1895 Kesteven County Council election

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] 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]

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

Forty-six electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888.[5] For the 1892 election, Sleaford and Bourne, which were initially two member divisions, were split,[6] the former into Sleaford East and Sleaford West, the latter into Bourne and Morton.[7] Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only eight divisions. Of these, six involved political parties; the Liberals won four and the Conservatives two.

Results by division

Ancaster

Ancaster[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Avery	NA	NA

Barrowby

Barrowby[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		C. G. E. Welby JP	NA	NA

Bassingham

Bassingham[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Constable Curtis JP	NA	NA

Bennington

Bennington[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Hutchinson	NA	NA

Billingborough

Billingborough[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Captain Edward Smith JP	NA	NA

Billinghay

Billinghay[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Creasey	NA	NA

Bourne

Bourne and Morton[7][8]
Party	Candidate	Votes
	James Measures	258
	Thomas Carlton	175
Turnout		433

Bracebridge

Bracebridge[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hugh Jackson	162
	Liberal	Charles W. Pennell	123
Turnout

Branston

Branston[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. S. Fox	NA	NA

Bytham

Bytham[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Williamson	NA	NA

Caythorpe

Caythorpe[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Oxley	NA	NA

Claypole

Claypole[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Nevile JP	NA	NA

Colsterworth

Colsterworth[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Eli Crabtree	NA	NA

Corby

Corby[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		The Lord Willoughby de Eresby MP	NA	NA

Deeping

Deeping[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Holland JP	NA	NA

Gonerby

Gonerby[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Newton	NA	NA

Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 1[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Bailey	227
	Conservative	Harry Hall Garton	121
Turnout			348

Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Perkins Coultas	189
	Liberal	George Whitling	152
Turnout			341

Grantham no. 3

Grantham no. 3[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Hutchinson	NA	NA

Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 4[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rev. George Benson Bowler	204
	Conservative	Arthur Gompertz Gamble	137
Turnout			341

Grantham no. 5

Grantham no. 5[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Long Wand	NA	NA

Grantham no. 6

Grantham no. 6[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John William Martin	NA	NA

Grantham no. 7

Grantham no. 7[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Brewster Harrison	NA	NA

Heckington

Heckington[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel G. Harris	218
	Conservative	John William Davy	169
Turnout			387

Heighington

Heckington[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Oglesby	NA	NA

Helpringham

Helpringham[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. S. Barber	NA	NA

Kyme

Kyme[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		The Earl of Winchelsea	NA	NA

Martin

Martin[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. H. Copping	NA	NA

Metheringham

Metheringham[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. D. Gilpim-Brown	NA	NA

Morton

Morton[7][8]
Party	Candidate	Votes
	John Thomas Swift	208
	Arthur Wellesley Dean	159
Turnout

Navenby

Navenby[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Henry Morton	NA	NA

Osbournby

Osbournby[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Alfred Cragg	NA	NA

Ponton

Ponton[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		R. C. Newton	NA	NA

Rippingale

Rippingale[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Bacon	NA	NA

Ropsley

Ropsley[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Cecil Rudkin	NA	NA

Ruskington

Ruskington[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Pattinson	256
	Conservative	John J. Bettinson	144
Turnout			400

Skellingthorpe

Skillingthorpe[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Eden Jarvis	NA	NA

Sleaford East

Sleaford West[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		A. L. Jessop	NA	NA

Sleaford West

Sleaford West[8][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William B. Harris	243
	Conservative	John Shaw Lord	173
Turnout			416

Stamford no. 1

Stamford no. 1[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Chapman	NA	NA

Stamford no. 2

Stamford no. 2[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. S. Loweth	MA	NA

Stamford no. 3

Stamford no. 3[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		H. Hart	NA	NA

Stamford no. 4

Stamford no. 4[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Handson	NA	NA

Thurlby

Thurlby[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		G. A. Peasgood	NA	NA

Uffington

Uffington[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		The Lord Kesteven	NA	NA

Waddington

Waddington[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Colonel R. G. Ellison JP	NA	NA

Wellingore

Wellingore[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lieutenant-Colonel John Reeve	NA	NA

Wilsford

Wilsford[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Albert Cole	NA	NA

April 1895 by-election

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] This triggered a by-election, in which two candidates came forward. The first, Joshua Lincoln, was an alderman on Grantham Municipal Borough Council, while his opponent was Charles Basker, a magistrate and town councillor.[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.

References

"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.
"Kesteven County Council". Grantham Journal. 2 March 1895. p. 4. Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"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.
"Kesteven County Council Bye-Election at Grantham". Grantham Journal. 2 April 1895. p. 4. Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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[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] "Kesteven County Council". Grantham Journal. 8 December 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[noms1892-6] "County Council Elections: Kesteven (Lincolnshire)". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 29 February 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[results-le-7] "Kesteven County Council". Grantham Journal. 2 March 1895. p. 4. Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[results9Mar-8] "Kesteven County Council Election". Grantham Journal. 9 March 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "Kesteven County Council". Grantham Journal. 22 March 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[by-election-10] "Kesteven County Council Bye-Election at Grantham". Grantham Journal. 2 April 1895. p. 4. Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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