# 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 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Liberal | 30 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 100.0 | 52.4 | 8,059 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 14 | -14 | 0.0 | 30.9 | 4,750 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 1,441 |
| Municipal Reform | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 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