London Conservatives

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London Conservatives
Leader in the London AssemblySusan Hall AM
ChairmanClare Hambro
Deputy chairpersonsPeter Smallwood & Martin Hislop
Founded1946
Preceded byMunicipal Reform Party
Ideology
    • Conservatism (British)
    • British unionism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationConservatives
Colours  Blue
London House of Commons seats
21 / 73
London Assembly
9 / 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
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 Red XN Not elected

Current representatives[]

Members of Parliament[]

  • Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
  • Louie French (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[]

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% 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

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 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

References[]

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