1932 Dagenham Urban District Council election

1932 Dagenham Urban District Council election
2 April 1932 (1932-04-02)
10 of 23 seats to the Dagenham Urban District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
LAB
RA
Party Labour Ratepayers
Seats before 18 6
Seats won 7 3
Seats after 17 7
Seat change 1 1
Majority party before election

Labour Party

 Majority party after election

Labour Party

The seventh election to Dagenham Urban District Council took place on 2 April 1932. Ratepayers' associations had become active in all wards of the district and put forward a full slate of candidates for the first time. They gained one additional councillor from the Labour Party.

Background

In 1932 ten of the seats were up for re-election:

  • Becontree Heath, 4 seats (out of 8), one of them a by-election caused by the resignation of A. Olive.
  • Chadwell Heath, 2 seats (out of 5)
  • Dagenham, 4 seats (out of 10)

Ratepayers' associations for the three wards met in January and agreed to offer a full slate of candidates in the election.[1] In 1931 the Chadwell Heath Ratepayers' Association had helped to set up the associations in Becontree Heath and Dagenham wards.[2]

Polling took place on 2 April 1932.[3]

Results

The results were as follows:[3][4]

Becontree Heath

Becontree Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Philips[a] 1,152
Labour Louis Fitzgerald 1,103
Labour Charles McAlister 1,060
Labour Mary Marley 1,056
Ratepayers George Coppen 876
Ratepayers Harry Newcombe 788
Ratepayers Walter Matthews 712
Ratepayers Frederick Parsons 670
Independent Roy Fisher[b] 248
Independent Edward Ayres[b] 192
Communist Malcolm McFarlane 191
Independent Alfred Bale[c] 122
Communist James Cousins 109
Communist Percy Bandy 101
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chadwell Heath

Chadwell Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers Charlie Duthrie 883
Ratepayers Benjamin Saunders 842
Ratepayers Esther McAlister 214
Turnout
Ratepayers hold Swing
Ratepayers hold Swing

Dagenham

Dagenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Augustus Gibbs 1,347
Labour William Gray[d] 1,313
Ratepayers George Gough 1,269
Labour Lily Townsend[e] 1,262
Ratepayers James Lamb 1,208
Labour John Preston[f] 1,205
Ratepayers Henry Hawke 1,192
Ratepayers James Sorrell 1,143
Communist William Hall 268
Communist William Bolton 259
Communist Laurence Fawbert 211
Communist James Scanlan 209
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Ratepayers gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Notes

  1. ^ Samuel Philips was previously elected for a three-year term in 1929.
  2. ^ a b Roy Fisher and Edward Ayres stood together.
  3. ^ Alfred Bale was previously elected for a three-year term in 1929 as a Labour Party candidate.
  4. ^ William Gray was previously elected for a three-year term in 1929.
  5. ^ Lily Townsend was previously elected for a three-year term in 1929.
  6. ^ John Preston was previously elected for a three-year term in 1929.

References

  1. ^ "Dagenham Elections: Ratepayers to contest all seats". Eastern Counties Times. 28 January 1932. p. 7.
  2. ^ "Ratepayers to arms". Eastern Counties'Times. 27 November 1931. p. 9.
  3. ^ a b "Dagenham Election Candidates". Eastern Counties Times. 31 March 1932. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Urban Council Elections". Essex Newsman. 9 April 1932. p. 4.
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