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

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Party strength

The party's main competition is with the larger

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for office. The Conservatives (as of the

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) hold 9 of 75 London seats in the

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. As of the 2021 election, they hold 9 of 25 seats in the

London Assembly The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds supermajority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject t ...

. As of the 2022 elections, the party controls 5 of 32

London borough council The London boroughs are the current 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London, England; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were ...

s, has 1 of 5 directly elected borough mayors and 404 out of the 1,817 borough councillors. The party held the Mayoralty of London from 2008 until losing to Labour in 2016.

Mayoral candidates

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

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(Harrow East) * Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup) *

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(Chingford and Woodford Green) * David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) *

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(Orpington) * Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster) *

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(Bromley and Biggin Hill) *

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(South Croydon) * Andrew Rosindell (Romford)

London Assembly members

* Nicholas Rogers (South West) * Thomas Turrel (Bexley and Bromley) * Shaun Bailey (Londonwide) * Andrew Boff (Londonwide) *

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(Croydon and Sutton) *

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(Londonwide) * Keith Prince (Havering and Redbridge) * Emma Best (Londonwide)

Councillors

Directly elected mayors

Electoral performance

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General elections

The table below shows the London Conservative Party's results at UK general elections since the area of

was created.

European elections

Regional elections

Greater London Council elections

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

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. The GLC was abolished by the

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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 First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

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 The London boroughs are the current 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London, England; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs wer ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:London Conservatives Conservative parties in the United Kingdom Political organisations based in London