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1895 Kesteven County Council election

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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] 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]

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

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Ancaster

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

Barrowby

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

Bassingham

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

Bennington

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

Billingborough

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

Billinghay

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

Bourne

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

Bracebridge

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

Branston

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

Bytham

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

Caythorpe

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

Claypole

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

Colsterworth

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

Corby

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

Deeping

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

Gonerby

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

Grantham no. 1

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

Grantham no. 2

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

Grantham no. 3

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

Grantham no. 4

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

Grantham no. 5

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

Grantham no. 6

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

Grantham no. 7

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

Heckington

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

Heighington

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

Helpringham

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

Kyme

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

Martin

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

Metheringham

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

Morton

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Morton[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
John Thomas Swift 208
Arthur Wellesley Dean 159
Turnout
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Navenby[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
William Henry Morton NA NA

Osbournby

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

Ponton

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

Rippingale

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

Ropsley

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

Ruskington

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

Skellingthorpe

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

Sleaford East

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

Sleaford West

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

Stamford no. 1

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

Stamford no. 2

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

Stamford no. 3

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

Stamford no. 4

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

Thurlby

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

Uffington

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Uffington[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
The John Trollope, 2nd Baron Kesteven NA NA

Waddington

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

Wellingore

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

Wilsford

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

April 1895 by-election

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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

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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.
  6. ^ "County Council Elections: Kesteven (Lincolnshire)". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 29 February 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  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.
  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.
  10. ^ a b "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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