1889 Kesteven County Council election
The first elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 17 January 1889. 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 forty-six electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888. All but two returned one candidate: Sleaford and Quarrington and Bourne and Morton returned two each. The town of Grantham was represented across seven divisions, while Stamford had four.[5] Twenty-one candidates (including both for Sleaford) were returned unopposed. The remainder were informed of the result on the day after polling. Votes were counted in one of the court rooms in Lincoln; the Sheriff of Lincolnshire, A. S. Leslie-Melville, was the presiding officer, while R. A. Stephens was his deputy for Kesteven.[6]
Results by division edit
Ancaster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Avery | 180 | ||||
Henry Smith BA | 128 | ||||
Edmund Lucas-Calcraft JP | 35 | ||||
Turnout |
Barrowby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sir W. E. Welby-Gregory Bt JP | NA | NA |
Bassingham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Viscount St Vincent JP | 218 | ||||
William Brocklebank | 168 | ||||
Turnout |
Bennington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Hutchinson | 258 | ||||
John Earle Welby JP | 206 | ||||
Turnout |
Billingborough edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Captain Henry Smith JP | 207 | ||||
Edward John Grummitt | 246 |
Billinghay edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. D. Bowling | NA | NA |
Bourne and Morton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Robert Wherry | 578 | ||||
John Derry | 527 | ||||
Christopher Gilbert Peacock JP | 309 | ||||
Thomas Lawrence | 204 | ||||
Turnout |
- = Two seats
Bracebridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. J. Warrener | NA | NA |
Branston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. J. Howard | NA | NA |
Bytham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Augustus Charles Johnson JP | 180 | ||||
William Hayes | 160 | ||||
Turnout |
Caythorpe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colonel F. Fane JP | NA | NA |
Claypole edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Nevile JP | NA | NA |
Colsterworth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eli Crabtree | 250 | ||||
Robert Heathcote JP | 139 |
Corby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Lord Willoughby de Eresby JP | NA | NA |
Deeping edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. Holland JP | NA | NA |
Gonerby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Newton | 205 | ||||
Thomas Pask | 188 | ||||
Turnout |
Grantham no. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Bailey | 212 | ||||
John Basker | 102 | ||||
Turnout |
Grantham no. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. S. Hannett | NA | NA |
Grantham no. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Hutchinson | NA | NA |
Grantham no. 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edward Staveley Harding | 294 | ||||
William Fillingham | 86 | ||||
Turnout |
Grantham no. 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. L. Wand | NA | NA |
Grantham no. 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. W. Martin | NA | NA |
Grantham no. 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. B. Harrison | NA | NA |
Heckington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Hubbard | 204 | ||||
Bruce Tomlinson | 148 | ||||
Samuel Lamb | 21 | ||||
Turnout |
Heighington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. C. Sibthorpe | NA | NA |
Helpringham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edward Clarkson Rowe | 198 | ||||
George Ranyard Lee | 185 | ||||
Turnout |
Kyme edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham JP | NA | NA |
Martin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Hague Copping | 264 | ||||
William Bilton Harris | 91 | ||||
Turnout |
Metheringham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Shearburn Fox | 194 | ||||
William Dundas Gilpim-Brown | 187 | ||||
Turnout |
edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Major Arthur Cecil Tempest JP | 180 | ||||
Charles Edward Marfleet | 143 | ||||
Turnout |
Osbournby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Arthur Robert Heathcote JP | 220 | ||||
Seth Ellis Dean Jr | 166 | ||||
Turnout |
Ponton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sir H. A. H. Cholmeley Bt JP | NA | NA |
Rippingale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Bacon | 227 | ||||
Rev. William Wright Layng | 94 | ||||
Turnout |
Ropsley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Captain Cecil Thorold JP | 216 | ||||
William Jackson | 168 | ||||
Turnout |
Ruskington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Captain Neville Henry Reeve JP | 255 | ||||
Samuel Pattinson | 183 | ||||
Turnout |
Skellingthorpe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. E. Jarvis JP | NA | NA |
Sleaford and Quarrington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. H. W. Hervey JP | NA | NA | |||
Charles Sharpe | NA | NA |
- = Two seats
Stamford (All Saints) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Chapman | 271 | ||||
Herbert Hart | 255 | ||||
Turnout |
Stamford (St George's) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Seaton Loweth | 192 | ||||
Valentine Stapleton | 155 | ||||
Turnout |
Stamford (St Michael's and St John's) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orlando Edmonds | 132 | ||||
Henry Knott JP | 117 | ||||
Turnout |
Stamford (St Martin's and St Mary's) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Handson | 144 | ||||
William Jonathan Bettle | 62 | ||||
Turnout |
Thurlby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Peasgood | 203 | ||||
Charles Whattof | 177 | ||||
Turnout |
Uffington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Lord Kesteven JP | 283 | ||||
William Cross | 62 | ||||
Turnout |
Waddington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. G. Ellison JP | NA | NA |
Wellingore edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Newcombe Morley | 192 | ||||
Richard Blankley Burrows | 155 | ||||
Turnout |
Wilsford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colonel M. Willson JP | NA | NA |
By-elections in February 1889 edit
The Council held its first meeting on 31 January, where it elected a Chairman and sixteen aldermen.[6] If a councillor were elected an alderman, he had to forfeit his seat. Eleven members of the Council were elected to the aldermanic bench, which meant that their seats became vacant, triggering by-elections. Colonel Willson, who had been returned for Wilsford at the first round of elections, was disqualified because he held a paid commission in the armed forces; this triggered a by-election. All twelve were held on 18 February; four candidates stood unopposed.[7]
Grantham no. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Scoffield | 198 | |||
Conservative | Alfred Childs | 184 | |||
Turnout | 382 |
Barrowby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Welborn | 245 | |||
Liberal | Henry Bowman | 168 | |||
Turnout | 413 |
Ponton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. C. Newton | 267 | ||||
Robert Wyles | 102 | ||||
Turnout |
Corby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr J. E. Collingwood | 205 | ||||
F. Searson | 128 | ||||
Turnout |
Sleaford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. L. Jessop | 510 | ||||
G. R. Lee | 289 | ||||
Turnout |
Wilsford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. H. Peake | 209 | ||||
F. Ward | 193 | ||||
Turnout |
Bourne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Measures | 442 | |||
Liberal | John Cappitt | 410 | |||
Turnout | 852 |
Helpringham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Senior Barber | 197 | |||
Liberal | Charles Edward Harris | 147 | |||
Charles Hardstaffe Read | 37 | ||||
Turnout | 381 |
Billingborough edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. J. Grummitt | NA | NA |
Branston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Roberts | NA | NA |
Billinghay edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Creasey | NA | NA |
Wellingore edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colonel Reave | NA | NA |
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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: Result of the Poll". Grantham Journal. 19 January 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 26 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Kesteven County Council: the recent elections". Grantham Journal. 23 February 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 26 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.