1898 Kesteven County Council election

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

The fourth set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held in March 1898. 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]

Forty-eight electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888.^[5] Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only three divisions.

Results by division[edit]

Ancaster[edit]

Ancaster^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Avery	NA	NA

Barrowby[edit]

Barrowby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles G. E. Welby JP	NA	NA

Bassingham[edit]

Bassingham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles C. Curtis	NA	NA

Bennington[edit]

Bennington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Hutchinson	NA	NA

Billingborough[edit]

Billingborough^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Smith	NA	NA

Billinghay[edit]

Billinghay^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Creasey	NA	NA

Bourne and Morton[edit]

Bourne and Morton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Measures

Bracebridge[edit]

Bracebridge^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Jackson	NA	NA

Branston[edit]

Branston^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. S. Fox	NA	NA

Bytham[edit]

Bytham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Williamson	NA	NA

Caythorpe[edit]

Caythorpe^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Oxley	NA	NA

Claypole[edit]

Claypole^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Nevile	NA	NA

Colsterworth[edit]

Colsterworth^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eli Crabtree	NA	NA

Corby[edit]

Corby^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Conyers Chapman	218
	Conservative	Henry Minta	81
Turnout			299

Deeping[edit]

Deeping^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Holland	NA	NA

Grantham no. 1[edit]

Grantham no. 1^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Bailey	NA	NA

Grantham no. 2[edit]

Grantham no. 2^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Perkins Coultas	NA	NA

Grantham no. 3[edit]

Grantham no. 3^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Hutchinson	NA	NA

Grantham no. 4[edit]

Grantham no. 4^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rev. George Benson Bowler	NA

Grantham no. 5[edit]

Grantham no. 5^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Long Wand	NA	NA

Grantham no. 6[edit]

Grantham no. 6^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John William Martin	NA	NA

Grantham no. 7[edit]

Grantham no. 7^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joshua Lincoln	NA	NA

Great Gonerby[edit]

Gonerby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Newton	NA	NA

Heckington[edit]

Heckington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel G. Harris	NA	NA

Heighington[edit]

Heckington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Oglesby	NA	NA

Helpringham[edit]

Helpringham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James S. Barber	NA	NA

Kyme[edit]

Kyme^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	The Earl of Winchelsea	NA	NA

Martin[edit]

Martin^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John H. Copping	NA	NA

Metheringham[edit]

Metheringham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. G. Allen	NA	NA

Morton[edit]

Morton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John T. Swift	NA	NA

Navenby[edit]

Navenby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Campbell	NA	NA

Osbournby[edit]

Osbournby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William A. Cragg	NA	NA

Ponton[edit]

Ponton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert C. Newton	NA	NA

Rippingale[edit]

Rippingale^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Wellesley Dean	214
	Liberal	William Bacon	153
Turnout			367

Ropsley[edit]

Ropsley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Cecil Rudkin	NA	NA

Ruskington[edit]

Ruskington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel F. Pattinson	NA	NA

Skellingthorpe[edit]

Skellingthorpe^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Captain George E. Jarvis	NA	NA

Sleaford East[edit]

Sleaford West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nickolls^{[nb 1]}	NA	NA

Sleaford West[edit]

Sleaford West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William B. Harris	NA	NA

Stamford All Saints[edit]

Stamford All Saints^[6]^[5]
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Charles Chapman	268
	J. Woolston	239
Turnout		507

Stamford St George's[edit]

Stamford St George's^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. S. Loweth	NA	NA

Stamford St Michael's and St John's[edit]

Stamford St Michael's and St John's^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Major Hart	NA	NA

Stamford St Martin's and St Mary's[edit]

Stamford St Martin's and St Mary's^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		G. Higgs	NA	NA

Thurlby[edit]

Thurlby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Peasgood	NA	NA

Uffington[edit]

Uffington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	The Lord Kesteven	NA	NA

Waddington[edit]

Waddington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colonel R. G. Ellison	NA	NA

Wellingore[edit]

Wellingore^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert N. Moreley	NA	NA

Wilsford[edit]

Wilsford^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard M. Cole	NA	NA

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ He died aged 75 on 3 February 1901, shortly before the next election.^[9]

Citations[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 "Kesteven". Lincolnshire Free Press. 8 March 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Library.
^ ^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 "Kesteven County Council". Grantham Journal. 26 February 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Kesteven". Lincolnshire Free Press. 1 March 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Kesteven County Council Election". Grantham Journal. 5 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Obituary". Nottingham Evening Post. 5 February 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[10] He died aged 75 on 3 February 1901, shortly before the next election.^[9]

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

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

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

[4] Local Government Act 1972, schedule 1

[results-lfp-5] "Kesteven". Lincolnshire Free Press. 8 March 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Library.

[results-le-6] ^ ^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 "Kesteven County Council". Grantham Journal. 26 February 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[noms2-7] "Kesteven". Lincolnshire Free Press. 1 March 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[results-gj-8] "Kesteven County Council Election". Grantham Journal. 5 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "Obituary". Nottingham Evening Post. 5 February 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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