1926 Dagenham Urban District Council election
26 March 1926
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The first election to Dagenham Urban District Council took place on 26 March 1926, ahead of the creation of the new urban district on 1 April 1926.
Background
The number of councillors elected for each ward were:
- Becontree Heath, 5 seats
- Chadwell Heath, 5 seats
- Dagenham, 6 seats
Nominations closed on 12 March 1926 and polling took place on 26 March 1926.[1]
Results
The results were as follows:[2]
Becontree Heath
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Herbert Amies | 623 | |||
| Independent | George Coppen | 493 | |||
| Independent | G. Buzzacott | 487 | |||
| Labour | Mary Morris | 476 | |||
| Labour | Charles Dellow | 426 | |||
| Independent | Murrel | 424 | |||
| Independent | Roman | 396 | |||
| Independent | Shaw | 384 | |||
| Independent | G. Smith | 368 | |||
| Labour | Winslade | 363 | |||
| Labour | Wale | 361 | |||
| Labour | Barson | 359 | |||
| Labour | W. Peters | 303 | |||
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Chadwell Heath
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Arthur Reeve | 734 | |||
| Independent | Percival Ashton | 643 | |||
| Independent | James Tyler | 640 | |||
| Independent | G. Smith | 636 | |||
| Independent | C. Knight | 620 | |||
| Labour | Carman | 423 | |||
| Labour | Kennedy | 396 | |||
| Labour | W. Podmore | 384 | |||
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Dagenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | William Gray | 977 | |||
| Labour | Herbert Parry | 976 | |||
| Labour | Carroll | 880 | |||
| Labour | J. Murphy | 852 | |||
| Labour | Stevens | 851 | |||
| Labour | Henry Hill | 846 | |||
| Independent | Gunary | 836 | |||
| Independent | Bailey | 822 | |||
| Independent | West | 792 | |||
| Independent | Earl | 763 | |||
| Independent | Horton | 753 | |||
| Independent | Williams | 728 | |||
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