1889 Kesteven County Council election

Election in England March 2020 March 2020 thumb|right|The administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England. 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."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 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. http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/18881208/014/0003 Kesteven County Council 8 December 1888 Grantham Journal 26 April 2015 British Newspaper Archive 3 subscription 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. Results by division Ancaster Ancasterhttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/18890119/058/0004 Kesteven County Council: Result of the Poll Grantham Journal 19 January 1889 4 26 April 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription William Avery 180 Henry Smith BA 128 Edmund Lucas-Calcraft JP 35 Barrowby Barrowby Sir W. E. Welby-Gregory Bt JP NA NA Bassingham Bassingham The Viscount St Vincent JP 218 William Brocklebank 168 Bennington Bennington William Hutchinson 258 John Earle Welby JP 206 Billingborough Billingborough Captain Henry Smith JP 207 Edward John Grummitt 246 Billinghay Billinghay J. D. Bowling NA NA Bourne and Morton Bourne and Morton William Robert Wherry 578 John Derry 527 Christopher Gilbert Peacock JP 309 Thomas Lawrence 204 = Two seats Bracebridge Bracebridge W. J. Warrener NA NA Branston Branston E. J. Howard NA NA Bytham Bytham Augustus Charles Johnson JP 180 William Hayes 160 Caythorpe Caythorpe Colonel F. Fane JP NA NA Claypole Claypole George Nevile JP NA NA Colsterworth Colsterworth Eli Crabtree 250 Robert Heathcote JP 139 Corby Corby The Lord Willoughby de Eresby JP NA NA Deeping Deeping W. Holland JP NA NA Gonerby Gonerby Thomas Newton 205 Thomas Pask 188 Grantham no. 1 Grantham no. 1 John Bailey 212 John Basker 102 Grantham no. 2 Grantham no. 2 G. S. Hannett NA NA Grantham no. 3 Grantham no. 3 A. Hutchinson NA NA Grantham no. 4 Grantham no. 4 Edward Staveley Harding 294 William Fillingham 86 Grantham no. 5 Grantham no. 5 W. L. Wand NA NA Grantham no. 6 Grantham no. 6 J. W. Martin NA NA Grantham no. 7 Grantham no. 7 W. B. Harrison NA NA Heckington Heckington James Hubbard 204 Bruce Tomlinson 148 Samuel Lamb 21 Heighington Heighington C. C. Sibthorpe NA NA Helpringham Helpringham Edward Clarkson Rowe 198 George Ranyard Lee 185 Kyme Kyme The Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham JP NA NA Martin Martin John Hague Copping 264 William Bilton Harris 91 Metheringham Metheringham William Shearburn Fox 194 William Dundas Gilpim-Brown 187 Navenby Navenby Major Arthur Cecil Tempest JP 180 Charles Edward Marfleet 143 Osbournby Osbournby Thomas Arthur Robert Heathcote JP 220 Seth Ellis Dean Jr 166 Ponton Ponton Sir H. A. H. Cholmeley Bt JP NA NA Rippingale Rippingale William Bacon 227 Rev. William Wright Layng 94 Ropsley Ropsley Captain Cecil Thorold JP 216 William Jackson 168 Ruskington Ruskington Captain Neville Henry Reeve JP 255 Samuel Pattinson 183 Skellingthorpe Skillingthorpe G. E. Jarvis JP NA NA Sleaford and Quarrington Sleaford and Quarrington* G. H. W. Hervey JP NA NA Charles Sharpe NA NA = Two seats Stamford (All Saints) Stamford (Stamford All Saints) Charles Chapman 271 Herbert Hart 255 Stamford (St George's) Stamford (St George's) John Seaton Loweth 192 Valentine Stapleton 155 Stamford (St Michael's and St John's) Stamford (St Michael's and St John's) Orlando Edmonds 132 Henry Knott JP 117 Stamford (St Martin's and St Mary's) Stamford (St Martin's and St Mary's) Charles Handson 144 William Jonathan Bettle 62 Thurlby Thurlby Robert Peasgood 203 Charles Whattof 177 Uffington Uffington The Lord Kesteven JP 283 William Cross 62 Waddington Waddington R. G. Ellison JP NA NA Wellingore Wellingore Richard Newcombe Morley 192 Richard Blankley Burrows 155 Wilsford Wilsford Colonel M. Willson JP NA NA By-elections in February 1889 The Council held its first meeting on 31 January, where it elected a Chairman and sixteen aldermen. 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.http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/18890223/061/0006 Kesteven County Council: the recent elections Grantham Journal 23 February 1889 6 British Newspaper Archive 26 April 2015 subscription Grantham no. 2 Grantham no. 2 Liberal Party (UK) William Scoffield 198 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Childs 184 382 Barrowby Barrowby Conservative Party (UK) Richard Welborn 245 Liberal Party (UK) Henry Bowman 168 413 Ponton Ponton R. C. Newton 267 Robert Wyles 102 Corby Corby Dr J. E. Collingwood 205 F. Searson 128 Sleaford Sleaford A. L. Jessop 510 G. R. Lee 289 Wilsford Wilsford G. H. Peake 209 F. Ward 193 Bourne Bourne Conservative Party (UK) James Measures 442 Liberal Party (UK) John Cappitt 410 852 Helpringham Helpringham Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Senior Barber 197 Liberal Party (UK) Charles Edward Harris 147 Charles Hardstaffe Read 37 381 Billingborough Billingborough E. J. Grummitt NA NA Branston Branston William Roberts NA NA Billinghay Billinghay J. Creasey NA NA Wellingore Wellingore Colonel Reave NA NA References 1889 Kesteven Category:19th century in Lincolnshire Category:January 1889 in the United Kingdom