London 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

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

CouncilCouncillors
Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Bexley
Brent
Bromley
Camden
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Kingston upon Thames
Lambeth
Lewisham
Merton
Newham
Redbridge
Richmond upon Thames
Southwark
Sutton
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Westminster

Electoral performance

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.
DateVotes won% of VotesChangeCouncillorsChangeResult
1964956,54340.1%N/AN/ALabour win
19671,136,09252.6%12.5%46Conservative win
1970971,22750.6%2.0%17Conservative win
1973743,12338.0%12.633Labour win
19771,177,39052.5%14.5%32Conservative win
1981894,23439.7%12.823Labour win

London Assembly elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the London Conservatives in elections to the London Assembly.

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
1968
1971
197440.8
197848.7
198242.2
198635.4
199037.8
199431.2
199832.0
200234.1
200634.9
201031.7
201426.4
201828.8