London Liberal Democrats

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

London Liberal Democrats
Founded1988
Headquarters8–10 Great George Street,
London, SW1[1]
Youth wingLondon Young Liberals
IdeologyLiberalism[2]
Social liberalism[2][3]
Classical liberalism[4][5]
Pro-Europeanism[6][7]
Political positionCentre[8][9] to
centre-left[4][10][11]
Colours  Yellow [12]
London House of Commons seats
3 / 73
London Assembly
1 / 25
Local councillors in London
158 / 1,851
Council control in London
3 / 32
Website
www.londonlibdems.org.uk

Mayoral candidates

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

ElectionCandidateResults
2000Baroness Susan KramerN Not Elected
2004Sir Simon HughesN Not Elected
2008Baron Brian PaddickN Not Elected
2012Baron Brian PaddickN Not Elected
2016Caroline PidgeonN Not Elected
2021Siobhan BenitaN Dropped Out
2021 Luisa Porritt

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

London Assembly members

Councillors

CouncilCouncillorsLeaders
Barking and Dagenham
0 / 51
Barnet
2 / 63
Gabriel Rozenberg
Bexley
0 / 63
Brent
1 / 63
Anton Georgiou
Bromley
0 / 60
Camden
3 / 54
Luisa Porritt
Croydon
0 / 70
Ealing
4 / 69
Gary Malcolm
Enfield
0 / 63
Greenwich
0 / 51
Hackney
0 / 57
Hammersmith and Fulham
0 / 46
Haringey
15 / 57
Liz Morris
Harrow
0 / 63
Havering
0 / 54
Hillingdon
0 / 65
Hounslow
0 / 60
Islington
0 / 48
Kensington and Chelsea
1 / 50
Lisa Wade
Kingston upon Thames
39 / 48
Caroline Kerr
Lambeth
0 / 63
Lewisham
0 / 54
Merton
6 / 60
Paul Kohler
Newham
0 / 60
Redbridge
0 / 63
Richmond upon Thames
39 / 54
Gareth Roberts
Southwark
13 / 63
Anood Al-Samerai
Sutton
33 / 54
Ruth Dombey
Tower Hamlets
1 / 45
Rabina Khan
Waltham Forest
0 / 60
Wandsworth
0 / 60
Westminster
0 / 60

Electoral performance

UK general elections

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

Year% of
Vote
Number of
MP's
2001 17.1
6 / 74
2005 21.9
8 / 74
2010 22.1
7 / 73
2015 7.7
1 / 73
2017 8.8
3 / 73
2019 14.9
3 / 73

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
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
2 / 63
Bexley 1994
14 / 62
3rd Party
0 / 62
Brent 2006
27 / 63
Joint control
with Conservatives
1 / 63
Bromley 1998
27 / 60
Joint control
with Labour
0 / 60
Camden 2006
20 / 54
Joint control
with Conservatives
3 / 54
Croydon 2002
1 / 70
3rd Party
0 / 70
Ealing 2010
5 / 69
3rd Party
4 / 69
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
15 / 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
39 / 48
Lambeth 2002
28 / 63
Joint control
with Conservatives
0 / 63
Lewisham 2002
17 / 54
Opposition
0 / 54
Merton 2018
6 / 60
3rd Party
7 / 60
Newham 1982
6 / 60
Opposition
0 / 60
Redbridge 2006
9 / 62
Opposition
0 / 62
Richmond upon Thames 1986
49 / 52
Overall control
39 / 54
Southwark 2002
30 / 63
Joint control
with Conservatives
14 / 64
Sutton 2002
47 / 56
Overall control
33 / 54
Tower Hamlets 1990
30 / 50
Overall control
1 / 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

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