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.
Main article: 2018 London local elections
The table below shows the London Conservative Party's results at UK general elections since the area of Greater London was created.1
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.
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.
The table below shows the London Conservatives results in London Assembly elections since 2000.
The table below shows the London Conservatives results in elections for the London Boroughs.
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