1946 Kesteven County Council election

1946 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, 2 March 1946. 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 1946 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. Only twenty-six were contested and most of these were in the towns: every seat in Stamford and Bourne and all but one in Grantham and Sleaford. The results were extremely close in two wards: in Sleaford no. 3 there was a tie, forcing the returning officer to cast his ballot; and in Corby, the difference between the two candidates was one vote. In summarising the result, the Lincolnshire Echo stated that "politics play little part in Kesteven County Council affairs"; this was true at least insofar that Labour was the only political party to contest any of the wards. Having won five seats, the remainder went to independent candidates. Results Ancaster Ancasterhttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000332/19460304/073/0004 Returning officer had to give casting vote Lincolnshire Echo 4 March 1946 4 21 April 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription R. G. Simpson NA NA Bassingham Bassingham W. D. G. Battersby NA NA Bennington Bennington F. Winter 518 85.9 T. L. Hopwood 85 14.1 603 Billingborough Billingborough A. Wilson NA NA Billinghay Billinghay E. Gilbert NA NA Bourne no. 1 Bourne no. 1 Rev. W. J. Rees 529 65.0% W. Seaton 285 35.0% 814 Bourne no. 2 Bourne no. 2 R. A. Collins 400 58.6% T. H. Wardale 283 41.4% 683 Bracebridge Bracebridge Herbert E. Hough 362 65.5% John Colton Hall 191 34.5% 553 Branston Branston G. H. Johnson NA NA Brytham Brytham John H. Turner NA NA Caythorpe Caythorpe John W. Oxby NA NA Claypole Claypole John W. Milner NA NA Colsterworth Colsterworth James D. Hind NA NA Corby Corby K. King 223 50.1% P. Adcock 222 49.9% 445 Cranwell Cranwell John Taylor NA NA Deeping St James Deeping St James Charles H. Feneley NA NA Dunston Dunston Frank Clarke NA NA Gonerby and Barrowby Gonerby and Barrowby John E. Snell NA NA Grantham no. 1 Grantham no. 1 Labour Party (UK) Montague Ogden 293 56.7% Independent (politician) John William Joseph Sandall 224 43.3% 517 Grantham no. 2 Grantham no. 2 Labour Party (UK) Mrs. Lilian Basfordhttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19460301/007/0001 Kesteven Polling Tomorrow Grantham Journal 1 March 1946 1 21 April 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription NA NA Basford was elected Mayor of Grantham and became an alderman later in 1946, forcing her to vacate the seat. The Labour candidate Elizabeth Frances Bullimore was the only person nominated to replace her and so took up the seat in March 1947.http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19470314/017/0001 Woman joins County Council Grantham Journal 14 March 1947 1 British Newspaper Archive subscription 21 April 2015http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19471107/001/0001 Mayor looks back on an enjoyable year Grantham Journal 7 November 1947 1 British Newspaper Archive subscription 21 April 2015 Grantham no. 3 Grantham no. 3 Labour Party (UK) John William Harrison 350 69.6% Independent (politician) Alfred Malcolm Hall 153 30.4% 503 Grantham no. 4 Grantham no. 4 Independent (politician) William Griffin 302 57.2% Labour Party (UK) George William Ancliff 226 42.8% 528 Grantham no. 5 Grantham no. 5 Independent (politician) Gordon Foster 445 Labour Party (UK) Herbert Cant 407 852 Grantham no. 6 Grantham no. 6 Independent (politician) Frederick Leonard Preston 245 Labour Party (UK) Mrs Sarah Ann Barnes 226 471 Grantham no. 7 Grantham no. 7 Independent (politician) Colonel Edward Johns Grinling 267 Labour Party (UK) Mrs Elizabeth Frances Bullimore 226 493 Grantham no. 8 Grantham no. 8 Independent (politician) Mrs Dorothy Shipman 189 Independent (politician) Mrs Veronica Mary Platt Webster 174 Labour Party (UK) Reginald Edgar Burnett 91 454 Grantham no. 9 Grantham no. 9 Labour Party (UK) Reginald Charles Moore 389 Independent (politician) Edward Roberts 339 728 Grantham no. 10 Grantham no. 10 Independent (politician) Mrs Louise Marion Ward 243 Labour Party (UK) George William Bowen 156 399 Heckington Heckington G. H. Goose 298 39.7% F. W. Watson 264 35.2% Labour Party (UK) J. H. Brighton 188 25.1% 750 Helpringham Helpringham W. G. Cragg NA NA Kyme Kyme C. J. Willows NA NA Leadenham Leadenham Henry W. N. Fane NA NA Market Deeping Market Deeping Francis R. Wade NA NA Martin Martin John F. Vickers NA NA Metheringham Metheringham F. C. Townsend 317 R. A. Fincham 281 598 Morton Morton Rev. C. Letts 271 R. Pacey 207 H. B. Atkinson 193 750 Navenby Navenby Charles B. Aram NA NA North Hykeham North Hykeham George W. Hutson NA NA Osbournby Osbournby Rev. David Jones NA NA Ponton Ponton Sir H. J. E. S. Cholmeley Bt NA NA Rippingale Rippingale A. W. Sharman NA NA Ropsley Ropsley Joseph F. Dodds NA NA Ruskington Ruskington B. E. Brighton NA NA Scopwick Scopwick Kenneth C. Irving NA NA Skellingthorpe Skellingthorpe R. C. Turner NA NA Sleaford no. 1 Sleaford no. 1 E. W. Elmore 443 S. S. Williams 255 698 Sleaford no. 2 Sleaford no. 2http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000400/19460222/018/0001 Ninety Candidates for 60 Seats Grantham Journal 22 February 1946 1 subscription British Newspaper Archive 21 April 2015 H. H. Brown NA NA Sleaford no. 3 Sleaford no. 3 W. Middleton 225 Mrs C. D. Jessop 224 449 Stamford no. 1 Stamford no. 1 Independent (politician) Ernest Ireson 336 Labour Party (UK) Harold Knowles 189 525 Stamford no. 2 Stamford no. 2 Independent (politician) C. Prestwood 285 Labour Party (UK) W. A. J. Downes 145 525 Stamford no. 3 Stamford no. 3 Independent (politician) James S. Prior 344 Labour Party (UK) J. W. L. Whincup 237 499 Stamford no. 4 Stamford no. 4 Independent (politician) P. K. Banks 325 Labour Party (UK) L. March 276 525 Stamford no. 5 Stamford no. 5 Labour Party (UK) A. E. Millett 532 Independent (politician) H. Skells 304 836 Swinderby Swinderby P. W. Spray 312 R. Hewison 116 428 Thurlby Thurlby T. G. Holmes NA NA Uffington Uffington Roland Luker NA NA Washingborough Washingborough G. H. Applewhite NA NA Welby Welby Brigadier-General R. L. Adlercron NA NA Wilsford Wilsford Lieutenant-Commander J. Cracroft-Amcotts NA NA Woolsthorpe Woolsthorpe Major H. R. E. Welby 216 F. King 75 291 References 1946 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election Category:20th century in Lincolnshire