EXHIBIT 23

           
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



The Board of Directors
DDL Electronics, Inc.


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration 
Statements on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-02969 and 333-31349) and the 
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-74400 and 333-08689) of DDL 
Electronics, Inc. of our report dated August 21, 1998, relating to the 
consolidated balance sheets of DDL Electronics, Inc. and subsidiaries as 
of June 30, 1998 and 1997 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, 1998, which report 
appears in the June 30, 1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K of DDL 
Electronics, Inc.




/s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Los Angeles, California
August 27, 1998