1895 Kesteven County Council election

1895 English local government election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|right|The administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England. The third set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 7 March 1895. 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 Forty-six electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888. 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 For the 1892 election, Sleaford and Bourne, which were initially two member divisions, were split,http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/18920229/101/0005 County Council Elections: Kesteven (Lincolnshire) Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 29 February 1892 5 7 June 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription the former into Sleaford East and Sleaford West, the latter into Bourne and Morton. Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only eight divisions. Of these, six involved political parties; the Liberals won four and the Conservatives two. Results by division Ancaster Ancasterhttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/18950302/028/0004 Kesteven County Council Grantham Journal 2 March 1895 4 28 April 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription William Avery NA NA Barrowby Barrowby C. G. E. Welby JP NA NA Bassingham Bassingham Charles Constable Curtis JP NA NA Bennington Bennington William Hutchinson NA NA Billingborough Billingborough Captain Edward Smith JP NA NA Billinghay Billinghay John Creasey NA NA Bourne Bourne and Morton James Measures 258 Thomas Carlton 175 433 Bracebridge Bracebridgehttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/18950309/011/0002 Kesteven County Council Election Grantham Journal 9 March 1895 2 British Newspaper Archive subscription 28 April 2015 Conservative Party (UK) Hugh Jackson 162 Liberal Party (UK) Charles W. Pennell 123 Branston Branston W. S. Fox NA NA Bytham Bytham Thomas Williamson NA NA Caythorpe Caythorpe William Oxley NA NA Claypole Claypole George Nevile JP NA NA Colsterworth Colsterworth Eli Crabtree NA NA Corby Corby The Lord Willoughby de Eresby MP NA NA Deeping Deeping William Holland JP NA NA Gonerby Gonerby Thomas Newton NA NA Grantham no. 1 Grantham no. 1 Liberal Party (UK) William Bailey 227 Conservative Party (UK) Harry Hall Garton 121 348 Grantham no. 2 Grantham no. 2 Conservative Party (UK) James Perkins Coultas 189 Liberal Party (UK) George Whitling 152 341 Grantham no. 3 Grantham no. 3 Arthur Hutchinson NA NA Grantham no. 4 Grantham no. 4 Liberal Party (UK) Rev. George Benson Bowler 204 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Gompertz Gamble 137 341 Grantham no. 5 Grantham no. 5 William Long Wand NA NA Grantham no. 6 Grantham no. 6 John William Martin NA NA Grantham no. 7 Grantham no. 7 William Brewster Harrison NA NA Heckington Heckington Liberal Party (UK) Daniel G. Harris 218 Conservative Party (UK) John William Davy 169 387 Heighington Heighington Samuel Oglesby NA NA Helpringham Helpringham J. S. Barber NA NA Kyme Kyme The Earl of Winchelsea NA NA Martin Martin J. H. Copping NA NA Metheringham Metheringham W. D. Gilpim-Brown NA NA Morton Morton John Thomas Swift 208 Arthur Wellesley Dean 159 Navenby Navenby William Henry Morton NA NA Osbournby Osbournby William Alfred Cragg NA NA Ponton Ponton R. C. Newton NA NA Rippingale Rippingale William Bacon NA NA Ropsley Ropsley James Cecil Rudkin NA NA Ruskington Ruskington Liberal Party (UK) Samuel Pattinson 256 Conservative Party (UK) John J. Bettinson 144 400 Skellingthorpe Skellingthorpe George Eden Jarvis NA NA Sleaford East Sleaford East A. L. Jessop NA NA Sleaford West Sleaford West Liberal Party (UK) William B. Harris 243 Conservative Party (UK) John Shaw Lord 173 416 Stamford no. 1 Stamford no. 1 Charles Chapman NA NA Stamford no. 2 Stamford no. 2 J. S. Loweth MA NA Stamford no. 3 Stamford no. 3 H. Hart NA NA Stamford no. 4 Stamford no. 4 Charles Handson NA NA Thurlby Thurlby G. A. Peasgood NA NA Uffington Uffington The John Trollope, 2nd Baron Kesteven Lord Kesteven NA NA Waddington Waddington Colonel R. G. Ellison JP NA NA Wellingore Wellingore Lieutenant-Colonel John Reeve NA NA Wilsford Wilsford John Albert Cole NA NA April 1895 by-election The Council met on 16 March 1895 to elect its chairman and aldermen. The only sitting councillor elected an alderman was W. B. Harrison of Grantham no. 7 division.http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000354/18950322/003/0002 Kesteven County Council Grantham Journal 2 22 March 1895 British Newspaper Archive subscription 28 April 2015 This triggered a by-election, in which two candidates came forward. The first, Joshua Lincoln, was an alderman on Grantham Municipal Borough Council, while his opponent was Charles Basker, a magistrate and town councillor. Grantham no. 7http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000354/18950402/024/0004 Kesteven County Council Bye-Election at Grantham Grantham Journal 4 2 April 1895 British Newspaper Archive subscription 28 April 2015 Conservative Party (UK) Alderman Joshua Lincoln 232 Charles Basker JP 93 325 N.B. Two ballot papers were spoilt. References 1895 Category:1895 English local elections Category:19th century in Lincolnshire