1928 Southwark Borough election
Appearance
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).
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
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory
Preceded by 1925 Southwark Borough election |
Southwark local elections | Succeeded by 1931 Southwark Borough election |