1949 Kesteven County Council election

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Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 9 April 1949. [1] 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. [2] The Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county, governed by a Council; [3] 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. [4] [5]

Contents

For the 1949 election, the county was divided into sixty wards, ten of which accounted for the town of Grantham, five for Stamford, three for Sleaford and two for Bourne. Every seat in Grantham was contested, but all of the nominated candidates for the towns of Bourne, Sleaford and Stamford were returned unopposed. The majority of the councillors returned were independents.

Results

Ancaster

Ancaster [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Robert G. SimpsonNANA

Bassingham

Bassingham [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
W. H. G. Battersby597
Labour J. Collins159

Bennington

Bennington [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Frederick WinterNANA

Billingborough

Billingborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Arthur WilsonNANA

Billinghay

Billinghay [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Edgar GilbertNANA

Bourne no. 1

Bourne no. 1 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Rev. W. J. Rees

Bourne no. 2

Bourne no. 2 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Robert A. Collins

Bracebridge

Bracebridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 ? ? ?
Turnout

Branston

Branston [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
W. E. Young
J. R. Wilkinson

Bytham

Brytham [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John H. TurnerNANA

Caythorpe

Caythorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John W. OxbyNANA

Claypole

Claypole [1] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John W. Milner452
A. Musson133

Colsterworth

Colsterworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
James Duke HindNANA

Corby

Corby [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Kenneth King

Cranwell

Cranwell [7] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John Edwin Mountain492
Samuel Edward Bainbridge Pattinson151

Deeping St James

Deeping St James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 ? ? ?

Dunston

Dunston [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John IresonNANA

Gonerby and Barrowby

Gonerby and Barrowby [1] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Harry Kelham Scrimshaw336
Labour John Edward Snell232

Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 1 [7] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Montague Ogden347
Independent Arthur Syddall309
Turnout

Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2 [7] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. E. F. Bullimore525
Independent James E. Young335

Grantham no. 3

Grantham no. 3 [7] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John W. Harrison472
Conservative John C. Barry Thompson395
Turnout

Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 4 [7] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Griffin533
Labour John Leslie Foweather519
Turnout

Grantham no. 5

Grantham no. 5 [7] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mrs Jessie E. W. Browse602
Labour Wilfred A. Ogden398
Turnout

Grantham no. 6

Grantham no. 6 [7] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Frederick L. Preston329
Labour Charles F. Robinson288
Turnout

Grantham no. 7

Grantham no. 7 [7] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Albert E. E. Cooper426
Labour Frederick G. Atwood272
Turnout

Grantham no. 8

Grantham no. 8 [7] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs Dorothy Shipman400
Labour Daniel Hadley Horrigan173
Turnout

Grantham no. 9

Grantham no. 9 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mrs Veronica M. F. Webster799
Labour Reginald Charles Moore715
Turnout

Grantham no. 10

Grantham no. 10 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs Louise Marion Ward445
Labour George Ernest Waltham264
Turnout

Heckington

Heckington [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John Henry Brighton
George Henry Dunmore

Helpringham

Helpringham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 ? ? ?

Kyme

Kyme [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Carl John WillowsNANA

Leadenham

Leadenham [7] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Captain Henry William Newman FaneNANA

Market Deeping

Market Deeping
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 ? ? ?

Martin

Martin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 ? ? ?

Metheringham

Metheringham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Frank Cooling TownsendNANA

Morton

Morton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Rev. C. Letts
Navenby [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Rev. Donald Edward GriffinNANA

North Hykeham

North Hykeham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 ? ? ?

Osbournby

Osbournby [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
H. H. MorrisNANA

Ponton

Ponton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Capt. Sir Hugh Cholmeley BtNANA

N.B. Nomination papers were also received for John A. Widdowson, but were deemed invalid. [1]

Rippingale

Rippingale [1] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John Harold Emerson240
Archibald W. Sharman192
Arthur Hoyes165

Ropsley

Ropsley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
James F. DoddsNANA

Ruskington

Ruskington [1] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Arthur James Hossack753
Benjamin Ebenezer Brighton343

Scopwick

Scopwick [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Kenneth Charles IrvingNANA

Skellingthorpe

Skillingthorpe [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Richard Clement TurnerNANA

Sleaford no. 1

Sleaford no. 1 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Edgar Wilfred ElmoreNANA

Sleaford no. 2

Sleaford no. 2 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Herbert Hutchinson BrownNANA

Sleaford no. 3

Sleaford no. 3 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William MiddletonNANA

Stamford no. 1

Stamford no. 1 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ernest IresonNANA

Stamford no. 2

Stamford no. 2 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Harry SkellsNANA

Stamford no. 3

Stamford no. 3 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Canon John Duncan DayNANA

Stamford no. 4

Stamford no. 4 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Percy Keech BanksNANA

Stamford no. 5

Stamford no. 5 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Albert Edward Millett

Swinderby

Stamford no. 5 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Percy William Spray

Thurlby

Thurlby [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thomas G. HolmesNANA

Uffington

Uffington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 ? ? ?

Washingborough

Washingborough [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
George Henry ApplewhiteNANA

Welby

Welby [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Brigadier-General R. L. Adlercron NANA

Wilsford

Wilsford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lieutenant-Commander John Cracroft-Amcotts NANA

Woolsthorpe

Woolsthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
FitzHerbert Wright

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