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.
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: Becontree Heath
Chadwell Heath
Dagenham
By-elections Dagenham The by-election took place on 18 May 1933, following the resignation of Augustus Gibbs.
Chadwell Heath The by-election took place on 22 September 1933, following the resignation of James Tyler. H. Atkinson and Eric Howard were both members of the Chadwell Heath Ratepayer' Association. After H. Atkinson was chosen as the ratepayers' candidate, Eric Howard decided to also stand as an independent candidate.
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