The administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England. The third set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 7 March 1895. 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] Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county , governed by a Council;[ 2] Local Government Act 1972 , which established Lincolnshire County Council in its place.[ 3] [ 4]
Forty-six electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Liberals won four and the Conservatives two.
Results by division [ edit ]
Ancaster[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Avery
NA
NA
Barrowby[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
C. G. E. Welby JP
NA
NA
Bassingham[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Charles Constable Curtis JP
NA
NA
Bennington[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Hutchinson
NA
NA
Billingborough[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Captain Edward Smith JP
NA
NA
Billinghay[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
John Creasey
NA
NA
Bourne and Morton[ 7] [ 8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
James Measures
258
Thomas Carlton
175
Turnout
433
Branston[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
W. S. Fox
NA
NA
Bytham[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Thomas Williamson
NA
NA
Caythorpe[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Oxley
NA
NA
Claypole[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
George Nevile JP
NA
NA
Colsterworth[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Eli Crabtree
NA
NA
Deeping[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Holland JP
NA
NA
Gonerby[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Thomas Newton
NA
NA
Grantham no. 3[ 7] [ 8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Arthur Hutchinson
NA
NA
Grantham no. 5[ 7] [ 8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Long Wand
NA
NA
Grantham no. 6[ 7] [ 8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
John William Martin
NA
NA
Grantham no. 7[ 7] [ 8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Brewster Harrison
NA
NA
Heighington[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Samuel Oglesby
NA
NA
Helpringham[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
J. S. Barber
NA
NA
Martin[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
J. H. Copping
NA
NA
Metheringham[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
W. D. Gilpim-Brown
NA
NA
Morton[ 7] [ 8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
John Thomas Swift
208
Arthur Wellesley Dean
159
Turnout
Navenby[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Henry Morton
NA
NA
Osbournby[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Alfred Cragg
NA
NA
Ponton[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
R. C. Newton
NA
NA
Rippingale[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Bacon
NA
NA
Ropsley[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
James Cecil Rudkin
NA
NA
Skellingthorpe[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
George Eden Jarvis
NA
NA
Sleaford East[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
A. L. Jessop
NA
NA
Stamford no. 1[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Charles Chapman
NA
NA
Stamford no. 2[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
J. S. Loweth
MA
NA
Stamford no. 3[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
H. Hart
NA
NA
Stamford no. 4[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Charles Handson
NA
NA
Thurlby[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
G. A. Peasgood
NA
NA
Uffington[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
The John Trollope, 2nd Baron Kesteven
NA
NA
Waddington[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Colonel R. G. Ellison JP
NA
NA
Wellingore[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Lieutenant-Colonel John Reeve
NA
NA
Wilsford[ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
John Albert Cole
NA
NA
April 1895 by-election [ edit ] The Council met on 16 March 1895 to elect its chairman and aldermen . The only sitting councillor elected an alderman was W. B. Harrison of Grantham no. 7 division.[ 9] [ 10]
Grantham no. 7[ 10]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Alderman Joshua Lincoln
232
Charles Basker JP
93
Turnout
325
N.B. Two ballot papers were spoilt.
^ "Kesteven, Lincolnshire" , A Vision of Britain (University of Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 April 2015.^ Local Government Act 1888, part ii, section 46.1(a) , cf. part v, section 83.10
^ Local Government Act 1888, part i, section 2 , and part vi, section 103
^ Local Government Act 1972, schedule 1
^ "Kesteven County Council" Grantham Journal . 8 December 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.^ "County Council Elections: Kesteven (Lincolnshire)" Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 29 February 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw "Kesteven County Council" Grantham Journal . 2 March 1895. p. 4. Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Kesteven County Council Election" Grantham Journal . 9 March 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.^ "Kesteven County Council" Grantham Journal . 22 March 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.^ a b "Kesteven County Council Bye-Election at Grantham" Grantham Journal . 2 April 1895. p. 4. Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
