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1927 Hornchurch Urban District Council election
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 in April 1927. The election was for 6 of 13 seats on the council. The election increased the majority of the Ratepayers' Association on the council.
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)
Hornchurch Village, 2 seats (out of 4)
North West Hornchurch, 1 seat (out of 5)
South Hornchurch, 2 seats (out of 2)
The results were as follows:[ 1]
Stanton and Pratt each received 143 votes and resolved the election by spinning a coin.
^ "Urban Councils". Essex Chronicle . 8 April 1927.