[2] Labor went into the local elections with eight sitting councillors, after A. Pollock (Collingwood) and J. Ryan (Port Melbourne) failed to secure party endorsement for re-election.

However, the Nationalist name continued to be used for the party's state branch until after the local elections when the name formally changed on 15 September 1931.

Additionally, the All for Australia League contested its first elections, having been formed several months prior in January 1931.

[4] Labor suffered losses in Brunswick, Coburg, Collingwood, Footscray, Heidelberg, Port Melbourne and Williamstown.

[1] Four female candidates contested the elections − Ethel Blagdon (Hawthorn), Marie Dalley (Kew), Jennie Baines (Port Melbourne) and Violet Lambert (Fern Tree Gully).