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{{Short description|Party of the British Conservative Party that operates in London}} |
{{Short description|Party of the British Conservative Party that operates in London}} |
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{{Infobox political party |
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| leader1_title = Leader in the London Assembly |
| leader1_title = Leader in the London Assembly |
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| leader1_name = [[ |
| leader1_name = [[Neil Garratt]] |
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| leader2_title = |
| leader2_title = Deputy Leader in the London Assembly |
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| leader2_name = |
| leader2_name = [[Emma Best (politician)|Emma Best]] |
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| leader3_title = |
| leader3_title = Chairman |
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| leader3_name = |
| leader3_name = Clare Hambro |
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| leader4_title = Deputy chairpersons |
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| leader4_name = Peter Smallwood & Martin Hislop |
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| foundation = 1946 |
| foundation = 1946 |
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| predecessor = [[Municipal Reform Party]] |
| predecessor = [[Municipal Reform Party]] |
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| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap| |
| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap| |
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*[[Conservatism]] ([[Conservatism in the United Kingdom|British]]) |
*[[Conservatism]] ([[Conservatism in the United Kingdom|British]]) |
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*[[Economic liberalism]] |
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*[[Unionism in the United Kingdom|British unionism]] |
*[[Unionism in the United Kingdom|British unionism]] |
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| position = {{nowrap|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]<ref name=SaBa23>{{cite journal |last1=Saini |first1=Rima |last2=Bankole |first2=Michael |last3=Begum |first3=Neema |title=The 2022 Conservative Leadership Campaign and Post-racial Gatekeeping |journal=[[Race & Class]] |date=April 2023|quote=...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 |pages=1–20|doi-access=free |doi=10.1177/03063968231164599}}</ref><ref name=Ba23>{{cite book |last1=Bale |first1=Tim|author-link=Tim Bale|title=The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation |date=March 2023 |publisher=[[Polity (publisher)|Polity]]|pages=3–8, 291, ''[[List of Latin phrases (E)#et passim|et passim]]''|location=Cambridge|quote=[...] 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|isbn=9781509546015|access-date=12 September 2023|url=https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-conservative-party-after-brexit-turmoil-and-transformation--9781509546015}}</ref>}} |
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| position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] |
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| international = |
| international = |
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| national = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] |
| national = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] |
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| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} Blue |
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} Blue |
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| headquarters = |
| headquarters = |
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| seats1_title = [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom| |
| seats1_title = [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] (London seats) |
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| seats1 = {{Composition bar| |
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|9|75|hex={{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
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| seats2_title = [[London Assembly]] |
| seats2_title = [[London Assembly]] |
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| seats2 = {{Composition bar|9|25|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|9|25|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
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| seats3_title = [[Local government in London|Local councillors in London]]<ref>http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=L&y=0</ref> |
| seats3_title = [[Local government in London|Local councillors in London]]<ref name="opencouncildatauk">{{cite web |url=http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=L&y=0|title=Local Council Political Compositions|date=|publisher=Open Council Data UK|access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref> |
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| seats3 = {{Composition bar|403|1817|hex={{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|403|1817|hex={{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
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| seats4_title = [[Local government in London|Council control in London]] |
| seats4_title = [[Local government in London|Council control in London]]<ref name="opencouncildatauk"/> |
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| seats4 = {{Composition bar|6|32|hex={{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|6|32|hex={{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
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| seats5_title = Directly elected Mayoralties in London |
| seats5_title = [[Directly elected mayors in England and Wales|Directly elected Mayoralties in London]] |
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| seats5 = {{Composition bar|1|5|hex={{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
| seats5 = {{Composition bar|1|5|hex={{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
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| website = [http:// |
| website = [http://cityhallconservatives.com/ City Hall Conservatives]<br>[http://www.londonconservatives.org.uk/ Conservative Party in London] |
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[[File:GLA Conservatives Logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Logo for the GLA Conservatives]] |
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The '''London Conservatives '''are the regional party of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] that operates in [[Greater London]]. |
The '''London Conservatives '''are the regional party of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] that operates in [[Greater London]]. |
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== Party strength == |
== Party strength == |
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The party's main competition is with the larger [[London Labour Party]] for office. |
The party's main competition is with the larger [[London Labour Party]] for office. |
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The Conservatives (as of the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]]) hold 9 of 75 London seats in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]. As of the [[2021 London Assembly election|2021 election]], they hold 9 of 25 seats in the [[London Assembly]]. As of the [[2022 London local elections|2022 elections]], the party controls 5 of 32 [[London borough council]]s, has 1 of 5 directly elected borough mayors and 404 out of the 1,817 borough councillors. |
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The party held the Mayoralty of London from 2008 until losing to Labour in 2016. |
The party held the Mayoralty of London from 2008 until losing to Labour in 2016. |
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| [[2021 London mayoral election|2021]] || [[Shaun Bailey (London politician)|Shaun Bailey]] || {{nay}} Not elected |
| [[2021 London mayoral election|2021]] || [[Shaun Bailey (London politician)|Shaun Bailey]] || {{nay}} Not elected |
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| [[2024 London mayoral election|2024]] || [[Susan Hall]] || {{nay}} Not elected |
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* [[Louie French]] (Old Bexley and Sidcup) |
* [[Louie French]] (Old Bexley and Sidcup) |
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* [[Iain Duncan Smith]] (Chingford and Woodford Green) |
* [[Iain Duncan Smith]] (Chingford and Woodford Green) |
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* [[David Evennett]] (Bexleyheath and Crayford) |
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* [[Nickie Aiken]] (Cities of London and Westminster) |
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* [[Mike Freer]] (Finchley and Golders Green) |
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* [[Stephen Hammond]] (Wimbledon) |
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* [[Greg Hands]] (Chelsea and Fulham) |
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* [[David Simmonds]] (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) |
* [[David Simmonds]] (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) |
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* [[Boris Johnson]] (Uxbridge and South Ruislip) |
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* [[Gareth Bacon]] (Orpington) |
* [[Gareth Bacon]] (Orpington) |
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* [[Julia Lopez (politician)|Julia Lopez]] (Hornchurch and Upminster) |
* [[Julia Lopez (politician)|Julia Lopez]] (Hornchurch and Upminster) |
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* [[Peter Fortune]] (Bromley and Biggin Hill) |
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* [[Matthew Offord]] (Hendon) |
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* [[Chris Philp]] (South Croydon) |
* [[Chris Philp]] (South Croydon) |
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* [[Andrew Rosindell]] (Romford) |
* [[Andrew Rosindell]] (Romford) |
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* [[Paul Scully]] (Sutton and Cheam) |
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* [[Bob Stewart (British Army officer)|Bob Stewart]] (Beckenham) |
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* [[Theresa Villiers]] (Chipping Barnet) |
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* [[Elliot Colburn]] (Carshalton and Wallington) |
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* [[Felicity Buchan]] (Kensington) |
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=== London Assembly members === |
=== London Assembly members === |
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* [[Nicholas Rogers (politician)|Nicholas Rogers]] (South West) |
* [[Nicholas Rogers (politician)|Nicholas Rogers]] (South West) |
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* [[Thomas Turrell|Thomas Turrel]] (Bexley and Bromley) |
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* [[Shaun Bailey (London politician)|Shaun Bailey]] (Londonwide) |
* [[Shaun Bailey (London politician)|Shaun Bailey]] (Londonwide) |
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* [[Andrew Boff]] (Londonwide) |
* [[Andrew Boff]] (Londonwide) |
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* [[Neil Garratt]] (Croydon and Sutton) |
* [[Neil Garratt]] (Croydon and Sutton) |
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* [[Tony Devenish]] (West Central) |
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* [[Susan Hall]] (Londonwide) |
* [[Susan Hall]] (Londonwide) |
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* [[Keith Prince]] (Havering and Redbridge) |
* [[Keith Prince]] (Havering and Redbridge) |
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| {{percentage bar|44.8||c={{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
| {{percentage bar|44.8||c={{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
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|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|Lost |
|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|Lost |
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Since the [[Elections Act 2022]], London mayoral elections have operated under the [[First-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]] voting system. Therefore, there is no longer a second round. |
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| [[Susan Hall]] |
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| 32.7% |
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| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |Lost |
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==See also== |
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* [[London Labour]] |
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* [[London Liberal Democrats]] |
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== References == |
== References == |
Revision as of 20:05, 10 July 2024
London Conservatives | |
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Leader in the London Assembly | Neil Garratt |
Deputy Leader in the London Assembly | Emma Best |
Chairman | Clare Hambro |
Deputy chairpersons | Peter Smallwood & Martin Hislop |
Gegründet | 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 | 9 / 25 |
Local councillors in London[3] | 403 / 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.
Party strength
The party's main competition is with the larger London Labour Party for office.
The Conservatives (as of the 2024 United Kingdom general election) hold 9 of 75 London seats in the House of Commons. As of the 2021 election, they hold 9 of 25 seats in the London Assembly. As of the 2022 elections, the party controls 5 of 32 London borough councils, 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
Election | Candidate | Results |
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2000 | Steven Norris | ![]() |
2004 | Steven Norris | ![]() |
2008 | Boris Johnson | ![]() |
2012 | Boris Johnson | ![]() |
2016 | Zac Goldsmith | ![]() |
2021 | Shaun Bailey | ![]() |
2024 | Susan Hall | ![]() |
Current representatives
Members of Parliament
- Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
- Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup)
- Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)
- David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)
- Gareth Bacon (Orpington)
- Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster)
- Peter Fortune (Bromley and Biggin Hill)
- Chris Philp (South Croydon)
- Andrew Rosindell (Romford)
London Assembly members
- Nicholas Rogers (South West)
- Thomas Turrel (Bexley and Bromley)
- Shaun Bailey (Londonwide)
- Andrew Boff (Londonwide)
- Neil Garratt (Croydon and Sutton)
- Susan Hall (Londonwide)
- Keith Prince (Havering and Redbridge)
- Emma Best (Londonwide)
Councillors
Council | Councillors |
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Barking and Dagenham | 0 / 51
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Barnet | 22 / 63
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Bexley | 33 / 45
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Brent | 5 / 57
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Bromley | 36 / 58
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Camden | 3 / 55
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Croydon | 33 / 70
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Ealing | 5 / 70
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Enfield | 25 / 63
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Greenwich | 3 / 55
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Hackney | 5 / 57
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Hammersmith and Fulham | 10 / 50
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Haringey | 0 / 57
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Harrow | 31 / 55
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Havering | 23 / 55
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Hillingdon | 30 / 53
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Hounslow | 10 / 62
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Islington | 0 / 51
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Kensington and Chelsea | 35 / 50
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Kingston upon Thames | 3 / 48
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Lambeth | 0 / 63
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Lewisham | 0 / 54
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Merton | 7 / 57
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Newham | 0 / 66
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Redbridge | 5 / 63
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Richmond upon Thames | 1 / 54
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Southwark | 0 / 63
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Sutton | 20 / 55
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Tower Hamlets | 1 / 45
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Waltham Forest | 13 / 60
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Wandsworth | 22 / 58
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Westminster | 23 / 54
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Directly elected mayors
Mayoralty | Mayor | |
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Croydon | Jason Perry |
Electoral performance
General elections
Date | Votes won | % of Votes | Ändern Sie | MPs elected | Ändern Sie |
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2019 | 1,205,129 | 32.0% | ![]() |
21 / 73
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European elections
Date | Votes won | % of Votes | Ändern Sie | MEPs elected | Ändern Sie | |
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1979 | K.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% | ![]() |
4 / 10
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2004 | 504,941 | 26.8% | ![]() |
3 / 9
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2009 | 479,037 | 27.4% | ![]() |
3 / 8
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2014 | 495,639 | 22.5% | ![]() |
2 / 8
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2019 | 177,964 | 7.9% | ![]() |
0 / 8
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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.
Date | Leader | Votes won | % of Votes | Ändern Sie | Councillors | Ändern Sie | Result |
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1964 | 956,543 | 40.1% | K.A. | 36 / 100
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K.A. | Labour win | |
1967 | Desmond Plummer | 1,136,092 | 52.6% | ![]() |
82 / 100
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Conservative win |
1970 | Desmond Plummer | 971,227 | 50.6% | ![]() |
65 / 100
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Conservative win |
1973 | Desmond Plummer | 743,123 | 38.0% | ![]() |
32 / 92
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Labour win |
1977 | Horace Cutler | 1,177,390 | 52.5% | ![]() |
64 / 92
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Conservative win |
1981 | Horace Cutler | 894,234 | 39.7% | ![]() |
41 / 92
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Labour win |
Mayoral elections
The table below shows the London Conservatives results in London Mayoral elections since 2000.
Election | Candidate | 1st Round vote | 2nd Round Vote | Result | ||||
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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 | ||
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2024 | Susan Hall | 812,397 | 32.7% | Lost |
Assembly elections
The table below shows the London Conservatives results in London Assembly elections since 2000.
Election | Leader | Votes (constituency) | Votes (region) | Seats | ||
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2000 | Eric Ollerenshaw | 526,422 | 33.2 | 481,053 | 29.0 | 9 / 25
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2004 | Bob Neill | 562,047 | 31.2 | 533,696 | 28.5 | 9 / 25
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2008 | Richard Barnes | 900,569 | 37.4 | 835,535 | 34.1 | 11 / 25
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2012 | James Cleverly | 722,280 | 32.7 | 708,528 | 32.0 | 9 / 25
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2016 | Gareth Bacon | 812,415 | 31.1 | 764,230 | 29.2 | 8 / 25
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2021 | Susan Hall | 833,021 | 32.0 | 795,081 | 30.7 | 9 / 25
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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 |
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1964 | 668 / 1,859
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9 / 32
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1968 | 1,438 / 1,863
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28 / 32
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1971 | 597 / 1,863
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10 / 32
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1974 | 40.8 | 713 / 1,867
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13 / 32
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1978 | 48.7 | 960 / 1,908
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17 / 32
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1982 | 42.2 | 984 / 1,914
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17 / 32
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1986 | 35.4 | 685 / 1,914
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11 / 32
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1990 | 37.8 | 731 / 1,914
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12 / 32
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1994 | 31.2 | 519 / 1,917
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4 / 32
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1998 | 32.0 | 538 / 1,917
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4 / 32
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2002 | 34.1 | 654 / 1,861
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8 / 32
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2006 | 34.9 | 785 / 1,861
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14 / 32
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2010 | 31.7 | 717 / 1,861
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11 / 32
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2014 | 26.4 | 612 / 1,861
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9 / 32
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2018 | 28.8 | 508 / 1,861
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7 / 32
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See also
References
- ^ 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.