The third set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 7 March 1895. 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 administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England.
Forty-six electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888.[5] For the 1892 election, Sleaford and Bourne, which were initially two member divisions, were split,[6] the former into Sleaford East and Sleaford West, the latter into Bourne and Morton.[7] Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only eight divisions. Of these, six involved political parties; the Liberals won four and the Conservatives two.
Ancaster
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Barrowby
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Bassingham
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Bennington
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Billingborough
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Billinghay
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Bourne
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Bracebridge
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Branston
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Bytham
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Caythorpe
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Claypole
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Colsterworth
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Corby
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Deeping
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Gonerby
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Grantham no. 1
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Grantham no. 2
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Grantham no. 4
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Grantham no. 5
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Grantham no. 6
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Grantham no. 7
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Heckington
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Heighington
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Helpringham
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Kyme
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Martin
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Metheringham
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Morton
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Navenby
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Osbournby
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Ponton
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Rippingale
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Ropsley
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Ruskington
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Skellingthorpe
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Sleaford East
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Stamford no. 1
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Thurlby
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Uffington
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Waddington
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Wellingore
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Wilsford
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The Council met on 16 March 1895 to elect its chairman and aldermen . The only sitting councillor elected an alderman was W. B. Harrison of Grantham no. 7 division.[9] This triggered a by-election, in which two candidates came forward. The first, Joshua Lincoln, was an alderman on Grantham Municipal Borough Council, while his opponent was Charles Basker, a magistrate and town councillor.[10]
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N.B. Two ballot papers were spoilt.
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