1928 Southwark Borough election

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1928 ward boundaries Southwark Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg
1928 ward boundaries

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

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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]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1831+230.010,72845.6
  Liberal 17170+1728.35,80224.7
  Municipal Reform 13130+1321.73,59615.3
  Ratepayers 12032-3220.02,99012.7
 Unemployed Workers00000.03011.3
  Independent Progressive 00000.01050.4

Election result

No. 1 St Michael's [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Arthur Dalton1,38551.4-1.6
Liberal F G Niblett *1,295
Liberal Miss Catherine M Green1,288
Liberal Peter William Wallace1,263
Liberal Frank Thomas Maish1,227
Liberal J G Wood1,223
Labour W Cuss1,07539.9-7.1
Labour K Day1,062
Labour W O'Brien1,056
Labour J Ammond1,037
Labour C McGovern1,034
Labour J Read985
Unemployed WorkersE Rothery2368.8n/a
Unemployed WorkersW Southwell178
Unemployed WorkersW Cameron170
Unemployed WorkersB Ball150
Unemployed WorkersJ Dean125
Unemployed WorkersA Peck100
No. 2 St Jude's [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal B. Rowe 831 50.2
Liberal Frederick Charles Rowe
Liberal W. Myers
Labour T. Cullen43.4
Labour P. Gallagher
Labour H. Gidden
Independent Progressive A. Bennett6.3n/a
No. 3 St George's [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 73.7
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Municipal Reform 26.3
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
No. 4 Christchurch [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform M. Rushen48949.6
Liberal F. Martin487
Municipal Reform A. Evans
Municipal Reform S. Cole
Municipal Reform J. Moyle
Liberal H. Brockman453
Labour Leonard James Styles43143.8
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Unemployed WorkersJ. Brown656.6n/a
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
No. 5 St Saviour [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Municipal Reform 79263.6
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Labour 45336.4
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
No. 6 St Mary's [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal P. McCarthy1,73454.1
Ratepayers
Ratepayers
Ratepayers
Ratepayers
Ratepayers
Labour 1,47445.9
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour Albert Joseph Gates
Labour
No. 7 St Paul's [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Westcott1,928
Liberal L. Want
Liberal A. Bodenham
Liberal F. Dupree
Liberal D. Shadbolt
Liberal T. Willers
Labour 85730.8
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
No. 8 St Peter's [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Aldridge1,97458.5
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour 1,909
Liberal W. Bremer73821.9
Liberal
Municipal Reform E. Gledhill66119.6
Liberal
Liberal
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Liberal
Municipal Reform
Liberal
Municipal Reform
No. 9 St John's [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Hinkins1,67964.5
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Municipal Reform H. Russell49118.9
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform 436
Liberal H. Betts43316.6
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
No. 10 Trinity [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ratepayers C. Fordham1,25658.4
Ratepayers J. Davies
Ratepayers William Frederick Castle
Ratepayers Peter Milne Middleton
Ratepayers J. Witham
Ratepayers B. Calvert
Labour P. Daly89341.6
Labour F. Foot
Labour A. Saunders
Labour W. Jones
Labour C. Wagner
Labour J. Yates

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    References

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    2. ↑ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
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    1925 Southwark Borough election     		Southwark local elections Succeeded by
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