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
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[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 5 from Ratepayers and 1 from Labour
No. 2 St Jude's[3]
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[4]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
73.7
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Municipal Reform
26.3
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
Municipal Reform
No Change
No. 4 Christchurch[5]
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
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Unemployed Workers
J. Brown
65
6.6
n/a
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
Unemployed Workers
Municipal Reform gain 4 and Liberals 2 from Ratepayers
^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
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