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. The election was for 5 of 13 seats on the council.

Background

In 1929 five of the seats were up for re-election:

• 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 re-election. Stanton was the only nomination for South Hornchurch and was therefore elected unopposed.

Results

The results were 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