1901 Kesteven County Council election

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

The fifth set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 7 March 1901. 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

Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed in the election, with contests in only seven of the 48 divisions. No party affiliation is recorded for any of the candidates, except those for Gonerby and Osbournby.

Results by division

Ancaster

Ancaster [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William AveryNANA

Barrowby

Barrowby [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thomas Sherwin Pearson-GregoryNANA

Bassingham

Bassingham [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Charles Constable CurtisNANA

Bennington

Bennington [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William HutchinsonNANA

Billingborough

Billingborough [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Colonel de Burton226
Benjamin Smith153

Billinghay

Billinghay [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John CreaseyNANA

Bourne and Morton

Bourne and Morton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
A. Farr

Bracebridge

Bracebridge [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
T. Skipworth157
S. Wills139

Branston

Branston [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alexander Brodrick Leslie-MelvilleNANA

Bytham

Bytham [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Frederick William WilliamsonNANA

Caythorpe

Caythorpe [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William OxleyNANA

Claypole

Claypole [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
George NevileNANA

Colsterworth

Colsterworth [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Eli CrabtreeNANA

Corby

Corby [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Joseph A. Wilson111
Henry Minta99
Rev. J. W. Layng [nb 1] 51

Deeping

Deeping [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
R. WadeNANA

Gonerby

Gonerby [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George W. Harvey229
Conservative Charles J. E. Parker84

Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 1 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William BaileyNANA

Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
James Perkins CoultasNANA

Grantham no. 3

Grantham no. 3 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Arthur HutchinsonNANA

Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 4 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Rev. George Benson BowlerNANA

Grantham no. 5

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

Grantham no. 6

Grantham no. 6 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John William MartinNANA

Grantham no. 7

Grantham no. 7 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Joshua LincolnNANA

Heckington

Heckington [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Daniel Gorham HarrisNANA

Heighington

Heighington [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Samuel OglesbyNANA

Helpringham

Helpringham [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Joseph Senior BarberNANA

Kyme

Kyme [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
J. W. Palmer
Charles Claydon

N.B. It is not clear from the results reports who won this division.

Martin

Martin [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John Hague CoppingNANA

Metheringham

Metheringham [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Edward Godson AllenNANA

Morton

Morton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John Thomas SwiftNANA
Navenby [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Dr Andrew CampbellNANA

Osbournby

Osbournby [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Captain William Alfred CraggNANA

Ponton

Ponton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Robert Christian NewtonNANA

Rippingale

Rippingale [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Arthur Wellesley DeanNANA

Ropsley

Ropsley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
James Cecil RudkinNANA

Ruskington

Ruskington [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Samuel Francis PattinsonNANA

Skellingthorpe

Skellingthorpe [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Captain George Eden JarvisNANA

Sleaford East

Sleaford East [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
W. H. Spite277
H. A. Peake186

Sleaford West

Sleaford West [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
W. B. Harris298
Charles Attiwell135

Stamford no. 1

Stamford no. 1 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
J. WoolstonNANA

Stamford no. 2

Stamford no. 2 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
J. Seaton LowethNANA

Stamford no. 3

Stamford no. 3 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Major Herbert HartNANA

Stamford no. 4

Stamford no. 4 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
George HiggsNANA

Thurlby

Thurlby [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
W. HayesNANA

Uffington

Uffington [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
The Lord KestevenNANA

Waddington

Waddington [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Hugh JacksonNANA

Wellingore

Wellingore [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Robert Newcombe MoreleyNANA

Wilsford

Wilsford [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Richard Montagu ColeNANA

By-elections

Billinghay, 1901

John Creasey, the sitting councillor of the Billinghay division, died on 30 October 1901. [8] Three candidates emerged to fill the vacancy created by his death: John William Palmer, a merchant; John Edward South, a miller and merchant; and William Ravell, a farmer and auctioneer. [9] The election was held on Friday, 6 December. [9] [10] According to the Grantham Journal, "all parties work[ed] hard for success"; canvassing was carried out in Billinghay and Walcott and Palmer and Ravell addressed voters in both villages in the week before the election. [10]

The results were as follows: [10]

CandidateVotes
William Ravell197
John William Palmer158
John Edward South3

Ravell was therefore returned as the councillor for the division. [10]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Rector of Creeton and Swinstead

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 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 "Kesteven County Council Election" . Grantham Journal. 2 March 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2015– via British Newspaper Archive. and "County Council Nominations: Kesteven" . Lincolnshire Chronicle. 1 March 1901. p. 8. Retrieved 6 June 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "The County Councils: Results of the Polling" . Lincolnshire Echo. 8 March 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Kesteven County Council" . Grantham Journal. 9 March 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Deaths", Stamford Mercury, 1 November 1901, p. 4.
  9. 1 2 "Billingborough", Stamford Mercury, 29 November 1901, p. 6.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Sleaford", Grantham Journal, 7 December 1901, p. 6.
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