1938 Hornchurch Urban District Council election

1938 Hornchurch Urban District Council election
4 April 1938 (1938-04-04)
7 of 13 seats to the Hornchurch Urban District Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
LAB
RA
Party Labour Ratepayers
Seats before 9 8
Seats won 4 3
Seats after 10 9
Seat change 1 1
  Third party Fourth party
 
CON
IND
Party Conservative Independent
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 1 0
Seat change 1

The 13th election to Hornchurch Urban District Council took place on 4 April 1938. The election was for 7 of 13 seats on the council.

Background

In 1938 seven of the seats were up for re-election:

  • Emerson Park, 1 seat (out of 3)
  • Harold Wood, 1 seat (out of 2)
  • Hornchurch Town, 1 seat (out of 4)
  • North West Hornchurch, 2 seats (out of 5)
  • Rainham, 1 seat (out of 2)
  • Upminster, 1 seat (out of 3)

There were no elections in the Cranham or Thameside wards.

Councillors were elected for a three-year term due to end in 1941. However, due to the Second World War, and the provisions of the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1939–1944 and the Representation of the People Act 1945, their terms were extended until the 1947 election.

Results

The results were as follows:[1]

Emerson Park

Emerson Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers Frances Sherring 918
Labour Caroline Stevens 899
Turnout
Ratepayers hold Swing

Harold Wood

Harold Wood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers Alfred Salinger 597
Labour Henry Pingram 594
Turnout
Ratepayers gain from Independent Swing

Hornchurch Town

Hornchurch Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Willie Webb 1,115
Ratepayers Robert Beard[a] 924
Labour gain from Ratepayers Swing

North West Hornchurch

North West Hornchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout
Labour Thomas Martin[b] 2,107
Labour William Maunder[c] 2,048
Ratepayers Wilson Edwards 1,032
Ratepayers Arthur Bragg 998
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rainham

Rainham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Holmes[d] 742
Ratepayers Edward Parkinson 465
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Upminster

Upminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers W. Bunch[e] Unopposed
Ratepayers hold

Notes

  1. ^ Robert Beard was previously elected for a three-year term in 1935.
  2. ^ Thomas Martin was previously elected for a three-year term in 1935.
  3. ^ William Maunder was previously elected for a three-year term in 1935.
  4. ^ Alfred Holmes was previously elected for a three-year term in 1935.
  5. ^ W. Bunch was previously elected for a one-year term in 1937.

References

  1. ^ "Hornchurch: Urban Council Elections". Vol. Essex Chronicle. 8 April 1938. p. 7.
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