1927 Hornchurch Urban District Council election

←  1926 4 April 1927 (1927-04-04) 1928  →
6 of 13 seats to the Hornchurch Urban District Council 7 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   RA LAB IND Party Ratepayers Labour Independent Seats before 6 4 3 Seats won 4 1 1 Seats after 7 4 2 Seat change 1 1

The second election to Hornchurch Urban District Council took place on 4 April 1927. The election was for 6 of 13 seats on the council. The election increased the membership of the Ratepayers' Association on the council.

Contents

• Background
• Results
• Harold Wood
• Hornchurch Village
• North West Hornchurch
• South Hornchurch
• References

Background

The 1926 election had been for all 13 councillors. In 1927 six of the seats were up for re-election:

• Harold Wood, 1 seat (out of 2), a by-election caused by the resignation of G. Matthews ^[1]
• Hornchurch Village, 2 seats (out of 4)
• North West Hornchurch, 1 seat (out of 5)
• South Hornchurch, 2 seats (out of 2), one of them a by-election caused by the resignation of E. Poole. ^[1]

Polling took place on 4 April 1927. ^[2]

Results

The results were as follows: ^[3]

References