1928 Southwark Borough election

Elections to 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 Ass'n	12	0	32	-32	20.0	2,990	12.7
	Unemployed Wrkrs.	0	0	0	0	0	301	1.3
	Ind. Progressive	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 1 from Labour

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