Field
• Mike Freer
• Zac Goldsmith
• Justine Greening
• Stephen Hammond
• Greg Hands
• Nick Hurd
• Boris Johnson
• Jo Johnson
• Julia Lopez
• Bob Neill
• Matthew Offord
• Chris Philp
• Andrew Rosindell
• Paul Scully
• Bob Stewart
• Theresa Villiers

Cabinet ministers

• Boris Johnson – Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
• Justine Greening – Secretary of State for Education
• James Brokenshire – Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Ministers

• David Evennett - Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury.
• Mark Field - Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific.
• Nick Hurd - Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Services.
• Jo Johnson – Minister of State for Universities and Science.
• Greg Hands - Minister for London, Minister of State for Trade and Investment.
• Mike Freer - Assistant Government Whip
• Chris Philp - Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury Ministers.

London Assembly members

• Tony Arbour
• Gareth Bacon
• Andrew Boff
• Kemi Badenoch
• James Cleverly
• Roger Evans
• Kit Malthouse
• Steve O'Connell
• Richard Tracey

Councillors

• Main article: London local elections, 2018

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

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