Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 2 April 1955. 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.[1] The Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county, governed by a Council;[2] 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.[3][4]
The County Council was divided into 60 electoral divisions. 45 independents and 15 Labour candidates were returned in the 1955 elections.[5]
Results by division
editThe following were the results of the election held on 2 April 1955:[5][6][7]
| Division | Candidate[5] | Party | Votes | Retiring member? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancaster | Robert William Chadburn | Ind | r | |
| Bassingham |
W. D. G. Battersby |
r | ||
| Bennington | Christopher Ullyatt | Lab | ||
| Billingborough | The Rev. Leslie Ronald Swingler[8] | Ind | r | |
| Billinghay | Bertie Tomlinson | Ind | ||
| Bourne no. 1 |
H. L. Hudson |
r | ||
| Bourne no. 2 |
Dr G. A. F. Holloway[9] |
|||
| Bracebridge | Herbert Edward Hough | Lab | 453 | |
| Alice Rooke | Ind | 416 | r | |
| Branston | W. E. Young | r | ||
| Bytham | J. H. Turner[8] | r | ||
| Caythorpe | John William Oxby | Ind | 443 | r |
| Mrs Dorothy Lily Pamblett | Ind | 203 | ||
| Claypole | Brig. F. McCallum[8] | r | ||
| Colsterworth | Charles Bulstridge Bailey | Ind | 327 | r |
| Constance Lily Jacques | Ind | 226 | ||
| Gordon Suter | Lab | 100 | ||
| Corby | r | |||
| Cranwell | John Edwin Mountain | Ind | r | |
| Deeping St James | J. J. L. MacKirdy | |||
| Dunston |
J. Ireson |
r | ||
| Gonerby and Barrowby | Philip Newton | Ind | 371 | |
| John Edward Snell | Lab | 335 | r | |
| Grantham no. 1 | A. E. Bellamy | Lab | r | |
| Grantham no. 2 | W. Bevan | Lab | r | |
| Grantham no. 3 | J. W. Harrison | Lab | r | |
| Grantham no. 4 | K. H. Jennings | Lab | r | |
| Grantham no. 5 | J. W. Browse | |||
| Grantham no. 6 | Mrs A. S. Chantry | Lab | r | |
| Grantham no. 7 | Arthur Syddall | Ind | 440 | r |
| George Ernest Waltham | Lab | 222 | ||
| Grantham no. 8 | Mrs D. Shipman | r | ||
| Grantham no. 9 | M. W. Patterson | Lab | r | |
| Grantham no. 10 | Cyril Welbourne[10] | Lab | ||
| Heckington | George Henry Dunmore[11] | Ind | r | |
| Helpringham | Sydney Percy King | Lab | r | |
| Kyme | Ernest Leonard Lamyman[12] | Ind | r | |
| Leadenham | Col. William Reeve | Ind | ||
| Market Deeping | F. R. Wade | r | ||
| Martin | J. F. Vickers | r | ||
| Metheringham | Frederick Cooling Townsend | Ind | 439 | r |
| Frederick Archie Burgon | Lab | 332 | ||
| Morton | Jack Manton | Lab | 311 | |
| Alan Shaw | Ind | 265 | r | |
| Navenby | Richard Baden Naylor | Ind | r | |
| North Hykeham | Sydney Roe | Ind | 567 | r |
| Frederick Albert Baker | Lab | 401 | ||
| Osbournby | Mrs Nellie Robson | Ind | r | |
| Ponton | Lt-Col. R. W. Newton[8] | r | ||
| Rippingale | Harold Scarborough | Lab | 304 | |
| John Alexander Galletly | Ind | 278 | ||
| Ropsley | Mrs J. P. Dixon[8] | r | ||
| Ruskington | Benjamin Ebenezer Brighton | Ind | r | |
| Scopwick | Horace Waudby | Ind | r | |
| Skellingthorpe | R. C. Turner | r | ||
| Sleaford no. 1 | Edgar Wilfred Elmore | Ind | r | |
| Sleaford no. 2 | Cecil John Barnes | Ind | 502 | r |
| John Mathieson Klingberg | Lab | 458 | ||
| Sleaford no. 3 | William Middleton | Ind | r | |
| Stamford no. 1 | Mrs G. M. Boyfield | r | ||
| Stamford no. 2 | William Arthur James Darnes | Lab | 459 | |
| Harry Skells | Ind | 173 | r | |
| Stamford no. 3 | J. H. W. Taylor | r | ||
| Stamford no. 4 | P. K. Banks | r | ||
| Stamford no. 5 | A. T. West[13] |
Lab |
||
| Swinderby | P. W. Spray | r | ||
| Thurlby | G. A. Griffin | r | ||
| Uffington | The Rev. R. Burman | |||
| Washingborough | H. A. Lillie[14] | |||
| Welby | Herbert Vian Clark | Ind | 426 | |
| Reginald Edgar Burnett | Lab | 260 | ||
| Wilsford | Henry Pryor Kelway | Ind | ||
| Woolsthorpe | FitzHerbert Wright[8] | r |
References
editNotes
editCitations
edit- ^ "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 "Labour gains seats on County Council". Sleaford Gazette. 8 April 1955. p. 2.
- ^ "Only One County Council Election Fight in Grantham". Grantham Journal. 18 March 1955. pp. 1, 4.
- ^ "No Tories Nominated in Kesteven". Nottingham Guardian. 18 March 1955. p. 7.
- ^ a b c d e f The nomination was invalid, but as he was the retiring member and no other candidates came forward, he was re-elected automatically.
- ^ The retiring member, R. A. Collins, did not seek re-election
- ^ The retiring member, C. J. Redmile, did not seek re-election
- ^ No nominations were received, so Dunmore was re-elected as the retiring member.
- ^ No nominations were received, so Lamyman was re-elected as the retiring member.
- ^ The previous councillor, A. E. Millett, had been elected an alderman
- ^ The seat was vacant.