The London Liberal Democrats are the regional party of the Liberal Democrats that operates in

Greater London Greater London is an administrative area in England, coterminous with the London region, containing most of the continuous urban area of London. It contains 33 local government districts: the 32 London boroughs, which form a Ceremonial count ...

. The organisation is a part of the

English Liberal Democrats The English Liberal Democrats, officially the Liberal Democrats in England, is the state party within the Liberal Democrats that operates in England. It is a federation of the eleven regional parties in England and the English branch of the yo ...

Mayoral candidates

In 2008,

Brian Paddick Brian Leonard Paddick, Baron Paddick (born 24 April 1958), is a British life peer and retired police officer. He was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the London mayoral elections of 2008 and of 2012, and until his retirement in May 2007 wa ...

became the first openly

LGBT LGBTQ people are individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning. Many variants of the initialism are used; LGBTQIA+ people incorporates intersex, asexual, aromantic, agender, and other individuals. The gro ...

candidate to run for a mainstream political party for the role of Mayor of London.

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

Since the 2024 United Kingdom general election in London: *

Ed Davey Sir Edward Jonathan Davey (born 25 December 1965) is a British politician who has served as the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, leader of the Liberal Democrat party since 2020. He served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition as Secretary of State ...

(

Kingston and Surbiton Kingston and Surbiton () is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Greater London created in 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of C ...

) * Bobby Dean ( Carshalton and Wallington) * Paul Kohler (

Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W ...

) *

Sarah Olney Sarah Jane Olney (' McGibbon; born 11 January 1977) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park since 2019, previously holding the seat from 2016 to 2017. Olney has served as the ...

(

Richmond Park Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is the largest of Royal Parks of London, London's Royal Parks and is of national and international importance for wildlife conservation. It was created by Charles I of England, Cha ...

) * Luke Taylor ( Sutton and Cheam) * Munira Wilson (

Twickenham Twickenham ( ) is a suburban district of London, England, on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historic counties of England, Historically in Middlesex, since 1965 it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, who ...

)

London Assembly members

* Hina Bokhari (London Wide List) * Gareth Roberts ( South West)

Councillors

Electoral performance

UK general elections

LondonParliamentaryConstituency2024Results

The table below shows the London Liberal Democrats results at UK general elections since the area of

was created. Results between February 1974 and

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

are for the Liberal Party. Results for

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

and

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

are for the predecessor

SDP–Liberal Alliance The SDP–Liberal Alliance was a centrist and social liberal political alliance, political and electoral alliance in the United Kingdom. Formed by the Social Democratic Party (UK), Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberal Party (UK), Libera ...

Greater London Council elections

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

Greater London Council The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 198 ...

. The GLC was abolished by the

Local Government Act 1985 The Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Its main effect was to abolish the six county councils of the metropolitan county, metropolitan counties that had been set up by the Local Government Act 1972, ...

Mayoral elections

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

Assembly elections

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

Local elections

References

External links

* {{London history Organisation of the Liberal Democrats (UK) Political organisations based in London Organisations based in the City of Westminster 1988 establishments in the United Kingdom Organisations associated with the Liberal Democrats (UK)