1964 Kesteven County Council 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, 11 April 1964. 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 1964 there were contests in 5 of these. Results by division Division Candidate Party Votes Retiring member? Ancaster Thomas A. H. Coltman y Bassingham Tom W. Mawer y Bennington Frederick Winter y Billingborough Catherine A. Baker y Billinghay Robert Couling Bourne no. 1 Eric J. Grieves Bourne no. 2 John R. Grummitt y Bracebridge Herbert E. Hough y Branston John R. Wilkinson y Bytham John H. Turner y Caythorpe Bernard L. Barker y Claypole Brig. Frank McCallum y Colsterworth Harry Timberlake y Corby John Hedley Lewis y Cranwell Majorie Bangay y Deeping St James Gerald G. Crowson y Dunston Harry M. Salter Gonerby and Barrowby John E. Snell y Grantham no. 1 Albert E. Bellamy y Grantham no. 2 William Bevan y Grantham no. 3 John W. Harrison y Grantham no. 4 Kenneth H. Jennings y Grantham no. 5 Philip Newton y Grantham no. 6 Hannah Smith Grantham no. 7 John C. B. Thompson Grantham no. 8 Thomas H. Scott Grantham no. 9 George E. Waltham y Grantham no. 10 K. S. Botterill Lab 346 O. P. Hudson Con 510 y Heckington Joseph Q. M. Longstaff y Helpringham Sydney P. King y Kyme Stanley T. Wood y Leadenham William Reeve y Market Deeping James C. Cave y Martin Henry C. Rothery y Metheringham Rev. Samuel Radford (Vicar of Metheringham) Ind 591 Frederick C. Townsend Ind 208 y Morton John A. Galletly y Navenby Charles E. Marshall y North Hykeham Mary Large y Osbournby Nellie Robson y Ponton Robert W. Newton y Rippingale Harold Scarborough y Ropsley W. L. Sykes Ind 239 W. J. W. Creesman Ind 208 y Ruskington Eric A. Skinns y Scopwick Horace Waudby y Skellingthorpe R. C. Turner Ind 568 y S. T. Buttery Lab 288 Sleaford no. 1 Cecil J. Barnes y Sleaford no. 2 Walter H. Owen y Sleaford no. 3 Henry C. Johnson Stamford no. 1 Gladys M. Boyfield y Stamford no. 2 Ernest D. Ireson y Stamford no. 3 J. M. W. Taylor Ind 534 y G. C. Swanson Lab 199 Stamford no. 4 Emma C. Packer Stamford no. 5 Harold Knowles y Swinderby Henry N. Nevile y Thurlby George A. Griffin y Uffington Colin B. Snodgrass y Washingborough George E. Capps y Welby Anthony H. Thorold y Wilsford Harry N. Tickler Woolsthorpe Horace H. Brownlow y Source: "Vicar unseats a retiring member", Sleaford Standard, 17 April 1964, p. 13. By-elections Claypole, 1964 Following Brigadier Frank McCallum's election to the aldermanic bench when the new council was formed, a casual vacancy arose in the Claypole division. Two candidates were nominated: Sybilla Mary McCallum, the brigadier's wife, and Wing Commander A. E. F. McCreary. An election was held on 25 July 1964. The results were as follows:"New Members Welcomed to County Council", Grantham Journal, 31 July 1964, p. 11. CandidateVoteSybilla Mary McCallum331Wing Cmdr A. E. F. McCreary153 Sybilla McCallum was returned with a majority of 178 (37%). The turnout was 47%. Corby, 1964 Following J. H. Lewis's election as an alderman when the new council was formed, a casual vacancy arose in the Corby division. Two candidates were nominated: Harold W. Bailey, of Swayfield, and C. John Pope, of Castle Bytham. Both were farmers and members of South Kesteven Rural District Council, of which both had served as chairman (Bailey twice). An election was held on 25 July 1964."Farmers in Corby Glen By-Election", Stamford Mercury, 24 July 1964, p. 13. The results were as follows: +CandidateVoteHarold W. Bailey256C. John Pope188 Bailey was returned with a majority of 68 (15%). The turnout was 45%. Uffington, 1965 C. B. Snodgrass, who had been returned for the Uffington division in the 1964 elections, resigned due to ill health in 1965. The Rev. Peter E. Fluck, the rector of Uffington, was the only person nominated to fill this vacancy. He was duly returned unopposed as councillor for the division in July 1965."Uffington Rector Is Councillor", Stamford Mercury, 9 July 1965, p. 1. References Notes Citations 1964 Category:1964 English local elections Category:20th century in Lincolnshire