1892 Kesteven County Council election

1892 English local government election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|right|The administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England. The second set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 3 March 1892. 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, the former into Quarrington and Sleaford, the latter into Bourne and Morton. Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only eight divisions. Results by division Ancaster Ancasterhttp://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 W. Avery NA NA Barrowby Barrowby R. Welbourn NA NA Bassingham Bassingham C. C. Curtis NA NA Bennington Bennington W. Hutchinson NA NA Billingborough Billingborough Conservative Party (UK) E. Smith 266 Conservative Party (UK) E. J. Grummitt 148 Billinghay Billinghay J. Creasey NA NA Bourne Bourne and Morton Conservative Party (UK) J. Measures NA NA Bracebridge Bracebridge W. J. Warrener NA NA Branston Branston Liberal Party (UK) W. S. Fox 206 Conservative Party (UK) H. Mackinder 150 Bytham Bytham T. Williamson NA NA Caythorpe Caythorpe H. W. Chapman NA NA Claypole Claypole Conservative Party (UK) G. Nevile NA NA Colsterworth Colsterworth Liberal Party (UK) E. Crabtree NA NA Corby Corby Conservative Party (UK) Hon. G. H. D. Willoughby 235 Liberal Unionist Party C. Chapman 90 Deeping Deeping W. Holland NA NA Gonerby Gonerby Thomas Newton 221 G. W. Harvey 123 Grantham no. 1 Grantham no. 1 Liberal Party (UK) J. Bailey NA NA Grantham no. 2 Grantham no. 2 Liberal Party (UK) W. Scoffield NA NA Grantham no. 3 Grantham no. 3 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hutchinson NA NA Grantham no. 4 Grantham no. 4 Liberal Party (UK) E. S. Harding NA NA Grantham no. 5 Grantham no. 5http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/18920305/011/0002 Kesteven County Council Elections Grantham Journal 5 March 1892 2 7 June 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription Liberal Party (UK) W. L. Wand 187 Conservative Party (UK) R. S. Bestwick 111 Grantham no. 6 Grantham no. 6 Conservative Party (UK) J. W. Martin NA NA Grantham no. 7 Grantham no. 7 Conservative Party (UK) W. B. Harrison NA NA Heckington Heckington Conservative Party (UK) F. Redshaw NA NA Heighington Heighington Conservative Party (UK) S. Oglesby NA NA Helpringham Helpringham Conservative Party (UK) J. S. Barber NA NA Kyme Kyme Conservative Party (UK) Lord Winchelsea Martin Martin Conservative Party (UK) J. H. Copping NA NA Metheringham Metheringham Conservative Party (UK) W. D. Gilpin-Brown NA NA Morton Morton Conservative Party (UK) Henry Goodyear 201 Liberal Party (UK) T. P. Allatt 170 Navenby Navenby Conservative Party (UK) Major A. C. Tempest (ret.) NA NA Osbournby Osbournby Conservative Party (UK) W. H. Cragg NA NA Ponton Ponton R. C. Newton NA NA Quarrington Quarrington Liberal Unionist Party A. L. Jessopp NA NA Rippingale Rippingale Liberal Party (UK) W. Bacon NA NA Ropsley Ropsley Conservative Party (UK) C. Thorold NA NA Ruskington Ruskington Conservative Party (UK) N. H. Reeve NA NA Skellingthorpe Skillingthorpe Conservative Party (UK) G. E. Jarvis NA NA Sleaford Sleaford Conservative Party (UK) T. E. Jacobson 221 Labour Party (UK) W. B. Harris 152 Stamford no. 1 Stamford no. 1 Liberal Party (UK) C. Chapman NA NA Stamford no. 2 Stamford no. 2 Liberal Party (UK) J. S. Loweth NA NA Stamford no. 3 Stamford np. 3 Conservative Party (UK) H. Hart NA NA Stamford no. 4 Stamford no. 4 Conservative Party (UK) C. Handson NA NA Thurlby Thurlby Liberal Party (UK) Robert Peasgood 213 Conservative Party (UK) W. Cross 169 Uffington Uffington Conservative Party (UK) The Lord Bertie NA NA Waddington Waddington Conservative Party (UK) Colonel R. G. Ellison NA NA Wellingore Wellingore Conservative Party (UK) Colonel J. Reeve NA NA Wilsford Wilsford Conservative Party (UK) G. H. Peake NA NA References 1892 Kesteven Category:19th century in Lincolnshire Category:March 1892 in the United Kingdom