Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 2 March 1946. 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]
For the 1946 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.[5] Only twenty-six were contested and most of these were in the towns: every seat in Stamford and Bourne and all but one in Grantham and Sleaford. The results were extremely close in two wards: in Sleaford no. 3 there was a tie, forcing the returning officer to cast his ballot; and in Corby, the difference between the two candidates was one vote.[6] In summarising the result, the Lincolnshire Echo stated that "politics play little part in Kesteven County Council affairs";[6] this was true at least insofar that Labour was the only political party to contest any of the wards. Having won five seats, the remainder went to independent candidates.
Results edit
Ancaster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. G. Simpson | NA | NA |
Bassingham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. D. G. Battersby | NA | NA |
Bennington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
F. Winter | 518 | 85.9 | |||
T. L. Hopwood | 85 | 14.1 | |||
Turnout | 603 |
Billingborough edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Wilson | NA | NA |
Billinghay edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. Gilbert | NA | NA |
Bourne no. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rev. W. J. Rees | 529 | 65.0% | |||
W. Seaton | 285 | 35.0% | |||
Turnout | 814 |
Bourne no. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. A. Collins | 400 | 58.6% | |||
T. H. Wardale | 283 | 41.4% | |||
Turnout | 683 |
Bracebridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herbert E. Hough | 362 | 65.5% | |||
John Colton Hall | 191 | 34.5% | |||
Turnout | 553 |
Branston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. H. Johnson | NA | NA |
Brytham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John H. Turner | NA | NA |
Caythorpe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John W. Oxby | NA | NA |
Claypole edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John W. Milner | NA | NA |
Colsterworth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James D. Hind | NA | NA |
Corby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. King | 223 | 50.1% | |||
P. Adcock | 222 | 49.9% | |||
Turnout | 445 |
Cranwell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Taylor | NA | NA |
Deeping St James edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles H. Feneley | NA | NA |
Dunston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Clarke | NA | NA |
Gonerby and Barrowby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John E. Snell | NA | NA |
Grantham no. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Montague Ogden | 293 | 56.7% | ||
Independent | John William Joseph Sandall | 224 | 43.3% | ||
Turnout | 517 |
Grantham no. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. Lilian Basford[7] | NA | NA |
Basford was elected Mayor of Grantham and became an alderman later in 1946, forcing her to vacate the seat. The Labour candidate Elizabeth Frances Bullimore was the only person nominated to replace her and so took up the seat in March 1947.[8][9]
Grantham no. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John William Harrison | 350 | 69.6% | ||
Independent | Alfred Malcolm Hall | 153 | 30.4% | ||
Turnout | 503 |
Grantham no. 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Griffin | 302 | 57.2% | ||
Labour | George William Ancliff | 226 | 42.8% | ||
Turnout | 528 |
Grantham no. 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gordon Foster | 445 | |||
Labour | Herbert Cant | 407 | |||
Turnout | 852 |
Grantham no. 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frederick Leonard Preston | 245 | |||
Labour | Mrs Sarah Ann Barnes | 226 | |||
Turnout | 471 |
Grantham no. 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Colonel Edward Johns Grinling | 267 | |||
Labour | Mrs Elizabeth Frances Bullimore | 226 | |||
Turnout | 493 |
Grantham no. 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mrs Dorothy Shipman | 189 | |||
Independent | Mrs Veronica Mary Platt Webster | 174 | |||
Labour | Reginald Edgar Burnett | 91 | |||
Turnout | 454 |
Grantham no. 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Charles Moore | 389 | |||
Independent | Edward Roberts | 339 | |||
Turnout | 728 |
Grantham no. 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mrs Louise Marion Ward | 243 | |||
Labour | George William Bowen | 156 | |||
Turnout | 399 |
Heckington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. H. Goose | 298 | 39.7% | |||
F. W. Watson | 264 | 35.2% | |||
Labour | J. H. Brighton | 188 | 25.1% | ||
Turnout | 750 |
Helpringham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. G. Cragg | NA | NA |
Kyme edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. J. Willows | NA | NA |
Leadenham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry W. N. Fane | NA | NA |
Market Deeping edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Francis R. Wade | NA | NA |
Martin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John F. Vickers | NA | NA |
Metheringham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
F. C. Townsend | 317 | ||||
R. A. Fincham | 281 | ||||
Turnout | 598 |
Morton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rev. C. Letts | 271 | ||||
R. Pacey | 207 | ||||
H. B. Atkinson | 193 | ||||
Turnout | 750 |
edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles B. Aram | NA | NA |
North Hykeham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
George W. Hutson | NA | NA |
Osbournby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rev. David Jones | NA | NA |
Ponton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sir H. J. E. S. Cholmeley Bt | NA | NA |
Rippingale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. W. Sharman | NA | NA |
Ropsley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph F. Dodds | NA | NA |
Ruskington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. E. Brighton | NA | NA |
Scopwick edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenneth C. Irving | NA | NA |
Skellingthorpe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. C. Turner | NA | NA |
Sleaford no. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. W. Elmore | 443 | ||||
S. S. Williams | 255 | ||||
Turnout | 698 |
Sleaford no. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
H. H. Brown | NA | NA |
Sleaford no. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. Middleton | 225 | ||||
Mrs C. D. Jessop | 224 | ||||
Turnout | 449 |
Stamford no. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ernest Ireson | 336 | |||
Labour | Harold Knowles | 189 | |||
Turnout | 525 |
Stamford no. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Prestwood | 285 | |||
Labour | W. A. J. Downes | 145 | |||
Turnout | 525 |
Stamford no. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James S. Prior | 344 | |||
Labour | J. W. L. Whincup | 237 | |||
Turnout | 499 |
Stamford no. 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. K. Banks | 325 | |||
Labour | L. March | 276 | |||
Turnout | 525 |
Stamford no. 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. E. Millett | 532 | |||
Independent | H. Skells | 304 | |||
Turnout | 836 |
Swinderby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. W. Spray | 312 | ||||
R. Hewison | 116 | ||||
Turnout | 428 |
Thurlby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. G. Holmes | NA | NA |
Uffington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roland Luker | NA | NA |
Washingborough edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. H. Applewhite | NA | NA |
Welby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brigadier-General R. L. Adlercron | NA | NA |
Wilsford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lieutenant-Commander J. Cracroft-Amcotts | NA | NA |
Woolsthorpe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Major H. R. E. Welby | 216 | ||||
F. King | 75 | ||||
Turnout | 291 |
References 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 d e f g h i j k l "Ninety Candidates for 60 Seats". Grantham Journal. 22 February 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 21 April 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 af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh "Returning officer had to give casting vote". Lincolnshire Echo. 4 March 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 21 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Kesteven Polling Tomorrow". Grantham Journal. 1 March 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 21 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Woman joins County Council". Grantham Journal. 14 March 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 21 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mayor looks back on an enjoyable year". Grantham Journal. 7 November 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 21 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.