# 1928 Southwark Borough election

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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
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| Labour | 73.7 |
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| Municipal Reform | 26.3 |
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* No Change
No. 4 Christchurch :
| 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 | |
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| Unemployed Workers | J. Brown | 65 | 6.6 | n/a |
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* Municipal Reform gain 4 and Liberals 2 from Ratepayers
No. 5 St Saviour :
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| Municipal Reform | 792 | 63.6 |
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| Labour | 453 | 36.4 |
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* Municipal Reform gain 9 from Ratepayers
No. 6 St Mary's :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | P. McCarthy | 1,734 | 54.1 |
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| Labour | | 1,474 | 45.9 |
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* Liberal gain 1 from Ratepayers
No. 7 St Paul's :
| 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 |
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* Liberal gain 6 from Ratepayers
No. 8 St Peter's :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | H. Aldridge | 1,974 | 58.5 |
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| Liberal | W. Bremer | 738 | 21.9 |
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| Municipal Reform | E. Gledhill | 661 | 19.6 |
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* Labour gain 3 from Ratepayers
No. 9 St John's :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Harry Hinkins | 1,679 | 64.5 |
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| Municipal Reform | H. Russell | 491 | 18.9 |
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| Liberal | H. Betts | 433 | 16.6 |
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* No Change
No. 10 Trinity :
| 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