1929 Hornchurch Urban District Council election

1929 Hornchurch Urban District Council election

25 March 1929 (1929-03-25)
5 of 13 seats to the Hornchurch Urban District Council
First party Second party Third party   RA LAB IND Party Ratepayers Labour Independent Seats before 9 2 2 Seats won 2 2 1 Seats after 9 2 2 Seat change

The fourth election to Hornchurch Urban District Council took place on 25 March 1929, for 5 of 13 council seats.

Background

In 1929 five of the seats were up for reelection:

• Harold Wood, 1 seat (out of 2)
• Hornchurch Village, 1 seat (out of 4)
• North West Hornchurch, 2 seats (out of 5)
• South Hornchurch, 1 seat (out of 1)

Davis (elected 1927), Bratchell (1926), Lambert (1926) and Stanton (1927) sought reelection. Stanton was the only nomination for South Hornchurch and was therefore elected unopposed.

Results

The results are as follows:

Harold Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F. H. R. Davis
	Independent	R. C. Russell
	Independent hold		Swing

Hornchurch Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	E. G. Bratchell
	Labour	B. L. Tarr
	Ratepayers hold		Swing

North West Hornchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Lambert
	Ratepayers	E. J. Legg
	Independent	H. Lomas
	Labour	J. W. Matthews
	Ratepayers	J. Matthews
	Labour hold		Swing
	Ratepayers hold		Swing

South Hornchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Stanton	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing