1898 Kesteven County Council election

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

The fourth set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held in March 1898. 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]

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Forty-eight electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888. [5] Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only three divisions.

Results by division

Ancaster

Ancaster [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William AveryNANA

Barrowby

Barrowby [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles G. E. Welby JPNANA

Bassingham

Bassingham [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles C. CurtisNANA

Bennington

Bennington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William HutchinsonNANA

Billingborough

Billingborough [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward SmithNANA

Billinghay

Billinghay [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John CreaseyNANA

Bourne

Bourne and Morton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Measures

Bracebridge

Bracebridge [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh JacksonNANA

Branston

Branston [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal W. S. FoxNANA

Bytham

Bytham [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas WilliamsonNANA

Caythorpe

Caythorpe [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William OxleyNANA

Claypole

Claypole [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George NevileNANA

Colsterworth

Colsterworth [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eli CrabtreeNANA

Corby

Corby [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Conyers Chapman218
Conservative Henry Minta81
Turnout 299

Deeping

Deeping [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William HollandNANA

Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 1 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William BaileyNANA

Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
James Perkins CoultasNANA

Grantham no. 3

Grantham no. 3 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Arthur HutchinsonNANA

Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 4 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Rev. George Benson BowlerNA

Grantham no. 5

Grantham no. 5 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William Long WandNANA

Grantham no. 6

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

Grantham no. 7

Grantham no. 7 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Joshua LincolnNANA

Great Gonerby

Great Gonerby [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas NewtonNANA

Heckington

Heckington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Daniel G. HarrisNANA

Heighington

Heighington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel OglesbyNANA

Helpringham

Helpringham [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James S. BarberNANA

Kyme

Kyme [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative The Earl of WinchelseaNANA

Martin

Martin [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John H. CoppingNANA

Metheringham

Metheringham [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. G. AllenNANA

Morton

Morton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John T. SwiftNANA
Navenby [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew CampbellNANA

Osbournby

Osbournby [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William A. CraggNANA

Ponton

Ponton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert C. NewtonNANA

Rippingale

Rippingale [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Wellesley Dean214
Liberal William Bacon153
Turnout 367

Ropsley

Ropsley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Cecil RudkinNANA

Ruskington

Ruskington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel F. PattinsonNANA

Skellingthorpe

Skellingthorpe [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Captain George E. JarvisNANA

Sleaford East

Sleaford East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Nickolls [nb 1] NANA

Sleaford West

Sleaford West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William B. HarrisNANA

Stamford All Saints

Stamford All Saints [6] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Charles Chapman268
J. Woolston239
Turnout

Stamford St George's

Stamford St George's [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
J. S. LowethMANA

Stamford St Michael's and St John's

Stamford St Michael's and St John's [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Major HartNANA

Stamford St Martin's and St Mary's

Stamford St Martin's and St Mary's [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
G. HiggsNANA

Thurlby

Thurlby [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert PeasgoodNANA

Uffington

Uffington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative The Lord KestevenNANA

Waddington

Waddington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colonel R. G. EllisonNANA

Wellingore

Wellingore [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert N. MoreleyNANA

Wilsford

Wilsford [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Richard M. ColeNANA

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References

Notes

  1. He died aged 75 on 3 February 1901, shortly before the next election. [9]

Citations

  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. 1 2 "Kesteven" . Lincolnshire Free Press. 8 March 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2015 via British Newspaper Library.
  6. 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 "Kesteven County Council" . Grantham Journal. 26 February 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Kesteven" . Lincolnshire Free Press. 1 March 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Kesteven County Council Election" . Grantham Journal. 5 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Obituary" . Nottingham Evening Post. 5 February 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015 via British Newspaper Archive.