1926 Hornchurch Urban District Council election
27 March 1926 (1926-03-27)
All 13 seats to the Hornchurch Urban District Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
RA
LAB
IND
Party Ratepayers Labour Independent
Seats won 6 4 3
Seats after 6 4 3

The first election to Hornchurch Urban District Council took place on 27 March 1926, ahead of the creation of the new urban district on 1 April 1926.

Background

The wards of the previous parish council were used for the new urban district, electing the same number of 13 councillors as the last parish council election in 1925.[1]

Results

The results were as follows:[2]

Harold Wood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent G. J. Matthews 283
Independent H. B. Ayres 278
Ratepayers H. Powell 48
Hornchurch Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers E. G. Bratchell 759
Ratepayers C. J. Fielder 708
Independent R. W. Beard 695
Ratepayers R. Banks-Martin 622
Independent A. Ferguson 587
Ratepayers F. D. Bull 496
Labour W. E. Chippingdale 241
Labour E. Parr (Mrs) 239
Labour W. H. Webb 218
Labour G. H. Pratt 179
North West Hornchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Lambert 626
Ratepayers E. J. Legg 564
Labour S. A. Hawkins 526
Labour S. A. Hawkins (Mrs) 496
Labour J. W. Matthews 492
Ratepayers F. J. L. Cole 479
Ratepayers R. H. Bloomfield 468
Ratepayers E. M. Field (Mrs) 459
Ratepayers F. H. Moss 453
Labour W. Stanton 452
Independent H. J. Finch 145
South Hornchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers E. M. Poole 192
Ratepayers W. H. Goodchild 181
Labour W. E. Edmunds 92
Labour B. L. Tarr 86

References

  1. ↑ "Essex Elections". Essex Chronicle. 10 April 1925. p. 4.
  2. ↑ "Urban Elections". Essex Chronicle. 2 April 1926.
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