London Conservatives
London Conservatives | |
|---|---|
| Leader in the London Assembly | Susan Hall |
| Deputy Leader in the London Assembly | Emma Best |
| Chairman | Clare Hambro |
| Deputy chairpersons | Peter Smallwood & Martin Hislop |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Preceded by | Municipal Reform Party |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing[1][2] |
| National affiliation | Conservatives |
| Colours | Blue |
| House of Commons (London seats) | 9 / 75 |
| London Assembly | 8 / 25 |
| Local councillors in London[3] | 390 / 1,817 |
| Council control in London[3] | 6 / 32 |
| Directly elected Mayoralties in London | 1 / 5 |
| Website | |
| City Hall Conservatives Conservative Party in London | |
The London Conservatives are the regional party of the Conservative Party that operates in Greater London.
London Mayoral candidates
[edit]The party held the Mayoralty of London from 2008 until losing to Labour in 2016.
| Election | Candidate | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Steven Norris |  Not elected
|
| 2004 | Steven Norris | Not elected
|
| 2008 | Boris Johnson |  Elected
|
| 2012 | Boris Johnson | Elected
|
| 2016 | Zac Goldsmith | Not elected
|
| 2021 | Shaun Bailey | Not elected
|
| 2024 | Susan Hall | Not elected
|
| 2028 |
House of Commons
[edit]The Conservatives (as of the 2024 United Kingdom general election) hold 9 of 75 London seats in the House of Commons.
- Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
- Gareth Bacon (Orpington)
- Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)
- Peter Fortune (Bromley and Biggin Hill)
- Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup)
- Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster)
- Chris Philp (South Croydon)
- Andrew Rosindell (Romford)
- David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)
London Assembly
[edit]As of the 2024 London Assembly election, they hold 8 of 25 seats in the London Assembly.
- Shaun Bailey (Londonwide)
- Emma Best (Londonwide)
- Andrew Boff (Londonwide)
- Neil Garratt (Croydon and Sutton)
- Alessandro Georgiou (Londonwide)
- Susan Hall (Londonwide)
- Keith Prince (Havering and Redbridge)
- Thomas Turrel (Bexley and Bromley)
London borough councils
[edit]At the 2022 London local elections, the party won 404 out of the 1,817 borough seats, while currently holding 390. It currently controls 6 of 32 London borough councils (Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Harrow, Hillingdon, and Kensington & Chelsea).
| Conservative control | |
| In opposition | |
| No presence |
| Council | Councillors | Status | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 0 / 51 |
n/a | n/a |
| Barnet | 19 / 63 |
Largest opposition | Peter Zinkin |
| Bexley | 30 / 45 |
Administration | Teresa O'Neill (Baroness O'Neill of Bexley) |
| Brent | 5 / 57 |
Largest opposition | Suresh Kansagra |
| Bromley | 35 / 58 |
Administration | Colin Smith |
| Camden | 3 / 55 |
3rd party | Steve Adams |
| Croydon | 33 / 70 |
Minority administration | Jason Perry (Mayor) |
| Ealing | 4 / 70 |
3rd party | Julian Gallant |
| Enfield | 25 / 63 |
Largest opposition | Alessandro Georgiou (AM) |
| Greenwich | 4 / 55 |
Largest opposition | Matt Hartley |
| Hackney | 6 / 57 |
Largest opposition | Michael Levy |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 10 / 50 |
Largest opposition | Jose Afonso |
| Haringey | 0 / 57 |
n/a | n/a |
| Harrow | 31 / 55 |
Administration | Paul Osborn |
| Havering | 17 / 55 |
Largest opposition | Damian White |
| Hillingdon | 30 / 53 |
Administration | Ian Edwards |
| Hounslow | 8 / 62 |
Largest opposition | Joanna Biddolph |
| Islington | 0 / 51 |
n/a | n/a |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 36 / 50 |
Administration | Elizabeth Campbell |
| Kingston upon Thames | 2 / 48 |
3rd party | Rowena Bass |
| Lambeth | 0 / 63 |
n/a | n/a |
| Lewisham | 0 / 54 |
n/a | n/a |
| Merton | 7 / 57 |
3rd party | Nick McLean |
| Newham | 0 / 66 |
n/a | n/a |
| Redbridge | 5 / 63 |
Largest opposition | Paul Canal |
| Richmond upon Thames | 0 / 54 |
n/a | n/a |
| Southwark | 0 / 63 |
n/a | n/a |
| Sutton | 21 / 55 |
Largest opposition | Tom Drummond |
| Tower Hamlets | 1 / 45 |
3rd party | Peter Golds |
| Waltham Forest | 12 / 60 |
Largest opposition | Grace Williams |
| Wandsworth | 21 / 58 |
Largest opposition | Ravi Govindia |
| Westminster | 25 / 54 |
Largest opposition | Paul Swaddle |
Directly elected mayors
[edit]The party has 1 of 5 directly elected borough mayors.
| Mayoralty | Mayor | |
|---|---|---|
| Croydon | Jason Perry | |
Electoral performance
[edit]
General elections
[edit]The table below shows the London Conservative Party's results at UK general elections since the area of Greater London was created.[4]
| Date | Votes won | % of Votes | Change | MPs elected | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb-1974 | 1,475,196 | 37.6% |  9.0%
|
42 / 92
|
5
|
| Oct-1974 | 1,310,496 | 37.4% | 0.2%
|
41 / 92
|
1
|
| 1979 | 1,693,587 | 46.0% |  8.7%
|
50 / 84
|
9
|
| 1983 | 1,517,154 | 43.9% | 2.1%
|
56 / 84
|
6
|
| 1987 | 1,680,093 | 46.4% | 2.5%
|
58 / 84
|
2
|
| 1992 | 1,630,546 | 45.4% | 1.1%
|
48 / 84
|
10
|
| 1997 | 1,036,175 | 31.2% | 14.2%
|
11 / 74
|
37
|
| 2001 | 841,751 | 30.5% | 0.7%
|
13 / 74
|
2
|
| 2005 | 931,966 | 31.9% | 1.4%
|
21 / 74
|
8
|
| 2010 | 1,174,568 | 34.5% | 2.6%
|
28 / 73
|
7
|
| 2015 | 1,233,386 | 34.9% | 0.3%
|
27 / 73
|
1
|
| 2017 | 1,268,800 | 33.2% | 1.7%
|
21 / 73
|
6
|
| 2019 | 1,205,129 | 32.0% | 1.1%
|
21 / 73
|
|
| 2024[5] | 685,082 | 20.6% | 11.4%
|
9 / 75
|
12
|
European elections
[edit]| Date | Votes won | % of Votes | Change | MEPs elected | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | N/A | 0 / 10
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| 1984 | 0 / 10
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| 1989 | 0 / 10
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| 1994 | 1 / 10
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| 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
| |
Regional elections
[edit]Greater London Council elections
[edit]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
[edit]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 | ||
Since the Elections Act 2022, London mayoral elections have operated under the first-past-the-post voting system. Therefore, there is no longer a second round.
| Election | Candidate | Vote | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Susan Hall | 812,397 | 32.7% | Lost | |
Assembly elections
[edit]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
[edit]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 | 60.0 | 1,438 / 1,863
|
28 / 32
|
| 1971 | 39.4 | 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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| 2022 | 25.9 | 404 / 1,817
|
5 / 32
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Saini, Rima; Bankole, Michael; Begum, Neema (April 2023). "The 2022 Conservative Leadership Campaign and Post-racial Gatekeeping". Race & Class: 1–20. doi:10.1177/03063968231164599.
...the Conservative Party's history in incorporating ethnic minorities, and the recent post-racial turn within the party whereby increasing party diversity has coincided with an increasing turn to the Right
- ^ Bale, Tim (March 2023). The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation. Cambridge: Polity. pp. 3–8, 291, et passim. ISBN 9781509546015. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
[...] rather than the installation of a supposedly more 'technocratic' cabinet halting and even reversing any transformation on the part of the Conservative Party from a mainstream centre-right formation into an ersatz radical right-wing populist outfit, it could just as easily accelerate and accentuate it. Of course, radical right-wing populist parties are about more than migration and, indeed, culture wars more generally. Typically, they also put a premium on charismatic leafership and, if in office, on the rights of the executive over other branches of government and any intermediate institutions. And this is exactly what we have seen from the Conservative Party since 2019
- ^ a b "Local Council Political Compositions". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Historical Data and Plots". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
- ^ "ElectionMapsUK GE2024 Supersheet". Election Maps UK. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
