1938 Dagenham Borough Council election

1938 UK local government election 1938 Dagenham Borough Council election Parliamentary 1938 11 01 y 1938 Dagenham Urban District Council election Apr 1938 1945 Dagenham Borough Council election 1945 All 24 seats to the Dagenham Borough Council 13 LAB Labour Party (UK) 19 RA Ratepayers' Association 3 ILAB Independent Labour 2 Majority party Majority party after election Labour The first election to the Dagenham Borough Council took place on 1 November 1938. The election was for all 24 seats on the council. It was the last regular election ahead of the Second World War and there would not be another election until 1945. Background Dagenham was incorporated as municipal borough on 1 October 1938.Dagenham Borough Essex Newsman 1 October 1938 1 There had already been an election to the urban district council in April 1938, but as municipal boroughs held elections annually in November another election was required that year. In 1938 all 24 of the seats were up for election: Becontree, 3 seats Becontree Heath, 3 seats Chadwell Heath, 3 seats Dagenham North East, 6 seats Dagenham North West, 3 seats Dagenham South, 6 seats Nominations closed on 22 October 1938 and polling took place on 1 November 1938.Town Council Elections Essex Chronicle 28 October 1938 7 Councillors were elected for one, two or three year terms due to end in 1939, 1940 and 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 1945, 1946 and 1947 elections. Results The results were as follows:Dagenham Essex Chronicle 4 November 1938 4 Becontree Becontree Labour Party (UK) A. BanksUDC Member of the Dagenham Urban District Council immediately before the election. Unopposed Labour Party (UK) A. ThomasUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) F. ThomasUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Becontree Heath Becontree Heath Labour Party (UK) F. BrownUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) E. HennemUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) S. ReddyUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Chadwell Heath Chadwell Heath Ratepayers' Association E. OsborneUDC 1,149 Ratepayers' Association F. Grindrod 1,098 Ratepayers' Association J. AndrewsUDC 960 Labour Party (UK) A. Crocombe 780 Labour Party (UK) A. Bennett 690 Labour Party (UK) L. Bennett 655 Ratepayers' Association Ratepayers' Association Ratepayers' Association Dagenham South Dagenham South Labour Party (UK) E. Brown Unopposed Labour Party (UK) R. ClarkUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) C. HermitageUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) W. MarkhamUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) J. Neish Unopposed Labour Party (UK) A. RogersUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Dagenham North East Dagenham North East Independent Labour R. Gibbs 1,902 Independent Labour R. Murrell 1,735 Labour Party (UK) J. BurridgeUDC 1,067 Labour Party (UK) L. EvansUDC 1,063 Labour Party (UK) T. CainUDC 1,061 Labour Party (UK) W. BellamyUDC 995 Labour Party (UK) A. Dolder 964 Labour Party (UK) W. LangloisUDC 791 Independent Labour Independent Labour Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Dagenham North West Dagenham North West Labour Party (UK) W. LegonUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) M. MarleyUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) C. ThorneycroftUDC Unopposed Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Notes References Dagenham Category:Dagenham Borough Council elections Category:History of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham