1949 Kesteven County Council election

1949 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|right|The administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England. Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 9 April 1949. 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."Kesteven, Lincolnshire", A Vision of Britain (University of Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 April 2015. The Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county, governed by a Council;Local Government Act 1888, part ii, section 46.1(a), cf. part v, section 83.10 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.Local Government Act 1888, part i, section 2, and part vi, section 103Local Government Act 1972, schedule 1 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 Ancaster Ancasterhttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19490325/009/0001 Nominations yesterday Grantham Journal 25 March 1949 1 29 June 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription Robert G. Simpson NA NA Bassingham Bassinghamhttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19490411/040/0005 Kesteven Elections Nottingham Evening Post 11 April 1949 5 29 June 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription W. H. G. Battersby 597 Labour Party (UK) J. Collins 159 Bennington Bennington Frederick Winter NA NA Billingborough Billingborough Arthur Wilson NA NA Billinghay Billinghay Edgar Gilbert NA NA Bourne no. 1 Bourne no. 1 Rev. W. J. Rees Bourne no. 2 Bourne no. 2 Robert A. Collins Bracebridge Bracebridge ? ? ? Branston Branston W. E. Young J. R. Wilkinson Bytham Brytham John H. Turner NA NA Caythorpe Caythorpe John W. Oxby NA NA Claypole Claypole John W. Milner 452 A. Musson 133 Colsterworth Colsterworth James Duke Hind NA NA Corby Corby Kenneth King Cranwell Cranwell John Edwin Mountain 492 Samuel Edward Bainbridge Pattinson 151 Deeping St James Deeping St James ? ? ? Dunston Dunston John Ireson NA NA Gonerby and Barrowby Gonerby and Barrowby Independent politician Harry Kelham Scrimshaw 336 Labour Party (UK) John Edward Snell 232 Grantham no. 1 Grantham no. 1 Labour Party (UK) Montague Ogden 347 Independent (politician) Arthur Syddall 309 Grantham no. 2 Grantham no. 2 Labour Party (UK) Mrs. E. F. Bullimore 525 Independent politician James E. Young 335 Grantham no. 3 Grantham no. 3 Labour Party (UK) John W. Harrison 472 Conservative Party (UK) John C. Barry Thompson 395 Grantham no. 4 Grantham no. 4 Independent politician William Griffin 533 Labour Party (UK) John Leslie Foweather 519 Grantham no. 5 Grantham no. 5 Independent politician Mrs Jessie E. W. Browse 602 Labour Party (UK) Wilfred A. Ogden 398 Grantham no. 6 Grantham no. 6 Independent politician Frederick L. Preston 329 Labour Party (UK) Charles F. Robinson 288 Grantham no. 7 Grantham no. 7 Independent politician Albert E. E. Cooper 426 Labour Party (UK) Frederick G. Atwood 272 Grantham no. 8 Grantham no. 8 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs Dorothy Shipman 400 Labour Party (UK) Daniel Hadley Horrigan 173 Grantham no. 9 Grantham no. 9 Independent politician Mrs Veronica M. F. Webster 799 Labour Party (UK) Reginald Charles Moore 715 Grantham no. 10 Grantham no. 10 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs Louise Marion Ward 445 Labour Party (UK) George Ernest Waltham 264 Heckington Heckington John Henry Brighton George Henry Dunmore Helpringham Helpringham ? ? ? Kyme Kyme Carl John Willows NA NA Leadenham Leadenham Captain Henry William Newman Fane NA NA Market Deeping Market Deeping ? ? ? Martin Martin ? ? ? Metheringham Metheringham Frank Cooling Townsend NA NA Morton Morton Rev. C. Letts Navenby Navenby Rev. Donald Edward Griffin NA NA North Hykeham North Hykeham ? ? ? Osbournby Osbournby H. H. Morris NA NA Ponton Ponton Capt. Sir Hugh Cholmeley Bt NA NA N.B. Nomination papers were also received for John A. Widdowson, but were deemed invalid. Rippingale Rippingale John Harold Emerson 240 Archibald W. Sharman 192 Arthur Hoyes 165 Ropsley Ropsley James F. Dodds NA NA Ruskington Ruskingtonhttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19490411/107/0003 Kesteven Elections Lincolnshire Echo 11 April 1949 3 29 June 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription Arthur James Hossack 753 Benjamin Ebenezer Brighton 343 Scopwick Scopwick Kenneth Charles Irving NA NA Skellingthorpe Skellingthorpe Richard Clement Turner NA NA Sleaford no. 1 Sleaford no. 1http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19490324/122/0004 Kesteven County Council Election Fights Lincolnshire Echo 24 March 1949 4 29 June 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription Edgar Wilfred Elmore NA NA Sleaford no. 2 Sleaford no. 2 Herbert Hutchinson Brown NA NA Sleaford no. 3 Sleaford no. 3 William Middleton NA NA Stamford no. 1 Stamford no. 1 Ernest Ireson NA NA Stamford no. 2 Stamford no. 2 Harry Skells NA NA Stamford no. 3 Stamford no. 3 Canon John Duncan Day NA NA Stamford no. 4 Stamford no. 4 Percy Keech Banks NA NA Stamford no. 5 Stamford no. 5 Albert Edward Millett Swinderby Swinderby Percy William Spray Thurlby Thurlby Thomas G. Holmes NA NA Uffington Uffington ? ? ? Washingborough Washingborough George Henry Applewhite NA NA Welby Welby Brigadier-General R. L. Adlercron NA NA Wilsford Wilsford Lieutenant-Commander John Cracroft-Amcotts NA NA Woolsthorpe Woolsthorpe FitzHerbert Wright References 1949 Kesteven County Council election Category:20th century in Lincolnshire Kesteven County Council election