London Conservatives


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

London Mayoral candidates

The party held the Mayoralty of London from 2008 until losing to Labour in 2016.
ElectionCandidateResults
2000Steven Norris Not elected
2004Steven Norris Not elected
2008Boris Johnson Elected
2012Boris Johnson Elected
2016Zac Goldsmith Not elected
2021Shaun Bailey Not elected
2024Susan Hall Not elected
2028

House of Commons

The Conservatives hold 9 of 75 London seats in the House of Commons.
At the 2024 London Assembly election, the Conservatives won 8 of 25 seats. They currently hold 7 after Keith Prince defected to Reform UK in October 2025.
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.
Conservative control
In opposition
No presence

CouncilCouncillorsStatusLeader
Barking and Dagenhamn/an/a
BarnetLargest oppositionPeter Zinkin
BexleyAdministrationTeresa O'Neill
BrentLargest oppositionSuresh Kansagra
BromleyAdministrationColin Smith
Camden3rd partySteve Adams
CroydonMinority administrationJason Perry
Ealing3rd partyJulian Gallant
EnfieldLargest oppositionAlessandro Georgiou
GreenwichLargest oppositionMatt Hartley
HackneyLargest oppositionMichael Levy
Hammersmith and FulhamLargest oppositionJose Afonso
Haringeyn/an/a
HarrowAdministrationPaul Osborn
HaveringLargest oppositionDamian White
HillingdonAdministrationIan Edwards
HounslowLargest oppositionJoanna Biddolph
Islingtonn/an/a
Kensington and ChelseaAdministrationElizabeth Campbell
Kingston upon Thames3rd partyRowena Bass
Lambethn/an/a
Lewishamn/an/a
Merton3rd partyNick McLean
Newhamn/an/a
RedbridgeLargest oppositionPaul Canal
Richmond upon Thamesn/an/a
Southwarkn/an/a
SuttonLargest oppositionTom Drummond
Tower Hamlets3rd partyPeter Golds
Waltham ForestLargest oppositionGrace Williams
WandsworthLargest oppositionRavi Govindia
WestminsterLargest oppositionPaul Swaddle

Directly elected mayors

The party has 1 of 5 directly elected borough mayors.

Electoral performance

General elections

The table below shows the London Conservative Party's results at UK general elections since the area of Greater London was created.
DateVotes won% of votesChangeMPs electedChange
Feb-19741,475,19637.6% 9.0% 5
Oct-19741,310,49637.4% 0.2% 1
19791,693,58746.0% 8.7% 9
19831,517,15443.9% 2.1% 6
19871,680,09346.4% 2.5% 2
19921,630,54645.4% 1.1% 10
19971,036,17531.2% 14.2% 37
2001841,75130.5% 0.7% 2
2005931,96631.9% 1.4% 8
20101,174,56834.5% 2.6% 7
20151,233,38634.9% 0.3% 1
20171,268,80033.2% 1.7% 6
20191,205,12932.0% 1.1%
2024685,08220.6%11.4%12

European elections

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.
DateLeaderVotes won% of votesChangeCouncillorsChangeResult
1964956,54340.1%N/AN/ALabour win
1967Desmond Plummer1,136,09252.6%12.5%46Conservative win
1970Desmond Plummer971,22750.6%2.0%17Conservative win
1973Desmond Plummer743,12338.0%12.633Labour win
1977Horace Cutler1,177,39052.5%14.5%32Conservative win
1981Horace Cutler894,23439.7%12.823Labour win

Mayoral elections

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

Assembly elections

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

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
196860.0
197139.4
197440.8
197848.7
198242.2
198635.4
199037.8
199431.2
199832.0
200234.1
200634.9
201031.7
201426.4
201828.8
202225.9