1928 Bethnal Green Borough election

Elections to Bethnal Green Council were held on 1 November 1928. All the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each Councillor being three years.

Background

Following the decision of the Labour Party to expel Communist Party members from their party, in Bethnal Green, a number of their council group were expelled, including leading figure Cllr. Joseph James Vaughan. The Communist Party responded by fielding a full slate of candidates in opposition to Labour Party candidates. Bethnal Green Liberals decided to end their nominal Progressive alliance with the Municipal Reform Party and stand candidates for the first time under the Liberal Party label.

Summary

In the previous elections in 1925, the Labour Party had won 17 of the 30 council seats, giving it a majority of Councillors. In 1928 the Liberal Party swept the board winning all 30 council seats.

Bethnal Green Borough Election Result 1928[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal	30	18	0	+18	100	52.4	8,059
	Labour	0	0	14	-14	0	30.9	4,750
	Communist	0	0	3	-3	0	9.4	1,441
	Municipal Reform	0	0	1	-1	0	7.4	1,137

• Changes in seats from dissolution

Election result

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1925 election results.

East

No. 2 East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Garnham Edmonds *	3,777	53.4	+4.9
	Liberal	Charles Bennett *	3,664
	Liberal	Wesley Clark Chandler *	3,580
	Liberal	Arthur Charles Rawles	3,530
	Liberal	A T J Brooks	3,484
	Liberal	John Robert Davy	3,454
	Liberal	Alice Eleanor Davy	3,431
	Liberal	J Clark	3,424
	Liberal	Rowland Larkins	3,403
	Labour	C Adams	2,180	30.8	-13.0
	Labour	H E Adams *	2,176
	Labour	C Agombar	2,160
	Labour	J J W Bradley *	2,157
	Labour	Thomas Joseph Boyce	2,144
	Labour	A Bean	2,086
	Labour	F Jeffcote	2,035
	Labour	C Hoskins	1,972
	Labour	H Wilson	1,934
	Municipal Reform	William Shadforth *	680	9.6
	Municipal Reform	F Allen	583
	Municipal Reform	S Broadway	537
	Municipal Reform	J Dunn	502
	Municipal Reform	M Cunnington	476
	Municipal Reform	W Wells	464
	Municipal Reform	F Read	443
	Communist	G Buckmaster *	437	6.2
	Municipal Reform	M Sutherland	430
	Municipal Reform	B Treadgold	416
	Communist	M Elsbury	376
	Communist	J Clements	324
	Communist	M Greenberg	306
	Communist	I Goldman	295
	Communist	C White	292
	Communist	J Fedor	291
	Communist	B Tobin	291
	Communist	M Green	286

Liberal gain 2 from Labour and 1 from Municipal Reform

North

No. 1 North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Edward Pearson	1,704	56.0	+22.2
	Liberal	H A Bacon	1,698
	Liberal	Stanley Brown	1,674
	Liberal	C Calnan	1,658
	Liberal	Kate Eleanor Rawles	1,629
	Liberal	R Cohen	1,563
	Labour	Daniel George Alabaster *	1,153	37.9	-13.5
	Labour	A G Clark *	1,121
	Labour	Charles William Hovell	1,095
	Labour	J Ough	1,093
	Labour	A Jenkins	1,085
	Labour	L Goldstein *	1,076
	Communist	G Buckmaster *	184
	Communist	H Buck	164
	Communist	R Wren	135
	Communist	M McAllister	132
	Communist	J King	126
	Communist	E Lonsinger	101

• Liberal gain 5 from Labour and 1 from Communist

South

No. 3 South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Richard Seymour	1,464	46.0	+2.1
	Liberal	William Groome	1,404
	Liberal	Mary Eleanor Elizabeth James	1,397
	Liberal	Sydney Lancaster Sarel	1,324
	Liberal	H J Ranson	1,296
	Liberal	William H Jones	1,279
	Liberal	L Haltrecht	1,223
	Liberal	Alfred W Holloway	1,213
	Liberal	William Charles McBeth	1,188
	Labour	W H Bryant	908	28.6	-16.7
	Labour	Charles William Hovell	878
	Labour	R Field	876
	Labour	J Hercock	872
	Labour	Allan Edward McAuliffe	860
	Labour	F Wilson	830
	Labour	G Prosser	825
	Labour	J Taylor	806
	Labour	H Smith	803
	Communist	Sam Elsbury *	522	16.4
	Communist	Rebecca Elsbury *	513
	Communist	J King	464
	Communist	H Buck	423
	Communist	I Greenberg	414
	Communist	J Clements	408
	Communist	S Lyons	401
	Communist	R Wren	398
	Communist	S Lazarus	386
	Municipal Reform	F Barns	288	9.1
	Municipal Reform	R George	272
	Municipal Reform	W Doidge	264
	Municipal Reform	F Webb	260

Liberal gain 3 from Labour and 3 from Communist

West

No. 4 West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J Harris	1,114	53.3	-7.5
	Liberal	Tom Brooks *	1,107
	Liberal	Lydia Dorothea Benoly *	1,105
	Liberal	George Bayley *	1,033
	Liberal	Albert J Sharman	1,002
	Liberal	Tom Peter Spring	912
	Labour	W Bailey	509	24.4	-14.8
	Labour	Daniel George Alabaster *	481
	Labour	J Robinson	411
	Labour	H Peaston	380
	Labour	G Hunt	360
	Labour	S Tate	358
	Communist	Sam Elsbury *	298	14.3
	Communist	E Applebaum	285
	Communist	S Bergman	241
	Communist	A Cohen	239
	Communist	J Cohen	222
	Communist	I Sulkin	207
	Municipal Reform	J Wilson	169	8.1
	Municipal Reform	E Watts	161
	Municipal Reform	F Gottlieb	157
	Municipal Reform	M Kornfield	153

Liberal hold 6

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.