1955 Kesteven County Council election

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Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 2 April 1955. 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 Council was divided into 60 electoral divisions. 45 independents and 15 Labour candidates were returned in the 1955 elections. [5]

Results by division

The following were the results of the election held on 2 April 1955: [5] [6] [7]

Division Candidate [5] Party Votes Retiring member?
Ancaster Robert William Chadburn Ind r
Bassingham

W. D. G. Battersby

r
Bennington Christopher Ullyatt Lab
Billingborough The Rev. Leslie Ronald Swingler [8] Ind r
Billinghay Bertie Tomlinson Ind
Bourne no. 1

H. L. Hudson

r
Bourne no. 2

Dr G. A. F. Holloway [9]

Bracebridge Herbert Edward Hough Lab 453
Alice Rooke Ind 416 r
Branston W. E. Youngr
Bytham J. H. Turner [8] r
Caythorpe John William Oxby Ind 443 r
Mrs Dorothy Lily Pamblett Ind 203
Claypole Brig. F. McCallum [8] r
Colsterworth Charles Bulstridge Bailey Ind 327 r
Constance Lily Jacques Ind 226
Gordon Suter Lab 100
Corby

J. H. Lewis

r
Cranwell John Edwin Mountain Ind r
Deeping St James J. J. L. MacKirdy
Dunston

J. Ireson

r
Gonerby and Barrowby Philip Newton Ind 371
John Edward Snell Lab 335 r
Grantham no. 1 A. E. BellamyLabr
Grantham no. 2 W. BevanLabr
Grantham no. 3 J. W. HarrisonLabr
Grantham no. 4 K. H. JenningsLabr
Grantham no. 5 J. W. Browse
Grantham no. 6 Mrs A. S. ChantryLabr
Grantham no. 7 Arthur Syddall Ind 440 r
George Ernest Waltham Lab 222
Grantham no. 8 Mrs D. Shipmanr
Grantham no. 9 M. W. PattersonLabr
Grantham no. 10 Cyril Welbourne [10] Lab
Heckington George Henry Dunmore [11] Ind r
Helpringham Sydney Percy King Lab r
Kyme Ernest Leonard Lamyman [12] Ind r
Leadenham Col. William Reeve Ind
Market Deeping F. R. Wader
Martin J. F. Vickersr
Metheringham Frederick Cooling Townsend Ind 439 r
Frederick Archie Burgon Lab 332
Morton Jack Manton Lab 311
Alan Shaw Ind 265 r
Navenby Richard Baden Naylor Ind r
North Hykeham Sydney Roe Ind 567 r
Frederick Albert Baker Lab 401
Osbournby Mrs Nellie Robson Ind r
Ponton Lt-Col. R. W. Newton [8] r
Rippingale Harold Scarborough Lab 304
John Alexander Galletly Ind 278
Ropsley Mrs J. P. Dixon [8] r
Ruskington Benjamin Ebenezer Brighton Ind r
Scopwick Horace Waudby Ind r
Skellingthorpe R. C. Turnerr
Sleaford no. 1 Edgar Wilfred Elmore Ind r
Sleaford no. 2 Cecil John Barnes Ind 502 r
John Mathieson Klingberg Lab 458
Sleaford no. 3 William Middleton Ind r
Stamford no. 1 Mrs G. M. Boyfieldr
Stamford no. 2 William Arthur James Darnes Lab 459
Harry Skells Ind 173 r
Stamford no. 3 J. H. W. Taylorr
Stamford no. 4 P. K. Banksr
Stamford no. 5 A. T. West [13]

Lab

Swinderby P. W. Sprayr
Thurlby G. A. Griffinr
Uffington The Rev. R. Burman
Washingborough H. A. Lillie [14]
Welby Herbert Vian Clark Ind 426
Reginald Edgar Burnett Lab 260
Wilsford Henry Pryor Kelway Ind
Woolsthorpe FitzHerbert Wright [8] r

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Notes

    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 "Labour gains seats on County Council". Sleaford Gazette. 8 April 1955. p. 2.
    6. ↑ "Only One County Council Election Fight in Grantham". Grantham Journal. 18 March 1955. pp. 1, 4.
    7. ↑ "No Tories Nominated in Kesteven". Nottingham Guardian . 18 March 1955. p. 7.
    8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The nomination was invalid, but as he was the retiring member and no other candidates came forward, he was re-elected automatically.
    9. ↑ The retiring member, R. A. Collins, did not seek re-election
    10. ↑ The retiring member, C. J. Redmile, did not seek re-election
    11. ↑ No nominations were received, so Dunmore was re-elected as the retiring member.
    12. ↑ No nominations were received, so Lamyman was re-elected as the retiring member.
    13. ↑ The previous councillor, A. E. Millett, had been elected an alderman
    14. ↑ The seat was vacant.
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