London Conservatives

London Conservatives
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	9 / 25
Local councillors in London	508 / 1,851
Council control in London	7 / 32
Directly elected Mayoralties in London	0 / 5
Website
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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 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	Y Elected
2012	Boris Johnson	Y Elected
2016	Zac Goldsmith	N Not elected
2021	Shaun Bailey	N Not elected

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
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" width="1" \|	1979			N/A	0 / 10
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" width="1" \|	1984				0 / 10
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" width="1" \|	1989				0 / 10
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" width="1" \|	1994				1 / 10
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" width="1" \|	1999	372,989	32.7%	unknown	4 / 10	3
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" width="1" \|	2004	504,941	26.8%	5.9%	3 / 9	1
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" width="1" \|	2009	479,037	27.4%	0.6%	3 / 8
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" width="1" \|	2014	495,639	22.5%	4.8%	2 / 8	1
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" width="1" \|	2019	177,964	7.9%	14.6%	0 / 8	2

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

Assembly elections

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

Election	Leader	Votes (constituency)		Votes (region)		Seats
Election	Leader	#	%	#	%	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
2016	Susan Hall	TBD

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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