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

Heighington^[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

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

Sleaford East

Sleaford East^[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 John Trollope, 2nd Baron 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.
^ ^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.

[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] ^ ^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.

[results9Mar-8] ^ ^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.

[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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