1961 Kesteven County Council election

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

Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 15 April 1961. 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

The county was divided into 60 electoral divisions, each of which returned one member. In 1961 there were contests in 7 of these.

Results by division

DivisionCandidate [5] [6] PartyVotesRetiring member?
AncasterT. A. H. ColtmanInd
BassinghamT. W. MawerInd
BenningtonF. WinterInd
BillingboroughMrs C. A. BakerInd
BillinghayB. TomlinsonInd
Bourne no. 1G. A. F. HollowayInd
Bourne no. 2W. M. FriendInd
BracebridgeH. E. HoughLab520
F. L. WandInd483n
BranstonJ. R. WilkinsonInd
BythamJ. H. TurnerInd
CaythorpeH. P. KelwayInd
Claypole F. McCallum Ind
ColsterworthMrs C. L. JacquesInd
CorbyJ. H. LewisInd
CranwellSqn Ldr W. J. BangayIndn
Deeping St JamesC. G. CrowsonInd
DunstonJ. IresonInd
Gonerby and BarrowbyJ. E. SnellLab
Grantham no. 1A. E. BellamyLab452
J. W. O'NeillLib238n
Grantham no. 2W. BevanLab
Grantham no. 3J. W. HarrisonLab
Grantham no. 4J. H. JenningsLab
Grantham no. 5P. NewtonIndn
Grantham no. 6Mrs A. S. MottershawLab
Grantham no. 7A. SyddallInd
Grantham no. 8W. A. GarrattInd
Grantham no. 9G. E. WalthamLab
Grantham no. 10O. P. HudsonCons475n
Mrs H. SmithLab392
HeckingtonJ. Q. M. LongstaffIndn
HelpringhamS. P. KingLab
KymeS. T. Wood
LeadenhamW. ReeveInd
Market DeepingJ. W. CaveInd
MartinH. C. RotheryInd
MetheringhamF. C. TownsendInd
MortonJ. A. GalletlyInd
NavenbyC. E. MarshallInd425n
J. G. RuddockInd152n
North HykehamMrs M. LargeLab1044
S. RoeCons727n
OsbournbyMrs N. RobsonInd252
T. FairchildInd144n
PontonR. W. NewtonInd
RippingaleH. ScarboroughLab
RopsleyW. J. W. CheesmanIndn
RuskingtonE. SkinksLab572n
T. HallCons549n
ScopwickH. Waudby
SkellingthorpeR. C. TurnerInd
Sleaford no. 1C. J. Barnes
Sleaford no. 2W. H. OwenInd
Sleaford no. 3M. W. L. BrownIndn
Stamford no. 1Mrs G. M. BoyfieldLab
Stamford no. 2E. D. IresonIndn
Stamford no. 3J. H. W. TaylorInd
Stamford no. 4Mrs A. FancourtInd
Stamford no. 5Mrs M. I. James [lower-alpha 1] Ind
SwinderbyH. N. NevileInd
ThurlbyG. A. GriffinInd
UffingtonR. BurmanInd
WashingboroughG. E. CappsInd
WelbyA. H. ThoroldInd
WilsfordA. F. S. DeanInd
WoolsthorpeH. H. BrownlowInd

Notes

  1. No nomination was received, so the retiring member was deemed re-elected

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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. "K.C.C. elections – 7 straight fights". Sleaford Standard. 31 March 1961. p. 13.
  6. "Ruskington swing to Labour—but it was a near thing!". Sleaford Standard. 21 April 1961. p. 26.