1928 Bethnal Green Borough election

April 2022 thumb| 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 1928Willis Alan John Woollard Twentieth Century Local Election Results Volume 1: Election Results For the London County Council (1889-1961) and London Metropolitan Boroughs (1900–1928) Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre 2000 Plymouth Liberal Party (UK) 30 30 18 0 +18 100.0 52.4 8,059 Labour Party (UK) 30 0 0 14 -14 0.0 30.9 4,750 Communist Party of Great Britain 30 0 0 3 -3 0.0 9.4 1,441 Municipal Reform Party 17 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 Liberal Party (UK) Garnham Edmonds * 3,777 53.4 +4.9 Liberal Party (UK) Charles Bennett * 3,664 Liberal Party (UK) Wesley Clark Chandler * 3,580 Liberal Party (UK) Arthur Charles Rawles 3,530 Liberal Party (UK) A T J Brooks 3,484 Liberal Party (UK) John Robert Davy 3,454 Liberal Party (UK) Alice Eleanor Davy 3,431 Liberal Party (UK) J Clark 3,424 Liberal Party (UK) Rowland Larkins 3,403 Labour Party (UK) C Adams 2,180 30.8 -13.0 Labour Party (UK) H E Adams * 2,176 Labour Party (UK) C Agombar 2,160 Labour Party (UK) J J W Bradley * 2,157 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Joseph Boyce 2,144 Labour Party (UK) A Bean 2,086 Labour Party (UK) F Jeffcote 2,035 Labour Party (UK) C Hoskins 1,972 Labour Party (UK) H Wilson 1,934 Municipal Reform Party William Shadforth * 680 9.6 Municipal Reform Party F Allen 583 Municipal Reform Party S Broadway 537 Municipal Reform Party J Dunn 502 Municipal Reform Party M Cunnington 476 Municipal Reform Party W Wells 464 Municipal Reform Party F Read 443 Communist Party of Great Britain G Buckmaster * 437 6.2 Municipal Reform Party M Sutherland 430 Municipal Reform Party B Treadgold 416 Communist Party of Great Britain M Elsbury 376 Communist Party of Great Britain J Clements 324 Communist Party of Great Britain M Greenberg 306 Communist Party of Great Britain I Goldman 295 Communist Party of Great Britain C White 292 Communist Party of Great Britain J Fedor 291 Communist Party of Great Britain B Tobin 291 Communist Party of Great Britain M Green 286 Liberal gain 2 from Labour and 1 from Municipal Reform North No. 1 North Liberal Party (UK) Richard Edward Pearson 1,704 56.0 +22.2 Liberal Party (UK) H A Bacon 1,698 Liberal Party (UK) Stanley Brown 1,674 Liberal Party (UK) C Calnan 1,658 Liberal Party (UK) Kate Eleanor Rawles 1,629 Liberal Party (UK) R Cohen 1,563 Labour Party (UK) Daniel George Alabaster * 1,153 37.9 -13.5 Labour Party (UK) A G Clark * 1,121 Labour Party (UK) Charles William Hovell 1,095 Labour Party (UK) J Ough 1,093 Labour Party (UK) A Jenkins 1,085 Labour Party (UK) L Goldstein * 1,076 Communist Party of Great Britain G Buckmaster * 184 Communist Party of Great Britain H Buck 164 Communist Party of Great Britain R Wren 135 Communist Party of Great Britain M McAllister 132 Communist Party of Great Britain J King 126 Communist Party of Great Britain E Lonsinger 101 Liberal gain 5 from Labour and 1 from Communist South No. 3 South Liberal Party (UK) Michael Richard Seymour 1,464 46.0 +2.1 Liberal Party (UK) William Groome 1,404 Liberal Party (UK) Mary Eleanor Elizabeth James 1,397 Liberal Party (UK) Sydney Lancaster Sarel 1,324 Liberal Party (UK) H J Ranson 1,296 Liberal Party (UK) William H Jones 1,279 Liberal Party (UK) L Haltrecht 1,223 Liberal Party (UK) Alfred W Holloway 1,213 Liberal Party (UK) William Charles McBeth 1,188 Labour Party (UK) W H Bryant 908 28.6 -16.7 Labour Party (UK) Charles William Hovell 878 Labour Party (UK) R Field 876 Labour Party (UK) J Hercock 872 Labour Party (UK) Allan Edward McAuliffe 860 Labour Party (UK) F Wilson 830 Labour Party (UK) G Prosser 825 Labour Party (UK) J Taylor 806 Labour Party (UK) H Smith 803 Communist Party of Great Britain Sam Elsbury * 522 16.4 Communist Party of Great Britain Rebecca Elsbury * 513 Communist Party of Great Britain J King 464 Communist Party of Great Britain H Buck 423 Communist Party of Great Britain I Greenberg 414 Communist Party of Great Britain J Clements 408 Communist Party of Great Britain S Lyons 401 Communist Party of Great Britain R Wren 398 Communist Party of Great Britain S Lazarus 386 Municipal Reform Party F Barns 288 9.1 Municipal Reform Party R George 272 Municipal Reform Party W Doidge 264 Municipal Reform Party F Webb 260 Liberal gain 3 from Labour and 3 from Communist West No. 4 West Liberal Party (UK) J Harris 1,114 53.3 -7.5 Liberal Party (UK) Tom Brooks * 1,107 Liberal Party (UK) Lydia Dorothea Benoly * 1,105 Liberal Party (UK) George Bayley * 1,033 Liberal Party (UK) Albert J Sharman 1,002 Liberal Party (UK) Tom Peter Spring 912 Labour Party (UK) W Bailey 509 24.4 -14.8 Labour Party (UK) Daniel George Alabaster * 481 Labour Party (UK) J Robinson 411 Labour Party (UK) H Peaston 380 Labour Party (UK) G Hunt 360 Labour Party (UK) S Tate 358 Communist Party of Great Britain Sam Elsbury * 298 14.3 Communist Party of Great Britain E Applebaum 285 Communist Party of Great Britain S Bergman 241 Communist Party of Great Britain A Cohen 239 Communist Party of Great Britain J Cohen 222 Communist Party of Great Britain I Sulkin 207 Municipal Reform Party J Wilson 169 8.1 Municipal Reform Party E Watts 161 Municipal Reform Party F Gottlieb 157 Municipal Reform Party M Kornfield 153 Liberal hold 6 References 1925 Bethnal Green Borough election Bethnal Green local elections 1931 Bethnal Green Borough election Bethnal Green Bethnal Green Borough election Bethnal Green Borough election