1933 Dagenham Urban District Council election

1933 UK local government election 1933 Dagenham Urban District Council election Parliamentary 1933 04 01 y 1932 Dagenham Urban District Council election 1932 1934 Dagenham Urban District Council election 1934 7 of 23 seats to the Dagenham Urban District Council 12 LAB Labour Party (UK) 6 17 17 RA Ratepayers' Association 1 7 7 Majority party Majority party after election Labour Labour The eighth election to Dagenham Urban District Council took place on 1 April 1933. The ratepayers' associations put forward a full slate of candidates for the second year in a row, but made no gains. The new People's Party was set up by Augustus Gibbs, who had previously been a Labour Party member, but was unable to gain any seats. Gibbs resigned from the council after the election, which triggered a by-election in the Dagenham ward in May. Another by-election took place in Chadwell Heath ward in September, following the resignation of James Tyler. Background In 1933 seven of the seats were up for re-election: Becontree Heath, 3 seats (out of 8) Chadwell Heath, 1 seat (out of 5) Dagenham, 3 seats (out of 10) The seats were last contested three years prior at the election in 1930. Nominations closed on 18 March 1933 and polling took place on 1 April 1933.Dagenham Elections Eastern Counties Times 9 March 1933 14 As at the election the previous year, the ratepayers' associations for the three wards put forward a full slate of candidates. Augustus Gibbs, elected in 1932 as a Labour Party candidate, had broken away from the Labour group on the council to form the new People's Party and stood candidates in this election. The residents association in Becontree Heath ward—the Manor Farm Residents' Association—put forward a candidate. Results The results were as follows:Dagenham Elections Eastern Counties Times 6 April 1933 6Dagenham Election Eastern Counties Times 23 March 1933 7 Becontree Heath Becontree Heath Labour Party (UK) William LangloisWilliam Langlois was previously elected for a three-year term in 1930. 1,302 Labour Party (UK) Herbert Lyons 1,280 Labour Party (UK) Samuel Brighton 1,266 Ratepayers' Association Pamela Fisher 836 Ratepayers' Association George Peters 309 Ratepayers' Association Charles Townley-Fullam 294 Communist Party of Great Britain James Lambert 165 Communist Party of Great Britain Frank Hembrow 133 Communist Party of Great Britain Edward Clarke 120 People's Party Frederick Richardson 76 Residents Association Albert GrennAlbert Grenn stood for the Manor Farm Residents' Association 18 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Chadwell Heath Chadwell Heath Ratepayers' Association Henry Dyer 799 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Harper 214 Ratepayers' Association Dagenham Dagenham Labour Party (UK) John Preston 1,418 Labour Party (UK) Mary RothwellMary Rothwell was previously elected for a three-year term in 1930. 1,397 Labour Party (UK) Alfred RogersAlfred Rogers was previously elected for a three-year term in 1930. 1,368 Ratepayers' Association James Lamb 760 Ratepayers' Association George Coppen 718 Ratepayers' Association Robert Ward 601 Communist Party of Great Britain William Bolton 219 Communist Party of Great Britain Laurence Fawbert 168 Communist Party of Great Britain James Scanlan 161 People's Party M. Gibbs 265 People's Party Arthur Young 163 People's Party Charles Smith 144 Independent D. Hudson 39 Independent Philip Janson 37 Independent George Tate 26 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) By-elections Dagenham The by-election took place on 18 May 1933, following the resignation of Augustus Gibbs.Dagenham by-election Eastern Counties Times 18 May 1933 9Labour retains seat at Dagenham Eastern Counties Times 25 May 1933 15Dagenham by-election Eastern Counties Times 11 May 1933 15 1933 Dagenham ward by-election Labour Party (UK) Reginald Minchin 715 Ratepayers' Association James Lamb 599 Communist Party of Great Britain James Scanlan 106 20,397 Labour Party (UK) Chadwell Heath The by-election took place on 22 September 1933, following the resignation of James Tyler.By-election at Dagenham Eastern Counties Times 28 September 1933 10 H. Atkinson and Eric Howard were both members of the Chadwell Heath Ratepayer' Association.Another candidate Eastern Counties Times 21 September 1933 16 After H. Atkinson was chosen as the ratepayers' candidate, Eric Howard decided to also stand as an independent candidate.Aspersions follow by-election Eastern Counties Times 5 October 1933 7 1933 Chadwell Heath ward by-election Ratepayers' Association H. Atkinson 779 Independent Eric Howard 310 Labour Party (UK) A. Chorley 171 Ratepayers' Association Notes References Dagenham Category:Dagenham Urban District Council elections Category:History of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham