London Conservatives

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

London Conservatives
Leader in the London AssemblySusan Hall AM
ChairmanClare Hambro
Deputy chairpersonsPeter Smallwood & Martin Hislop
Founded1946
Preceded byMunicipal Reform Party
Ideology
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

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
ElectionCandidateResults
2000Steven NorrisN Not elected
2004Steven NorrisN Not elected
2008Boris JohnsonY Elected
2012Boris JohnsonY Elected
2016Zac GoldsmithN Not elected
2021Shaun BaileyN Not elected

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

London Assembly members

Councillors
  • Main article: 2018 London local elections
CouncilCouncillors
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 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 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
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.