London Liberal Democrats

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.

London Liberal Democrats
Leader in the London Assembly	Hina Bokhari
Preceded by	Progressive Party (1888–1926) Liberal Party (1926–1988)
Headquarters	8–10 Great George Street, London, SW1[1]
Youth wing	London Young Liberals
Ideology	Liberalism Social liberalism[2] Classical liberalism[3][4] Pro-Europeanism[5][6]
Political position	Centre[7][8] to centre-left[3][9][10]
National affiliation	Liberal Democrats
Colours	Yellow[11]
London House of Commons seats	6 / 75
London Assembly	2 / 25
Local councillors in London	181 / 1,817
Council control in London	3 / 32
Website
londonlibdems.org.uk/
Politics of the United Kingdom Political parties Elections

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.^[12]

Election	Candidate	Results
2000	Susan Kramer	N Not Elected
2004	Simon Hughes	N Not Elected
2008	Brian Paddick	N Not Elected
2012	Brian Paddick	N Not Elected
2016	Caroline Pidgeon	N Not Elected
2021	Luisa Porritt	N Not Elected
2024	Rob Blackie	N Not Elected

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

Since the 2024 United Kingdom general election in London:

• Ed Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)
• Bobby Dean (Carshalton and Wallington)
• Paul Kohler (Wimbledon)
• Sarah Olney (Richmond Park)
• Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam)
• Munira Wilson (Twickenham)

London Assembly members

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

Councillors

• Main article: 2022 London local elections

Council	Councillors	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	41 / 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

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. ^[13]

Date	Votes won	% of Votes	Change	MPs elected	Change
Feb-1974	814,239	20.8	13.8	0 / 92
Oct-1974	594,699	17.0	3.8	0 / 92
1979	437,521	11.9	5.1	0 / 92
1983[14]	853,360	24.7	12.8	2 / 84	2
1987[15]	770,117	21.3	3.4	3 / 84	1
1992	542,733	15.1	6.2	1 / 84	2
1997	486,013	14.6	0.5	6 / 74	5
2001	482,888	17.5	2.9	6 / 74
2005	638,333	21.9	4.4	8 / 74	2
2010	751,561	22.1	0.2	7 / 73	1
2015	272,544	7.7	14.4	1 / 73	6
2017	336,725	8.8	1.1	3 / 73	2
2019	562,564	14.9	6.1	3 / 73
2024[16]	367,424	11.0	3.9	6 / 75	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.

Date	Leader	Votes won	% of Votes	Change	Councillors	Change	Result
1964				N/A	0 / 100	N/A	Labour win
1967					0 / 100		Conservative win
1970					0 / 100		Conservative win
1973	Stanley Rundle				2 / 92	2	Labour win
1977					0 / 92	2	Conservative win
1981	Adrian Slade				1 / 92	1	Labour win

Mayoral elections

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

Election	Candidate	1st Round vote	%		Position
2000	Susan Kramer	203,452	11.9%		4th
2004	Simon Hughes	284,647	15.3%		3rd
2008	Brian Paddick	235,585	9.8%		3rd
2012	Brian Paddick	91,774	4.2%		4th
2016	Caroline Pidgeon	120,005	4.6%		4th
2021	Luisa Porritt	111,716	4.4%		4th
2024	Rob Blackie	145,184	5.8%		3rd

Assembly elections

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

Election	Leader	Votes (constituency)		Votes (region)		Seats
		#	%	#	%
2000	Graham Tope	299,998	18.9	245,555	14.8	4 / 25
2004	Graham Tope	332,237	18.4	316,218	16.9	5 / 25
2008	Mike Tuffrey	330,018	13.7	252,556	11.2	3 / 25
2012	Caroline Pidgeon	193,842	8.8	150,447	6.8	2 / 25
2016	Caroline Pidgeon	195,820	7.5	165,580	6.3	1 / 25
2021	Caroline Pidgeon	266,595	10.26	189,522	7.3	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

Borough	Election	Best seats	Role in council	Current 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