1928 Southwark Borough election

1928 ward boundaries

Elections to the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark were held in 1928.

The borough had ten wards which returned between 3 and 9 members.

Election summary

At the previous elections in 1925 the Ratepayers Association won 44 seats to the Labour Party's 16. The Ratepayers Association was the name adopted for an anti-Labour Party electoral alliance. By 1928 this electoral alliance had ended in two of the ten of wards. In other wards, candidates reverted to running either as Liberals (Progressives) or Municipal Reform (Conservatives).

Southwark Borough Election Result 1928[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 18 3 1 +2 30.0 10,728 45.6
  Liberal 17 17 0 +17 28.3 5,802 24.7
  Municipal Reform 13 13 0 +13 21.7 3,596 15.3
  Ratepayers 12 0 32 -32 20.0 2,990 12.7
  Unemployed Workers 0 0 0 0 0.0 301 1.3
  Independent Progressive 0 0 0 0 0.0 105 0.4

Election result

No. 1 St Michael's[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Arthur Dalton 1,385 51.4 −1.6
Liberal F G Niblett * 1,295
Liberal Miss Catherine M Green 1,288
Liberal Peter William Wallace 1,263
Liberal Frank Thomas Maish 1,227
Liberal J G Wood 1,223
Labour W Cuss 1,075 39.9 −7.1
Labour K Day 1,062
Labour W O'Brien 1,056
Labour J Ammond 1,037
Labour C McGovern 1,034
Labour J Read 985
Unemployed Workers E Rothery 236 8.8 n/a
Unemployed Workers W Southwell 178
Unemployed Workers W Cameron 170
Unemployed Workers B Ball 150
Unemployed Workers J Dean 125
Unemployed Workers A Peck 100
  • Liberal gain 5 from Ratepayers and 1 from Labour
No. 2 St Jude's[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal B. Rowe 831 50.2
Liberal Frederick Charles Rowe
Liberal W. Myers
Labour T. Cullen 43.4
Labour P. Gallagher
Labour H. Gidden
Independent Progressive A. Bennett 6.3 n/a
  • Liberal gain 3 from Ratepayers
No. 3 St George's[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 73.7
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Municipal Reform 26.3
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
  • No Change
No. 4 Christchurch[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform M. Rushen 489 49.6
Liberal F. Martin 487
Municipal Reform A. Evans
Municipal Reform S. Cole
Municipal Reform J. Moyle
Liberal H. Brockman 453
Labour Leonard James Styles 431 43.8
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Unemployed Workers J. Brown 65 6.6 n/a
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
  • Municipal Reform gain 4 and Liberals 2 from Ratepayers
No. 5 St Saviour[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform 792 63.6
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Labour 453 36.4
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
  • Municipal Reform gain 9 from Ratepayers
No. 6 St Mary's[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal P. McCarthy 1,734 54.1
Ratepayers
Ratepayers
Ratepayers
Ratepayers
Ratepayers
Labour 1,474 45.9
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour Albert Joseph Gates
Labour
  • Liberal gain 1 from Ratepayers
No. 7 St Paul's[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Westcott 1,928
Liberal L. Want
Liberal A. Bodenham
Liberal F. Dupree
Liberal D. Shadbolt
Liberal T. Willers
Labour 857 30.8
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
  • Liberal gain 6 from Ratepayers
No. 8 St Peter's[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Aldridge 1,974 58.5
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour 1,909
Liberal W. Bremer 738 21.9
Liberal
Municipal Reform E. Gledhill 661 19.6
Liberal
Liberal
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Liberal
Municipal Reform
Liberal
Municipal Reform
  • Labour gain 3 from Ratepayers
No. 9 St John's[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Hinkins 1,679 64.5
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Municipal Reform H. Russell 491 18.9
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform 436
Liberal H. Betts 433 16.6
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
  • No Change
No. 10 Trinity[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers C. Fordham 1,256 58.4
Ratepayers J. Davies
Ratepayers William Frederick Castle
Ratepayers Peter Milne Middleton
Ratepayers J. Witham
Ratepayers B. Calvert
Labour P. Daly 893 41.6
Labour F. Foot
Labour A. Saunders
Labour W. Jones
Labour C. Wagner
Labour J. Yates
  • No Change

Notes


References

  1. ^ Willis, Alan; Woollard, John (2000). Twentieth Century Local Election Results Volume 1: Election Results For the London County Council (1889-1961) and London Metropolitan Boroughs (1900–1928). Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
  2. ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
  3. ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
  4. ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
  5. ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
  6. ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
  7. ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
  8. ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
  9. ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
  10. ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
  11. ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
Preceded by
1925 Southwark Borough election 		Southwark local elections Succeeded by
1931 Southwark Borough election