1901 Kesteven County Council election

The fifth set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 7 March 1901. 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.

Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed in the election, with contests in only seven of the 48 divisions. No party affiliation is recorded for any of the candidates, except those for Gonerby and Osbournby.

Results by division

Ancaster

Ancaster^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Avery	NA	NA

Barrowby

Barrowby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Sherwin Pearson-Gregory	NA	NA

Bassingham

Bassingham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Constable Curtis	NA	NA

Bennington

Bennington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Hutchinson	NA	NA

Billingborough

Billingborough^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Colonel de Burton	226
		Benjamin Smith	153

Billinghay

Billinghay^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Creasey	NA	NA

Bourne and Morton

Bourne and Morton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		A. Farr

Bracebridge

Bracebridge^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		T. Skipworth	157
		S. Wills	139

Branston

Branston^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alexander Brodrick Leslie-Melville	NA	NA

Bytham

Bytham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick William Williamson	NA	NA

Caythorpe

Caythorpe^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Oxley	NA	NA

Claypole

Claypole^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Nevile	NA	NA

Colsterworth

Colsterworth^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Eli Crabtree	NA	NA

Corby

Corby^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph A. Wilson	111
		Henry Minta	99
		Rev. J. W. Layng^{[nb 1]}	51

Deeping

Deeping^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		R. Wade	NA	NA

Gonerby

Gonerby^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George W. Harvey	229
	Conservative	Charles J. E. Parker	84

Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 1^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Bailey	NA	NA

Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Perkins Coultas	NA	NA

Grantham no. 3

Grantham no. 3^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Hutchinson	NA	NA

Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 4^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rev. George Benson Bowler	NA	NA

Grantham no. 5

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

Grantham no. 6

Grantham no. 6^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John William Martin	NA	NA

Grantham no. 7

Grantham no. 7^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joshua Lincoln	NA	NA

Heckington

Heckington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Daniel Gorham Harris	NA	NA

Heighington

Heighington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Oglesby	NA	NA

Helpringham

Helpringham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Senior Barber	NA	NA

Kyme

Kyme^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. W. Palmer
		Charles Claydon

N.B. It is not clear from the results reports who won this division.

Martin

Martin^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Hague Copping	NA	NA

Metheringham

Metheringham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Godson Allen	NA	NA

Morton

Morton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Thomas Swift	NA	NA

Navenby

Navenby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Dr Andrew Campbell	NA	NA

Osbournby

Osbournby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Captain William Alfred Cragg	NA	NA

Ponton

Ponton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Christian Newton	NA	NA

Rippingale

Rippingale^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Wellesley Dean	NA	NA

Ropsley

Ropsley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Cecil Rudkin	NA	NA

Ruskington

Ruskington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Francis Pattinson	NA	NA

Skellingthorpe

Skellingthorpe^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Captain George Eden Jarvis	NA	NA

Sleaford East

Sleaford East^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. H. Spite	277
		H. A. Peake	186

Sleaford West

Sleaford West^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. B. Harris	298
		Charles Attiwell	135

Stamford no. 1

Stamford no. 1^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. Woolston	NA	NA

Stamford no. 2

Stamford no. 2^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. Seaton Loweth	NA	NA

Stamford no. 3

Stamford no. 3^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Major Herbert Hart	NA	NA

Stamford no. 4

Stamford no. 4^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Higgs	NA	NA

Thurlby

Thurlby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. Hayes	NA	NA

Uffington

Uffington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		The Lord Kesteven	NA	NA

Waddington

Waddington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hugh Jackson	NA	NA

Wellingore

Wellingore^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Newcombe Moreley	NA	NA

Wilsford

Wilsford^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Montagu Cole	NA	NA

By-elections

Billinghay, 1901

John Creasey, the sitting councillor of the Billinghay division, died on 30 October 1901.^[8] Three candidates emerged to fill the vacancy created by his death: John William Palmer, a merchant; John Edward South, a miller and merchant; and William Ravell, a farmer and auctioneer.^[9] The election was held on Friday, 6 December.^[9]^[10] According to the Grantham Journal, "all parties work[ed] hard for success"; canvassing was carried out in Billinghay and Walcott and Palmer and Ravell addressed voters in both villages in the week before the election.^[10]

The results were as follows:^[10]


Candidate	Votes
William Ravell	197
John William Palmer	158
John Edward South	3

Ravell was therefore returned as the councillor for the division.^[10]

References

Notes

^ Rector of Creeton and Swinstead

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 ^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 "Kesteven County Council Election". Grantham Journal. 2 March 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. and "County Council Nominations: Kesteven". Lincolnshire Chronicle. 1 March 1901. p. 8. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "The County Councils: Results of the Polling". Lincolnshire Echo. 8 March 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Kesteven County Council". Grantham Journal. 9 March 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Deaths", Stamford Mercury, 1 November 1901, p. 4.
^ ^a ^b "Billingborough", Stamford Mercury, 29 November 1901, p. 6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sleaford", Grantham Journal, 7 December 1901, p. 6.

[8] Rector of Creeton and Swinstead

[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

[results-le-5] ^ ^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 "Kesteven County Council Election". Grantham Journal. 2 March 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. and "County Council Nominations: Kesteven". Lincolnshire Chronicle. 1 March 1901. p. 8. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[results1-6] "The County Councils: Results of the Polling". Lincolnshire Echo. 8 March 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[results2-7] "Kesteven County Council". Grantham Journal. 9 March 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "Deaths", Stamford Mercury, 1 November 1901, p. 4.

[:0-10] "Billingborough", Stamford Mercury, 29 November 1901, p. 6.

[:1-11] "Sleaford", Grantham Journal, 7 December 1901, p. 6.

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