1949 Kesteven County Council election

Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 9 April 1949.[1] 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.[2] The Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county, governed by a Council;[3] 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.[4][5]

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

For the 1949 election, the county was divided into sixty wards, ten of which accounted for the town of Grantham, five for Stamford, three for Sleaford and two for Bourne. Every seat in Grantham was contested, but all of the nominated candidates for the towns of Bourne, Sleaford and Stamford were returned unopposed. The majority of the councillors returned were independents.

Results

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Ancaster

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Ancaster[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Robert G. Simpson NA NA

Bassingham

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Bassingham[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
W. H. G. Battersby 597
Labour J. Collins 159

Bennington

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Bennington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Frederick Winter NA NA

Billingborough

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Billingborough[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Arthur Wilson NA NA

Billinghay

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Billinghay[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Edgar Gilbert NA NA

Bourne no. 1

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Bourne no. 1[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Rev. W. J. Rees

Bourne no. 2

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Bourne no. 2[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Robert A. Collins

Bracebridge

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Bracebridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
? ? ?
Turnout

Branston

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Branston[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
W. E. Young
J. R. Wilkinson

Bytham

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Brytham[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
John H. Turner NA NA

Caythorpe

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Caythorpe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
John W. Oxby NA NA

Claypole

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Claypole[1][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
John W. Milner 452
A. Musson 133

Colsterworth

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Colsterworth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
James Duke Hind NA NA

Corby

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Corby[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Kenneth King

Cranwell

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Cranwell[7][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
John Edwin Mountain 492
Samuel Edward Bainbridge Pattinson 151

Deeping St James

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Deeping St James
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
? ? ?

Dunston

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Dunston[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
John Ireson NA NA

Gonerby and Barrowby

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Gonerby and Barrowby[1][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Harry Kelham Scrimshaw 336
Labour John Edward Snell 232

Grantham no. 1

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Grantham no. 1[7][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Montague Ogden 347
Independent Arthur Syddall 309
Turnout

Grantham no. 2

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Grantham no. 2[7][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs. E. F. Bullimore 525
Independent James E. Young 335

Grantham no. 3

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Grantham no. 3[7][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John W. Harrison 472
Conservative John C. Barry Thompson 395
Turnout

Grantham no. 4

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Grantham no. 4[7][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Griffin 533
Labour John Leslie Foweather 519
Turnout

Grantham no. 5

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Grantham no. 5[7][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mrs Jessie E. W. Browse 602
Labour Wilfred A. Ogden 398
Turnout

Grantham no. 6

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Grantham no. 6[7][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Frederick L. Preston 329
Labour Charles F. Robinson 288
Turnout

Grantham no. 7

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Grantham no. 7[7][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Albert E. E. Cooper 426
Labour Frederick G. Atwood 272
Turnout

Grantham no. 8

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Grantham no. 8[7][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mrs Dorothy Shipman 400
Labour Daniel Hadley Horrigan 173
Turnout

Grantham no. 9

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Grantham no. 9[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mrs Veronica M. F. Webster 799
Labour Reginald Charles Moore 715
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Grantham no. 10

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Grantham no. 10[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mrs Louise Marion Ward 445
Labour George Ernest Waltham 264
Turnout

Heckington

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Heckington[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
John Henry Brighton
George Henry Dunmore

Helpringham

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Helpringham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
? ? ?

Kyme

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Kyme[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Carl John Willows NA NA

Leadenham

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Leadenham[7][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Captain Henry William Newman Fane NA NA

Market Deeping

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Market Deeping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
? ? ?

Martin

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Martin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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Metheringham

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Metheringham[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Frank Cooling Townsend NA NA

Morton

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Morton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Rev. C. Letts
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Navenby[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Rev. Donald Edward Griffin NA NA

North Hykeham

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North Hykeham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
? ? ?

Osbournby

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Osbournby[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
H. H. Morris NA NA

Ponton

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Ponton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Capt. Sir Hugh Cholmeley Bt NA NA

N.B. Nomination papers were also received for John A. Widdowson, but were deemed invalid.[1]

Rippingale

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Rippingale[1][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
John Harold Emerson 240
Archibald W. Sharman 192
Arthur Hoyes 165

Ropsley

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Ropsley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
James F. Dodds NA NA

Ruskington

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Ruskington[1][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Arthur James Hossack 753
Benjamin Ebenezer Brighton 343

Scopwick

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Scopwick[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Kenneth Charles Irving NA NA

Skellingthorpe

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Skellingthorpe[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Richard Clement Turner NA NA

Sleaford no. 1

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Sleaford no. 1[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Edgar Wilfred Elmore NA NA

Sleaford no. 2

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Sleaford no. 2[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Herbert Hutchinson Brown NA NA

Sleaford no. 3

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Sleaford no. 3[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
William Middleton NA NA

Stamford no. 1

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Stamford no. 1[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ernest Ireson NA NA

Stamford no. 2

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Stamford no. 2[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Harry Skells NA NA

Stamford no. 3

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Stamford no. 3[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Canon John Duncan Day NA NA

Stamford no. 4

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Stamford no. 4[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Percy Keech Banks NA NA

Stamford no. 5

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Stamford no. 5[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Albert Edward Millett

Swinderby

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Swinderby[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Percy William Spray

Thurlby

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Thurlby[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Thomas G. Holmes NA NA

Uffington

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Uffington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
? ? ?

Washingborough

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Washingborough[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
George Henry Applewhite NA NA

Welby

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Welby[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Brigadier-General R. L. Adlercron NA NA

Wilsford

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Wilsford[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lieutenant-Commander John Cracroft-Amcotts NA NA

Woolsthorpe

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Woolsthorpe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
FitzHerbert Wright

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Nominations yesterday". Grantham Journal. 25 March 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Kesteven, Lincolnshire", A Vision of Britain (University of Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ^ Local Government Act 1888, part ii, section 46.1(a), cf. part v, section 83.10
  4. ^ Local Government Act 1888, part i, section 2, and part vi, section 103
  5. ^ Local Government Act 1972, schedule 1
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Kesteven Elections". Nottingham Evening Post. 11 April 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 29 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 "Kesteven County Council Election Fights". Lincolnshire Echo. 24 March 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ a b "Kesteven Elections". Lincolnshire Echo. 11 April 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.