1952 Kesteven County Council election

1952 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, 5 March 1952. 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 The county was divided into 60 electoral divisions, each of which returned one member. In 1952 there were contests in 13 of these, eight of which saw no change; Labour gained 4 seats. Results by division Division CandidateCounty Council Elections Sleaford Gazette 11 March 1952 1 Party Votes Retiring Ancaster R. W. Chadburn r Bassingham W. D. G. Battersby r Bennington F. Winter r Billingborough Rev. L. R. Swingler Ind 356 Mrs C. A. Baker Ind 207 G. Sandall Ind 103 Billinghay J. H. Brighton Bourne no. 1 H. L. Hudson Bourne no. 2 R. A. Collins r Bracebridge Miss A. Rooke Ind 390 r H. E. Hough Lab 377 Branston W. E. Young r Bytham J. H. Turner r Caythorpe J. W. Oxby Ind 483 r A. W. Gray Ind 193 Claypole Brig. F. McCullum Colsterworth J. D. Hind r Corby The Earl of Ancaster r Cranwell J. E. Mountain r Deeping St James C. H. Feneley r Dunston J. Ireson r Gonerby and Barrowby J. E. Snell Grantham no. 1 A. E. Bellamy Grantham no. 2 W. Bevan Grantham no. 3 J. W. Harrison Grantham no. 4 K. H. Jennings Lab 506 T. A. S. Branston Lib 326 Grantham no. 5 Mrs J. W. Browse Con 356 r R. E. Burnett Lab 432 Grantham no. 6 Mrs A. S. Chantry Lab 259 W. E. B. Read Ind 151 Grantham no. 7 A. E. Cooper Ind 439 r D. H. Harrigan Lab 335 Grantham no. 8 Mrs D. Shipman Con 337 r G. Waltham Lab 208 Grantham no. 9 M. W. Patterson Lab 1076 H. Wright Ind 741 Grantham no. 10 C. J. Redmile Lab 474 r Mrs L. M. Ward Con 466 Heckington G. H. Dunmore r Helpringham A. Burdett Kyme E. L. Lamyman r Leadenham Capt. H. W. N. Fane Ind 293 r P. J. French Ind 231 Market Deeping F. W. Wade r Martin J. F. Vickers r Metheringham F. C. Townsend r Morton A. F. Shaw Navenby R. A. Mason North Hykeham G. W. Hutson r Osbournby Mrs N. Robson r Ponton R. W. Newton r Rippingale J. T. Emerson r Ropsley Mrs J. P. Dixon Ruskington A. J. Hossack r Scopwick K. C. Irving r Skellingthorpe R. C. Turner r Sleaford no. 1 E. W. Elmore r Sleaford no. 2 C. J. Barnes Sleaford no. 3 W. Middleton r Stamford no. 1 E. Ireson r Stamford no. 2 H. Skells r Stamford no. 3 Rev. J. D. Day Stamford no. 4 P. K. Banks r Stamford no. 5 A. E. Millett r Swinderby P. W. Spray r Thurlby G. A. Griffin Ind 454 A. W. Sharman Ind 346 Uffington Rev. R. Burman Washingborough G. H. Applewhite r Welby Brig.-Gen. R. L. Adlercron r Wilsford Col. W. Reeve Ind 267 r J. R. Shaw Lib 223 Woolsthorpe F. Wright r By-elections Leadenham and Ruskington, May 1954 Cllrs S. J. Edwards (Leadenham) and A. J. Hosack (Ruskington) resigned prompting elections in their divisions. Polling took place on 22 May 1954. The results for Leadenham were: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19540514/067/0003 Grantham Candidate in Village Vacancy 14 May 1954 Grantham Journal 8 January 2016 British Newspaper Archive 3 subscription http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19540528/057/0003 By seven votes in a total poll of 665 Grantham candidate lost at Leadenham 28 May 1954 Grantham Journal 8 January 2016 British Newspaper Archive 3 subscription Henry Pryor Kelway, chartered accountant and merchant, of The Green, Fulbeck (Independent), 336 votes Reginald Edgar Burnett, railway engine driver, of 29 Staunton St, Grantham (Labour), 329 votes For Ruskington: Benjamin E. Brighton, farmer, of Ruskington (Independent), 843 votes Eric Arthur Skins, cook, of Ruskington (Labour), 245 votes Hence, Kelway and Brighton were elected. The Leadenham electorate numbered 1,171, meaning the turnout was approximately 57%. The number of registered voters in Ruskington was 1,702, and the turnout was 65%. Corby and Navenby, July 1954 The elevation of the Earl of Ancaster (Corby) to the aldermanic bench, and the death of R. A. Mason (Navenby) prompted by-elections. Polling took place on 3 July 1954. In Corby, the following candidates contested the election:"Candidates for Corby Election". The Grantham Journal. 18 June 1954. p. 5."New County Councillor". Stamford Mercury. 9 July 1954. p. 6. John Hedley Lewis, of Corby, farmer – 392 votes Jack Manton, of Corby, electricity worker (Labour Party) – 276 votes References 1952 Category:1952 English local elections Category:March 1952 in the United Kingdom Category:20th century in Lincolnshire