The London Conservativesare the regional party of the Conservative Party that operates in Greater London. The party holds 8 of the 75 seats representing London in the House of Commons, 7 of the 25 seats in the London Assembly, 387 of the 1,817 London borough councillors, and 1 of the 5 directly elected borough mayors in London. Additionally, the party controls 6 of the 32 London borough councils.

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

The London Conservatives won 9 of 75 London seats in the House of Commons at the 2024 United Kingdom general election. They currently hold 8 London seats after Andrew Rosindell (Romford) defected to Reform UK in January 2026. The table below shows the party's current Members of Parliament (MPs).

MPConstituencyFirst electedMajorityMajority %
Gareth BaconOrpington20195,11811.1%
Bob BlackmanHarrow East201011,68024.4%
Iain Duncan SmithChingford and Woodford Green19924,7589.8%
Peter FortuneBromley and Biggin Hill20243020.6%
Louie FrenchOld Bexley and Sidcup20213,5487.4%
Julia LopezHornchurch and Upminster20171,9434.1%
Chris PhilpCroydon South20152,3134.7%
David SimmondsRuislip, Northwood and Pinner20197,58116.1%

London Assembly Members

The Conservatives won 8 of 25 seats at the 2024 London Assembly election. The party currently holds 7 seats after Keith Prince (Havering and Redbridge) defected to Reform UK in October 2025.

AMConstituencyFirst electedMajorityMajority %
Shaun BaileyLondonwide List2016N/AN/A
Emma BestLondonwide List2021N/AN/A
Andrew BoffLondonwide List2008N/AN/A
Neil GarrattCroydon and Sutton202110,2945.6%
Alessandro GeorgiouLondonwide List2024N/AN/A
Susan HallLondonwide List2017 co-optionN/AN/A
Thomas TurrellBexley and Bromley202439,92919.6%

Councillors

The London Conservatives won 404 of 1,817 borough seats and control of 6 of 32 boroughs at the 2022 London local elections. The party currently has 387 councillors and controls 6 boroughs, as shown in the table below.

CouncilCouncillorsLeaderRole in Council
Barking and Dagenham1 / 51Opposition
Barnet19 / 63Peter ZinkinOpposition
Bexley30 / 45Teresa O'NeillOverall control
Brent6 / 57Suresh KansagraOpposition
Bromley33 / 58Colin SmithOverall control
Camden3 / 55Steve AdamsOpposition
Croydon33 / 70Jason PerryMinority with Conservative mayor
Ealing4 / 70Julian GallantOpposition
Enfield25 / 63Alessandro GeorgiouOpposition
Greenwich4 / 55Matt HartleyOpposition
Hackney6 / 57Michael LevyOpposition
Hammersmith and Fulham10 / 50Jose AfonsoOpposition
Haringey0 / 57No seats
Harrow31 / 55Paul OsbornOverall control
Havering14 / 55Damian WhiteOpposition
Hillingdon31 / 53Ian EdwardsOverall control
Hounslow10 / 62Joanna BiddolphOpposition
Islington0 / 51No seats
Kensington and Chelsea36 / 50Elizabeth CampbellOverall control
Kingston upon Thames2 / 48Rowena BassOpposition
Lambeth0 / 63No seats
Lewisham0 / 54No seats
Merton7 / 57Nick McLeanOpposition
Newham0 / 66No seats
Redbridge5 / 63Paul CanalOpposition
Richmond upon Thames0 / 54No seats
Southwark0 / 63No seats
Sutton21 / 55Tom DrummondOpposition
Tower Hamlets1 / 45Peter GoldsOpposition
Waltham Forest10 / 60Grace WilliamsOpposition
Wandsworth21 / 58Ravi GovindiaOpposition
Westminster24 / 54Paul SwaddleOpposition

Directly-elected Mayors

The London Conservatives won 1 of 5 directly elected borough mayors at the 2022 London local elections. The party currently has 1 mayor, as shown in the table below.

MayoraltyMayorFirst electedMajorityMajority %
CroydonJason Perry20225890.8

Electoral performance

UK general elections

Blue indicates the constituencies won by the London Conservatives at the 2024 general election.

The table below shows the London Conservatives results at United Kingdom (UK) general elections since the London Government Act 1963 created the administrative area of Greater London in 1965. All UK general elections use first-past-the-post voting.

The party's best result was at the 1987 general election, when it won 58 of 84 seats in London. The London Conservatives won 9 of 75 seats at the most recent general election in 2024.

ElectionLeaderVotesSeatsStatus
No.%±No.±
1966Edward Heath1,571,24941.01.436 / 10212Opposition
19701,656,82946.65.747 / 10211Majority
Feb-19741,475,19637.69.042 / 925Opposition
Oct-19741,310,49637.40.241 / 921Opposition
1979Margaret Thatcher1,693,58746.08.750 / 849Majority
19831,517,15443.92.156 / 846Majority
19871,680,09346.42.558 / 842Majority
1992John Major1,630,54645.41.148 / 8410Majority
19971,036,17531.214.211 / 7437Opposition
2001William Hague841,75130.50.713 / 742Opposition
2005Michael Howard931,96631.91.421 / 748Opposition
2010David Cameron1,174,56834.52.628 / 737Cons–LD
20151,233,38634.90.327 / 731Majority
2017Theresa May1,268,80033.21.721 / 736Minority
2019Boris Johnson1,205,12932.01.121 / 73Majority
2024Rishi Sunak685,08220.611.49 / 7512Opposition

European Parliament elections

The London Conservatives won no boroughs at the 2019 European Parliament election.

During the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union (1973–2020), Greater London participated in European Parliament elections, held every five years from 1979 until 2019. The table below shows the London Conservatives results in elections to the European Parliament. From 1979 to 1994, London members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected from ten individual constituencies by first-past-the-post voting; from 1999 to 2019, MEPs were elected from a London-wide regional list by proportional representation.

The London Conservatives' best result was at the first election in 1979, when they won 9 of 10 seats in London. The party's worst result was at the final election in 2019, when they won no seats.

ElectionLeaderVotesSeatsPos.
No.%±No.±
1979Margaret Thatcher786,76951.0N/A9 / 10N/A1st
1984652,77239.111.95 / 1042nd
1989671,52035.93.33 / 1022nd
1994John Major488,97129.86.11 / 1022nd
1999William Hague372,98932.72.94 / 1032nd
2004Michael Howard504,94126.85.93 / 911st
2009David Cameron479,03727.40.63 / 81st
2014495,63922.54.82 / 812nd
2019Theresa May177,9647.914.60 / 825th

Regional elections

Greater London Council elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the London Conservatives in elections to the Greater London Council (GLC). The GLC was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 and its powers were devolved to the London boroughs and other entities. All GLC elections were conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system.

The party's best result was at the 1967 GLC election, when it won 82 of 100 seats.

ElectionLeaderVotesSeatsStatus
No.%±No.±
1964Percy Rugg956,54340.1N/A36 / 100N/AOpposition
1967Desmond Plummer1,136,09252.612.582 / 10046Majority
1970971,22750.62.165 / 10017Majority
1973743,12338.012.632 / 9233Opposition
1977Horace Cutler1,177,39052.512.564 / 9232Majority
1981894,23439.712.841 / 9223Opposition

London Assembly elections

Blue indicates constituencies won by the London Conservatives at the 2024 London Assembly election. The party won three constituencies and five London-wide party list seats, for a total of eight seats.

The table below shows the London Conservatives results at London Assembly elections since the Greater London Authority was established in 2000. Assembly elections use the additional member system, a form of mixed member proportional representation, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats.

The party's best result was at the 2008 London Assembly election, when it won 11 of 25 seats. The London Conservatives won 8 of 25 seats at the most recent London Assembly election in 2024.

ElectionLeaderConstituencyPartyTotal Seats±
No.%SeatsNo.%Seats
2000Eric Ollerenshaw526,42233.28 / 14481,05329.01 / 119 / 25N/A
2004Bob Neill562,04731.29 / 14533,69628.50 / 119 / 25
2008Richard Barnes900,56937.48 / 14835,53534.13 / 1111 / 252
2012James Cleverly722,28032.76 / 14708,52832.03 / 119 / 252
2016Gareth Bacon812,41531.15 / 14764,23029.23 / 118 / 251
2021Susan Hall833,02132.05 / 14795,08130.74 / 119 / 251
2024Neil Garratt673,03627.23 / 14648,26926.25 / 118 / 251

London Mayoral elections

Blue indicates London Assembly constituencies won by the London Conservatives at the 2024 London mayoral election.

The table below shows the London Conservatives results in London Mayoral elections since the Greater London Authority was established in 2000. Elections between 2000 and 2021 were conducted using the supplementary vote system, which allowed voters to transfer votes from first to second preference candidates. The 2024 election used the first-past-the-post system.

The London Conservatives have won two London mayoral elections: 2008 and 2012, both times with Boris Johnson as the party's candidate. The London Conservatives' best result was at the 2008 election when Johnson won 53.2% of the vote including transfers. The party won 32.7% of the vote at the most recent election in 2024.

ElectionCandidate1st Round2nd RoundResult
No.%±No.%±
2000Steven Norris464,43427.1N/A564,13742.1N/ALost
2004542,42329.12.0667,18044.62.5Lost
2008Boris Johnson1,043,76143.214.11,168,73853.28.6Won
2012971,93144.00.81,054,81151.51.6Won
2016Zac Goldsmith909,75535.09.0994,61443.28.4Lost
2021Shaun Bailey893,05135.30.2977,60144.81.6Lost
2024Susan Hall812,39732.72.6Lost

Local elections

Blue indicates the boroughs won by the London Conservatives at the 2022 London local elections.

The table below shows the London Conservatives results at London borough council elections since the London Government Act 1963 created the administrative area of Greater London in 1965. All borough council elections use the first-past-the-post voting system.

The party's best result was at the 1968 London local elections when it won 1,438 of 1,863 seats and overall control of 28 of 32 boroughs. The London Conservatives won 404 seats and overall control of 5 boroughs at the most recent elections in 2022.

ElectionLeaderVotesCouncillorsCouncils
No.%±Seats±Majorities±
1964Alec Douglas-Home668 / 1,859N/A9 / 32N/A
1968Edward Heath60.01,438 / 1,86377028 / 3219
197139.4597 / 1,86384110 / 3218
197440.8713 / 1,86711613 / 323
1978Margaret Thatcher48.7960 / 1,90824717 / 324
198242.2984 / 1,9142417 / 32
198635.4685 / 1,91429911 / 326
199037.8731 / 1,9144612 / 321
1994John Major31.2519 / 1,9171124 / 328
1998William Hague32.0538 / 1,917194 / 32
2002Iain Duncan Smith34.1654 / 1,8611168 / 324
2006David Cameron34.9785 / 1,86113114 / 326
201031.7717 / 1,8616811 / 323
201426.4612 / 1,8611059 / 322
2018Theresa May28.8508 / 1,8611047 / 322
2022Boris Johnson25.9404 / 1,8171045 / 322

See also