1895 Kesteven County Council election

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The administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England.

The third set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 7 March 1895. Kesteven was one of three divisions of the historic county of Lincolnshire in England; it consisted of the ancient wapentakes (or hundreds) of Aswardhurn, Aveland, Beltisloe, Boothby Graffoe, Flaxwell, Langoe, Loveden, Ness, and Winnibriggs and Threo. [1] The Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county, governed by a Council; [2] elections were held every three years from 1889, until it was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, which established Lincolnshire County Council in its place. [3] [4]

Contents

Forty-six electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888. [5] For the 1892 election, Sleaford and Bourne, which were initially two member divisions, were split, [6] the former into Sleaford East and Sleaford West, the latter into Bourne and Morton. [7] Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only eight divisions. Of these, six involved political parties; the Liberals won four and the Conservatives two.

Results by division

Ancaster

Ancaster [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William AveryNANA

Barrowby

Barrowby [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C. G. E. Welby JPNANA

Bassingham

Bassingham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Charles Constable Curtis JPNANA

Bennington

Bennington [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William HutchinsonNANA

Billingborough

Billingborough [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Captain Edward Smith JPNANA

Billinghay

Billinghay [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John CreaseyNANA

Bourne

Bourne and Morton [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
James Measures258
Thomas Carlton175
Turnout 433

Bracebridge

Bracebridge [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Jackson162
Liberal Charles W. Pennell123
Turnout

Branston

Branston [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
W. S. FoxNANA

Bytham

Bytham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thomas WilliamsonNANA

Caythorpe

Caythorpe [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William OxleyNANA

Claypole

Claypole [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
George Nevile JPNANA

Colsterworth

Colsterworth [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Eli CrabtreeNANA

Corby

Corby [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
The Lord Willoughby de Eresby MPNANA

Deeping

Deeping [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William Holland JPNANA

Gonerby

Gonerby [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thomas NewtonNANA

Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 1 [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Bailey227
Conservative Harry Hall Garton121
Turnout 348

Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2 [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Perkins Coultas189
Liberal George Whitling152
Turnout 341

Grantham no. 3

Grantham no. 3 [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Arthur HutchinsonNANA

Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 4 [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rev. George Benson Bowler204
Conservative Arthur Gompertz Gamble137
Turnout 341

Grantham no. 5

Grantham no. 5 [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William Long WandNANA

Grantham no. 6

Grantham no. 6 [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John William MartinNANA

Grantham no. 7

Grantham no. 7 [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William Brewster HarrisonNANA

Heckington

Heckington [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Daniel G. Harris218
Conservative John William Davy169
Turnout 387

Heighington

Heighington [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Samuel OglesbyNANA

Helpringham

Helpringham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
J. S. BarberNANA

Kyme

Kyme [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
The Earl of Winchelsea NANA

Martin

Martin [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
J. H. CoppingNANA

Metheringham

Metheringham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
W. D. Gilpim-BrownNANA

Morton

Morton [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John Thomas Swift208
Arthur Wellesley Dean159
Turnout
Navenby [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William Henry MortonNANA

Osbournby

Osbournby [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William Alfred CraggNANA

Ponton

Ponton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
R. C. NewtonNANA

Rippingale

Rippingale [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William BaconNANA

Ropsley

Ropsley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
James Cecil RudkinNANA

Ruskington

Ruskington [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Pattinson 256
Conservative John J. Bettinson144
Turnout 400

Skellingthorpe

Skellingthorpe [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
George Eden JarvisNANA

Sleaford East

Sleaford East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
A. L. JessopNANA

Sleaford West

Sleaford West [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William B. Harris243
Conservative John Shaw Lord173
Turnout 416

Stamford no. 1

Stamford no. 1 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Charles ChapmanNANA

Stamford no. 2

Stamford no. 2 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
J. S. LowethMANA

Stamford no. 3

Stamford no. 3 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
H. HartNANA

Stamford no. 4

Stamford no. 4 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Charles HandsonNANA

Thurlby

Thurlby [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
G. A. PeasgoodNANA

Uffington

Uffington [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
The John Trollope, 2nd Baron KestevenNANA

Waddington

Waddington [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Colonel R. G. Ellison JPNANA

Wellingore

Wellingore [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lieutenant-Colonel John ReeveNANA

Wilsford

Wilsford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John Albert ColeNANA

April 1895 by-election

The Council met on 16 March 1895 to elect its chairman and aldermen. The only sitting councillor elected an alderman was W. B. Harrison of Grantham no. 7 division. [9] This triggered a by-election, in which two candidates came forward. The first, Joshua Lincoln, was an alderman on Grantham Municipal Borough Council, while his opponent was Charles Basker, a magistrate and town councillor. [10]

Grantham no. 7 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alderman Joshua Lincoln232
Charles Basker JP93
Turnout 325

References

  1. "Kesteven, Lincolnshire", A Vision of Britain (University of Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. Local Government Act 1888, part ii, section 46.1(a), cf. part v, section 83.10
  3. Local Government Act 1888, part i, section 2, and part vi, section 103
  4. Local Government Act 1972, schedule 1
  5. "Kesteven County Council" . Grantham Journal. 8 December 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "County Council Elections: Kesteven (Lincolnshire)" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 29 February 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 "Kesteven County Council" . Grantham Journal. 2 March 1895. p. 4. Retrieved 28 April 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Kesteven County Council Election" . Grantham Journal. 9 March 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 28 April 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Kesteven County Council" . Grantham Journal. 22 March 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 28 April 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. 1 2 "Kesteven County Council Bye-Election at Grantham" . Grantham Journal. 2 April 1895. p. 4. Retrieved 28 April 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.