The 14th election to Hornchurch Urban District Council took place on 1 April 1939. The election was for 7 of 13 seats on the council. It was the last regular election ahead of the Second World War and there would not be another election until 1946.
In 1939 seven of the seats were up for re-election:
There were no elections in the Harold Wood or Rainham wards. These seats were last contested three years prior at the election in 1936.
Councillors were elected for a three-year term due to end in 1942. However, due to the Second World War, and the provisions of the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1939âÂÂ1944 and the Representation of the People Act 1945, their terms were extended until the 1948 election. Councillors elected in 1937, 1938 and 1939, that were due to go out in 1940, 1941 and 1942, had their terms extended to 1946, 1947 and 1948.
The results were as follows: