The administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England. The fourth set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held in March 1898. 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-eight electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888.[5] Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only three divisions.
Results by division Ancaster Ancaster[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Avery NA NA
Barrowby Barrowby[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Charles G. E. Welby JP NA NA
Bassingham Bassingham[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Charles C. Curtis NA NA
Bennington Bennington[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Hutchinson NA NA
Billingborough Billingborough[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Edward Smith NA NA
Billinghay Billinghay[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Creasey NA NA
Bourne and Morton Bourne and Morton[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative James Measures
Bracebridge Bracebridge[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Hugh Jackson NA NA
Branston Branston[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal W. S. Fox NA NA
Bytham Bytham[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Thomas Williamson NA NA
Caythorpe Caythorpe[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% William Oxley NA NA
Claypole Claypole[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative George Nevile NA NA
Colsterworth Colsterworth[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Eli Crabtree NA NA
Corby Corby[7] [8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Conyers Chapman 218 Conservative Henry Minta 81 Turnout 299
Deeping Deeping[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Holland NA NA
Grantham no. 1 Grantham no. 1[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% William Bailey NA NA
Grantham no. 2 Grantham no. 2[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% James Perkins Coultas NA NA
Grantham no. 3 Grantham no. 3[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Arthur Hutchinson NA NA
Grantham no. 4 Grantham no. 4[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Rev. George Benson Bowler NA
Grantham no. 5 Grantham no. 5[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% William Long Wand NA NA
Grantham no. 6 Grantham no. 6[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% John William Martin NA NA
Grantham no. 7 Grantham no. 7[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Joshua Lincoln NA NA
Great Gonerby Gonerby[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Thomas Newton NA NA
Heckington Heckington[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Daniel G. Harris NA NA
Heighington Heckington[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Samuel Oglesby NA NA
Helpringham Helpringham[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative James S. Barber NA NA
Kyme Kyme[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative The Earl of Winchelsea NA NA
Martin Martin[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John H. Copping NA NA
Metheringham Metheringham[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative E. G. Allen NA NA
Morton Morton[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal John T. Swift NA NA
Navenby Navenby[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Andrew Campbell NA NA
Osbournby Osbournby[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William A. Cragg NA NA
Ponton Ponton[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert C. Newton NA NA
Rippingale Rippingale[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Arthur Wellesley Dean 214 Liberal William Bacon 153 Turnout 367
Ropsley Ropsley[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative J. Cecil Rudkin NA NA
Ruskington Ruskington[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Samuel F. Pattinson NA NA
Skellingthorpe Skellingthorpe[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Captain George E. Jarvis NA NA
Sleaford East Sleaford West[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Nickolls[nb 1] NA NA
Sleaford West Sleaford West[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal William B. Harris NA NA
Stamford All Saints Stamford All Saints[6] [5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Charles Chapman 268 J. Woolston 239 Turnout 507
Stamford St George's Stamford St George's[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% J. S. Loweth NA NA
Stamford St Michael's and St John's Stamford St Michael's and St John's[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Major Hart NA NA
Stamford St Martin's and St Mary's Stamford St Martin's and St Mary's[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% G. Higgs NA NA
Thurlby Thurlby[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Robert Peasgood NA NA
Uffington Uffington[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative The Lord Kesteven NA NA
Waddington Waddington[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Colonel R. G. Ellison NA NA
Wellingore Wellingore[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert N. Moreley NA NA
Wilsford Wilsford[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Richard M. Cole NA NA
References Notes ^ He died aged 75 on 3 February 1901, shortly before the next election.[9] Citations ^ "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 ^ a b "Kesteven" . Lincolnshire Free Press . 8 March 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Library. ^ 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 "Kesteven County Council" . Grantham Journal . 26 February 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. ^ "Kesteven" . Lincolnshire Free Press . 1 March 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. ^ "Kesteven County Council Election" . Grantham Journal . 5 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. ^ "Obituary" . Nottingham Evening Post . 5 February 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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