1949 Kesteven County Council election

Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 9 April 1949.^[1] 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.^[2] The Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county, governed by a Council;^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]

The administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England.

For the 1949 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. Every seat in Grantham was contested, but all of the nominated candidates for the towns of Bourne, Sleaford and Stamford were returned unopposed. The majority of the councillors returned were independents.

Results

Ancaster

Ancaster^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert G. Simpson	NA	NA

Bassingham

Bassingham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. H. G. Battersby	597
	Labour	J. Collins	159

Bennington

Bennington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Winter	NA	NA

Billingborough

Billingborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Wilson	NA	NA

Billinghay

Billinghay^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edgar Gilbert	NA	NA

Bourne no. 1

Bourne no. 1^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rev. W. J. Rees

Bourne no. 2

Bourne no. 2^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert A. Collins

Bracebridge

Bracebridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		?	?	?
Turnout

Branston

Branston^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. E. Young
		J. R. Wilkinson

Bytham

Brytham^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John H. Turner	NA	NA

Caythorpe

Caythorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John W. Oxby	NA	NA

Claypole

Claypole^[1]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John W. Milner	452
		A. Musson	133

Colsterworth

Colsterworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Duke Hind	NA	NA

Corby

Corby^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Kenneth King

Cranwell

Cranwell^[7]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Edwin Mountain	492
		Samuel Edward Bainbridge Pattinson	151

Deeping St James

Deeping St James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		?	?	?

Dunston

Dunston^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Ireson	NA	NA

Gonerby and Barrowby

Gonerby and Barrowby^[1]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Harry Kelham Scrimshaw	336
	Labour	John Edward Snell	232

Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 1^[7]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Montague Ogden	347
	Independent	Arthur Syddall	309
Turnout

Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2^[7]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. E. F. Bullimore	525
	Independent	James E. Young	335

Grantham no. 3

Grantham no. 3^[7]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John W. Harrison	472
	Conservative	John C. Barry Thompson	395
Turnout

Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 4^[7]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Griffin	533
	Labour	John Leslie Foweather	519
Turnout

Grantham no. 5

Grantham no. 5^[7]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Mrs Jessie E. W. Browse	602
	Labour	Wilfred A. Ogden	398
Turnout

Grantham no. 6

Grantham no. 6^[7]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Frederick L. Preston	329
	Labour	Charles F. Robinson	288
Turnout

Grantham no. 7

Grantham no. 7^[7]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Albert E. E. Cooper	426
	Labour	Frederick G. Atwood	272
Turnout

Grantham no. 8

Grantham no. 8^[7]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mrs Dorothy Shipman	400
	Labour	Daniel Hadley Horrigan	173
Turnout

Grantham no. 9

Grantham no. 9^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Mrs Veronica M. F. Webster	799
	Labour	Reginald Charles Moore	715
Turnout

Grantham no. 10

Grantham no. 10^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mrs Louise Marion Ward	445
	Labour	George Ernest Waltham	264
Turnout

Heckington

Heckington^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Henry Brighton
		George Henry Dunmore

Helpringham

Helpringham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		?	?	?

Kyme

Kyme^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Carl John Willows	NA	NA

Leadenham

Leadenham^[7]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Captain Henry William Newman Fane	NA	NA

Market Deeping

Market Deeping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		?	?	?

Martin

Martin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		?	?	?

Metheringham

Metheringham^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frank Cooling Townsend	NA	NA

Morton

Morton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rev. C. Letts

Navenby

Navenby^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rev. Donald Edward Griffin	NA	NA

North Hykeham

North Hykeham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		?	?	?

Osbournby

Osbournby^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		H. H. Morris	NA	NA

Ponton

Ponton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Capt. Sir Hugh Cholmeley Bt	NA	NA

N.B. Nomination papers were also received for John A. Widdowson, but were deemed invalid.^[1]

Rippingale

Rippingale^[1]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Harold Emerson	240
		Archibald W. Sharman	192
		Arthur Hoyes	165

Ropsley

Ropsley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James F. Dodds	NA	NA

Ruskington

Ruskington^[1]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur James Hossack	753
		Benjamin Ebenezer Brighton	343

Scopwick

Scopwick^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Kenneth Charles Irving	NA	NA

Skellingthorpe

Skellingthorpe^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Clement Turner	NA	NA

Sleaford no. 1

Sleaford no. 1^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edgar Wilfred Elmore	NA	NA

Sleaford no. 2

Sleaford no. 2^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Hutchinson Brown	NA	NA

Sleaford no. 3

Sleaford no. 3^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Middleton	NA	NA

Stamford no. 1

Stamford no. 1^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ernest Ireson	NA	NA

Stamford no. 2

Stamford no. 2^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harry Skells	NA	NA

Stamford no. 3

Stamford no. 3^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Canon John Duncan Day	NA	NA

Stamford no. 4

Stamford no. 4^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Percy Keech Banks	NA	NA

Stamford no. 5

Stamford no. 5^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Albert Edward Millett

Swinderby

Swinderby^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Percy William Spray

Thurlby

Thurlby^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas G. Holmes	NA	NA

Uffington

Uffington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		?	?	?

Washingborough

Washingborough^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Henry Applewhite	NA	NA

Welby

Welby^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Brigadier-General R. L. Adlercron	NA	NA

Wilsford

Wilsford^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lieutenant-Commander John Cracroft-Amcotts	NA	NA

Woolsthorpe

Woolsthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		FitzHerbert Wright

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "Nominations yesterday". Grantham Journal. 25 March 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Kesteven, Lincolnshire", A Vision of Britain (University of Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^ Local Government Act 1888, part ii, section 46.1(a), cf. part v, section 83.10
^ Local Government Act 1888, part i, section 2, and part vi, section 103
^ Local Government Act 1972, schedule 1
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Kesteven Elections". Nottingham Evening Post. 11 April 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae "Kesteven County Council Election Fights". Lincolnshire Echo. 24 March 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b "Kesteven Elections". Lincolnshire Echo. 11 April 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[results-le-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "Nominations yesterday". Grantham Journal. 25 March 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Kesteven, Lincolnshire", A Vision of Britain (University of Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[3] Local Government Act 1888, part ii, section 46.1(a), cf. part v, section 83.10

[4] Local Government Act 1888, part i, section 2, and part vi, section 103

[5] Local Government Act 1972, schedule 1

[results-nep-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Kesteven Elections". Nottingham Evening Post. 11 April 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[noms-le-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae "Kesteven County Council Election Fights". Lincolnshire Echo. 24 March 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[results2-8] "Kesteven Elections". Lincolnshire Echo. 11 April 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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