London Liberal Democrats

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London Liberal Democrats
Leader in the London Assembly Hina Bokhari
Preceded by Progressive Party (1888–1926)
Liberal Party (1926–1988)
Headquarters8–10 Great George Street,
London, SW1 [1]
Youth wing London Young Liberals
Ideology
Political position Centre [7] [8] to
centre-left [3] [9] [10]
National affiliation Liberal Democrats
Colours  Orange [11]
London House of Commons seats
6 / 75
London Assembly
2 / 25
Councillors [12]
182 / 1,817
Council control in London
3 / 32
Website
londonlibdems.org.uk/

The London Liberal Democrats are the regional party of the Liberal Democrats that operates in Greater London. The organisation is a part of the English Liberal Democrats.

Contents

Mayoral candidates

In 2008, Brian Paddick became the first openly LGBT candidate to run for a mainstream political party for the role of Mayor of London. [13]

ElectionCandidateResults
2000 Susan Kramer Red x.svg Not Elected
2004 Simon Hughes Red x.svg Not Elected
2008 Brian Paddick Red x.svg Not Elected
2012 Brian Paddick Red x.svg Not Elected
2016 Caroline Pidgeon Red x.svg Not Elected
2021 Luisa Porritt Red x.svg Not Elected
2024 Rob Blackie Red x.svg Not Elected

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

Since the 2024 United Kingdom general election in London:

London Assembly members

Councillors

CouncilCouncillors [14] Leaders
Barking and Dagenham
0 / 51
Barnet
0 / 63
Bexley
0 / 63
Brent
3 / 57
Paul Lorber
Bromley
5 / 58
Julie Ireland
Camden
4 / 55
Tom Simon
Croydon
1 / 70
Ealing
6 / 70
Gary Malcolm
Enfield
0 / 63
Greenwich
0 / 55
Hackney
0 / 57
Hammersmith and Fulham
0 / 50
Haringey
7 / 57
Luke Cawley-Harrison
Harrow
0 / 55
Havering
0 / 55
Hillingdon
0 / 53
Hounslow
0 / 62
Islington
0 / 51
Kensington and Chelsea
2 / 50
Linda Wade
Kingston upon Thames
42 / 48
Andreas Kirsch
Lambeth
3 / 63
Donna Harris
Lewisham
0 / 54
Merton
17 / 57
Anthony Fairclough
Newham
0 / 66
Redbridge
0 / 61
Richmond upon Thames
49 / 54
 Gareth Roberts
Southwark
11 / 63
Victor Chamberlain
Sutton
29 / 55
Ruth Dombey
Tower Hamlets
0 / 45
Waltham Forest
0 / 60
Wandsworth
0 / 58
Westminster
0 / 54

Electoral performance

UK general elections

2024 consistency results LondonParliamentaryConstituency2024Results.svg
2024 consistency results

The table below shows the London Liberal Democrats results at UK general elections since the area of Greater London was created. Results between February 1974 and 1979 are for the Liberal Party. Results for 1983 and 1987 are for the predecessor SDP–Liberal Alliance. [15]

DateVotes won% of VotesChangeMPs electedChange
Feb-1974 814,23920.8Increase2.svg 13.8
0 / 92
Steady2.svg
Oct-1974 594,69917.0Decrease2.svg 3.8
0 / 92
Steady2.svg
1979 437,52111.9Decrease2.svg 5.1
0 / 92
Steady2.svg
1983 [16] 853,36024.7Increase2.svg 12.8
2 / 84
Increase2.svg 2
1987 [17] 770,11721.3Decrease2.svg 3.4
3 / 84
Increase2.svg 1
1992 542,73315.1Decrease2.svg 6.2
1 / 84
Decrease2.svg 2
1997 486,01314.6Decrease2.svg 0.5
6 / 74
Increase2.svg 5
2001 482,88817.5Increase2.svg 2.9
6 / 74
Steady2.svg
2005 638,33321.9Increase2.svg 4.4
8 / 74
Increase2.svg 2
2010 751,56122.1Increase2.svg 0.2
7 / 73
Decrease2.svg 1
2015 272,5447.7Decrease2.svg 14.4
1 / 73
Decrease2.svg 6
2017 336,7258.8Increase2.svg 1.1
3 / 73
Increase2.svg 2
2019 562,56414.9Increase2.svg 6.1
3 / 73
Steady2.svg
2024 [18] 367,42411.0Decrease2.svg 3.9
6 / 75
Increase2.svg 3

Greater London Council elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the London Liberal Party in elections to the Greater London Council. The GLC was abolished by the Local Government Act 1985.

DateLeaderVotes won% of VotesChangeCouncillorsChangeResult
1964 N/A
0 / 100
N/ALabour win
1967
0 / 100
Steady2.svgConservative win
1970
0 / 100
Steady2.svgConservative win
1973 Stanley Rundle
2 / 92
Increase2.svg2Labour win
1977
0 / 92
Decrease2.svg2Conservative win
1981 Adrian Slade
1 / 92
Increase2.svg1Labour win

Mayoral elections

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

ElectionCandidate1st Round vote%Position
2000 Susan Kramer 203,45211.9%
4th
2004 Simon Hughes 284,64715.3%
3rd
2008 Brian Paddick 235,5859.8%
3rd
2012 Brian Paddick 91,7744.2%
4th
2016 Caroline Pidgeon 120,0054.6%
4th
2021 Luisa Porritt 111,7164.4%
4th
2024 Rob Blackie 145,1845.8%
3rd

Assembly elections

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

ElectionLeaderVotes (constituency)Votes (region)Seats
#%#%
2000 Graham Tope 299,99818.9245,55514.8
4 / 25
2004 Graham Tope 332,23718.4316,21816.9
5 / 25
2008 Mike Tuffrey 330,01813.7252,55611.2
3 / 25
2012 Caroline Pidgeon 193,8428.8150,4476.8
2 / 25
2016 Caroline Pidgeon 195,8207.5165,5806.3
1 / 25
2021 Caroline Pidgeon 266,59510.26189,5227.3
2 / 25

Local elections

Year% of
Vote		Number of
Councillors		Number of
Councils
1964
16 / 1,859
0 / 32
1968
10 / 1,863
0 / 32
1971
9 / 1,863
0 / 32
1974 13.1
27 / 1,867
0 / 32
1978 7.1
30 / 1,908
0 / 32
1982 24.6
124 / 1,914
0 / 32
1986 24.0
249 / 1,914
3 / 32
1990 14.2
229 / 1,914
3 / 32
1994 22.0
323 / 1,917
3 / 32
1998 20.8
301 / 1,917
2 / 32
2002 20.6
307 / 1,861
3 / 32
2006 20.7
316 / 1,861
3 / 32
2010 22.4
246 / 1,861
2 / 32
2014 10.6
116 / 1,861
1 / 32
2018 13.0
152 / 1,861
3 / 32
2022 14.4
177 / 1,817
3 / 32
Best historic result by borough
BoroughElectionBest seatsRole in councilCurrent seats
Barking and Dagenham 1986
5 / 48
Opposition
0 / 51
Barnet 1964
6 / 63
3rd Party
0 / 63
Bexley 1994
14 / 62
3rd Party
0 / 62
Brent 2006
27 / 63
Joint control
with Conservatives
3 / 57
Bromley 1998
27 / 60
Joint control
with Labour
5 / 58
Camden 2006
20 / 54
Joint control
with Conservatives
4 / 55
Croydon 2002
1 / 70
3rd Party
1 / 70
Ealing 2022
6 / 70
Opposition
6 / 70
Enfield 1974
1 / 60
3rd Party
0 / 54
Greenwich 1986
5 / 62
3rd Party
0 / 51
Hackney 1998
17 / 60
3rd Party
0 / 57
Hammersmith and Fulham 1982
2 / 50
3rd Party
0 / 46
Haringey 2006
27 / 57
Opposition
7 / 57
Harrow 1994
29 / 63
Minority
0 / 63
Havering 1990
6 / 63
4th Party
0 / 54
Hillingdon 1986
6 / 63
3rd Party
0 / 65
Hounslow 1994
5 / 60
3rd Party
0 / 60
Islington 2002
38 / 48
Overall control
0 / 48
Kensington and Chelsea 2010
2 / 50
3rd Party
1 / 50
Kingston upon Thames 2018
39 / 48
Overall control
41 / 48
Lambeth 2002
28 / 63
Joint control
with Conservatives
3 / 63
Lewisham 2002
17 / 54
Opposition
0 / 54
Merton 2022
17 / 57
Opposition
17 / 57
Newham 1982
6 / 60
Opposition
0 / 60
Redbridge 2006
9 / 62
Opposition
0 / 63
Richmond upon Thames 1986
49 / 52
Overall control
48 / 54
Southwark 2002
30 / 63
Joint control
with Conservatives
11 / 63
Sutton 2002
47 / 56
Overall control
29 / 55
Tower Hamlets 1990
30 / 50
Overall control
0 / 45
Waltham Forest 2006
19 / 60
Opposition
0 / 60
Wandsworth 1982
1 / 61
3rd Party
0 / 60
Westminster City 2010
0 / 61
No presence
0 / 60

References

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