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.[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]
Forty-six electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888.[6] 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.[1] Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only eight divisions.
Results by division Ancaster Ancaster[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% W. Avery NA NA
Barrowby Barrowby[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% R. Welbourn NA NA
Bassingham Bassingham[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% C. C. Curtis NA NA
Bennington Bennington[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% W. Hutchinson NA NA
Billingborough Billingborough[1] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative E. Smith 266 Conservative E. J. Grummitt 148
Billinghay Billinghay[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% J. Creasey NA NA
Bourne Bourne and Morton[1] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative J. Measures NA NA
Bracebridge Bracebridge[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% W. J. Warrener NA NA
Branston Branston[1] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal W. S. Fox 206 Conservative H. Mackinder 150
Bytham Bytham[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% T. Williamson NA NA
Caythorpe Caythorpe[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% H. W. Chapman NA NA
Claypole Claypole[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative G. Nevile NA NA
Colsterworth Colsterworth[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal E. Crabtree NA NA
Corby Corby[1] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Hon. G. H. D. Willoughby 235 Liberal Unionist C. Chapman 90
Deeping Deeping[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% W. Holland NA NA
Gonerby Gonerby[1] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Thomas Newton 221 G. W. Harvey 123
Grantham no. 1 Grantham no. 1[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal J. Bailey NA NA
Grantham no. 2 Grantham no. 2[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal W. Scoffield NA NA
Grantham no. 3 Grantham no. 3[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative A. Hutchinson NA NA
Grantham no. 4 Grantham no. 4[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal E. S. Harding NA NA
Grantham no. 5 Grantham no. 5[1] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal W. L. Wand 187 Conservative R. S. Bestwick 111
Grantham no. 6 Grantham no. 6[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative J. W. Martin NA NA
Grantham no. 7 Grantham no. 7[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative W. B. Harrison NA NA
Heckington Heckington[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative F. Redshaw NA NA
Heighington Heighington[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative S. Oglesby NA NA
Helpringham Helpringham[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative J. S. Barber NA NA
Kyme Kyme[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Lord Winchelsea
Martin Martin[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative J. H. Copping NA NA
Metheringham Metheringham[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative W. D. Gilpin-Brown NA NA
Morton Morton[1] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Henry Goodyear 201 Liberal T. P. Allatt 170
Navenby Navenby[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Major A. C. Tempest (ret.) NA NA
Osbournby Osbournby[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative W. H. Cragg NA NA
Ponton Ponton[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% R. C. Newton NA NA
Quarrington Quarrington[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Unionist A. L. Jessopp NA NA
Rippingale Ponton[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal W. Bacon NA NA
Ropsley Ponton[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative C. Thorold NA NA
Ruskington Ruskington[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative N. H. Reeve NA NA
Skellingthorpe Skillingthorpe[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative G. E. Jarvis NA NA
Sleaford Sleaford[1] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative T. E. Jacobson 221 Labour W. B. Harris 152
Stamford no. 1 Stamford no. 1[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal C. Chapman NA NA
Stamford no. 2 Stamford no. 2[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal J. S. Loweth NA NA
Stamford no. 3 Stamford np. 3[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative H. Hart NA NA
Stamford no. 4 Stamford no. 4[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative C. Handson NA NA
Thurlby Thurlby[1] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Robert Peasgood 213 Conservative W. Cross 169
Uffington Uffington[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative The Lord Bertie NA NA
Waddington Waddington[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Colonel R. G. Ellison NA NA
Wellingore Wellingore[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Colonel J. Reeve NA NA
Wilsford Wilsford[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative G. H. Peake NA NA
References ^ 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 af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax "County Council Elections: Kesteven (Lincolnshire)" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 29 February 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 7 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 ^ "Kesteven County Council" . Grantham Journal . 8 December 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Kesteven County Council Elections" . Grantham Journal . 5 March 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 7 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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