London Conservatives

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

London Conservatives
Leader in the London AssemblyNeil Garratt
Deputy Leader in the London AssemblyEmma Best
ChairmanClare Hambro
Deputy chairpersonsPeter Smallwood & Martin Hislop
Founded1946
Preceded byMunicipal Reform Party
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing[1][2]
National affiliationConservatives
Colours  Blue
House of Commons (Parliamentary constituencies in London)
21 / 73
London Assembly
9 / 25
Local councillors in London[3]
403 / 1,817
Council control in London[3]
6 / 32
Directly elected Mayoralties in London
1 / 5
Website
City Hall Conservatives
Conservative Party in London

Party strength

The party's main competition is with the larger London Labour Party for office.

The Conservatives hold 21 of 73 London seats in the House of Commons. As of the 2021 election, they hold 9 of 25 seats in the London Assembly. As of the 2022 elections, the party controls 5 of 32 London borough councils, has 1 of 5 directly elected borough mayors and 404 out of the 1,817 borough councillors.

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

Mayoral candidates
ElectionCandidateResults
2000Steven NorrisRed XN Not elected
2004Steven NorrisRed XN Not elected
2008Boris JohnsonGreen tickY Elected
2012Boris JohnsonGreen tickY Elected
2016Zac GoldsmithRed XN Not elected
2021Shaun BaileyRed XN Not elected

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

London Assembly members

Councillors
  • Main article: 2018 London local elections
CouncilCouncillors
Barking and Dagenham
0 / 51
Barnet
22 / 63
Bexley
33 / 45
Brent
5 / 57
Bromley
36 / 58
Camden
3 / 55
Croydon
33 / 70
Ealing
5 / 70
Enfield
25 / 63
Greenwich
3 / 55
Hackney
5 / 57
Hammersmith and Fulham
10 / 50
Haringey
0 / 57
Harrow
31 / 55
Havering
23 / 55
Hillingdon
30 / 53
Hounslow
10 / 62
Islington
0 / 51
Kensington and Chelsea
35 / 50
Kingston upon Thames
3 / 48
Lambeth
0 / 63
Lewisham
0 / 54
Merton
7 / 57
Newham
0 / 66
Redbridge
5 / 63
Richmond upon Thames
1 / 54
Southwark
0 / 63
Sutton
20 / 55
Tower Hamlets
1 / 45
Waltham Forest
13 / 60
Wandsworth
22 / 58
Westminster
23 / 54

Directly elected mayors
MayoraltyMayor
CroydonJason Perry

Electoral performance

General elections
Date Votes won % of Votes Change MPs elected Change
2019 1,205,129 32.0% Decrease
21 / 73
 Steady

European elections
Date Votes won % of Votes Change MEPs elected Change
1979 N/A
0 / 10
1984
0 / 10
1989
0 / 10
1994
1 / 10
1999 372,989 32.7% Decreaseunknown
4 / 10
 Increase3
2004 504,941 26.8% Decrease5.9%
3 / 9
 Decrease1
2009 479,037 27.4% Increase0.6%
3 / 8
 Steady
2014 495,639 22.5% Decrease4.8%
2 / 8
 Decrease1
2019 177,964 7.9% Decrease14.6%
0 / 8
 Decrease2

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

Mayoral elections

The table below shows the London Conservatives results in London Mayoral elections since 2000.

Election Candidate 1st Round vote 2nd Round Vote Result
2000 Steven Norris 464,434 27.1%
564,137 42.1
Lost
2004 Steven Norris 542,423 29.1%
667,180 44.6
Lost
2008 Boris Johnson 1,043,761 43.2%
1,168,738 53.3
Win
2012 Boris Johnson 971,931 44.0%
1,054,811 51.5
Win
2016 Zac Goldsmith 909,755 35.0%
994,614 43.2
Lost
2021 Shaun Bailey 893,051 35.3%
977,601 44.8
Lost

Assembly elections

The table below shows the London Conservatives results in London Assembly elections since 2000.

Election Leader Votes (constituency) Votes (region) Seats
#  % #  %
2000 Eric Ollerenshaw 526,422 33.2 481,053 29.0
9 / 25
2004 Bob Neill 562,047 31.2 533,696 28.5
9 / 25
2008 Richard Barnes 900,569 37.4 835,535 34.1
11 / 25
2012 James Cleverly 722,280 32.7 708,528 32.0
9 / 25
2016 Gareth Bacon 812,415 31.1 764,230 29.2
8 / 25
2021 Susan Hall 833,021 32.0 795,081 30.7
9 / 25

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

See also

References
  3. "Local Council Political Compositions". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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