London Conservatives

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

London Conservatives
Leader in the London Assembly	Susan Hall AM
Chairman	Clare Hambro
Deputy chairpersons	Peter Smallwood & Martin Hislop
Founded	1946
Preceded by	Municipal Reform Party
Ideology	Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Conservative Party (UK)
International affiliation	International 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
Politics of London Political parties

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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	N Not elected
2004	Steven Norris	N Not elected
2008	Boris Johnson	Elected
2012	Boris Johnson	Elected
2016	Zac Goldsmith	N Not elected
2021	Shaun Bailey

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

• Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
• James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup)
• Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)
• David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford)
• Nickie Aiken (Cities of London and Westminster)
• Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green)
• Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon)
• Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham)
• David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)
• Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip)
• Gareth Bacon (Orpington)
• Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster)
• Bob Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst)
• Matthew Offord (Hendon)
• Chris Philp (South Croydon)
• Andrew Rosindell (Romford)
• Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam)
• Bob Stewart (Beckenham)
• Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet)
• Elliot Colburn (Carshalton and Wallington)
• Felicity Buchan (Kensington)

London Assembly members

• Tony Arbour (South West)
• Gareth Bacon (Bexley and Bromley)
• Shaun Bailey (Londonwide)
• Andrew Boff (Londonwide)
• Steve O'Connell (Croydon and Sutton)
• Tony Devenish (West Central)
• Susan Hall (Londonwide)
• Keith Prince (Havering and Redbridge)

Councillors

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

General elections

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

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%	unknown	4 / 10	3
	2004	504,941	26.8%	5.9%	3 / 9	1
	2009	479,037	27.4%	0.6%	3 / 8
	2014	495,639	22.5%	4.8%	2 / 8	1
	2019	177,964	7.9%	14.6%	0 / 8	2

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%	12.5%	82 / 100	46	Conservative win
1970	971,227	50.6%	2.0%	65 / 100	17	Conservative win
1973	743,123	38.0%	12.6	32 / 92	33	Labour win
1977	1,177,390	52.5%	14.5%	64 / 92	32	Conservative win
1981	894,234	39.7%	12.8	41 / 92	23	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

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