EXHIBIT 23

           
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



The Board of Directors
DDL Electronics, Inc.


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration 
Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-02969) and the Registration Statements on 
Form S-8 (Nos. 33-18356, 33-45102, 33-74400 and 333-08689) of DDL 
Electronics, Inc. of our report dated August 15, 1997, except for the second 
paragraph of note 12, which is as of September 22, 1997, relating to the 
consolidated balance sheets of DDL Electronics, Inc. and subsidiaries as 
of June 30, 1997 and 1996 and the related consolidated statements of 
operations, cash flows and stockholders' equity (deficit) for each of 
the years in the three-year period ended June 30, 1997, which report 
appears in the June 30, 1997 Annual Report on Form 10-K of DDL 
Electronics, Inc.




/s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Los Angeles, California
October 9, 1997