1946 Kesteven County Council election

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

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]

Ancaster^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		R. G. Simpson	NA	NA

Bassingham[edit]

Bassingham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. D. G. Battersby	NA	NA

Bennington[edit]

Bennington^[6]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	F. Winter	518	85.9
	T. L. Hopwood	85	14.1
Turnout		603

Billingborough[edit]

Billingborough^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		A. Wilson	NA	NA

Billinghay[edit]

Billinghay^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		E. Gilbert	NA	NA

Bourne no. 1[edit]

Bourne no. 1^[6]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Rev. W. J. Rees	529	65.0%
	W. Seaton	285	35.0%
Turnout		814

Bourne no. 2[edit]

Bourne no. 2^[6]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	R. A. Collins	400	58.6%
	T. H. Wardale	283	41.4%
Turnout		683

Bracebridge[edit]

Bracebridge^[6]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Herbert E. Hough	362	65.5%
	John Colton Hall	191	34.5%
Turnout		553

Branston[edit]

Branston^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		G. H. Johnson	NA	NA

Brytham[edit]

Brytham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John H. Turner	NA	NA

Caythorpe[edit]

Caythorpe^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John W. Oxby	NA	NA

Claypole[edit]

Claypole^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John W. Milner	NA	NA

Colsterworth[edit]

Colsterworth^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James D. Hind	NA	NA

Corby[edit]

Corby^[6]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	K. King	223	50.1%
	P. Adcock	222	49.9%
Turnout		445

Cranwell[edit]

Cranwell^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Taylor	NA	NA

Deeping St James[edit]

Deeping St James^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles H. Feneley	NA	NA

Dunston[edit]

Dunston^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frank Clarke	NA	NA

Gonerby and Barrowby[edit]

Gonerby and Barrowby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John E. Snell	NA	NA

Grantham no. 1[edit]

Grantham no. 1^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Montague Ogden	293	56.7%
	Independent	John William Joseph Sandall	224	43.3%
Turnout			517

Grantham no. 2[edit]

Grantham no. 2^[5]
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]

Grantham no. 3^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John William Harrison	350	69.6%
	Independent	Alfred Malcolm Hall	153	30.4%
Turnout			503

Grantham no. 4[edit]

Grantham no. 4^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Griffin	302	57.2%
	Labour	George William Ancliff	226	42.8%
Turnout			528

Grantham no. 5[edit]

Grantham no. 5^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gordon Foster	445
	Labour	Herbert Cant	407
Turnout			852

Grantham no. 6[edit]

Grantham no. 6^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Frederick Leonard Preston	245
	Labour	Mrs Sarah Ann Barnes	226
Turnout			471

Grantham no. 7[edit]

Grantham no. 7^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Colonel Edward Johns Grinling	267
	Labour	Mrs Elizabeth Frances Bullimore	226
Turnout			493

Grantham no. 8[edit]

Grantham no. 8^[5]^[6]
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]

Grantham no. 9^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Reginald Charles Moore	389
	Independent	Edward Roberts	339
Turnout			728

Grantham no. 10[edit]

Grantham no. 10^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Mrs Louise Marion Ward	243
	Labour	George William Bowen	156
Turnout			399

Heckington[edit]

Heckington^[6]
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]

Helpringham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. G. Cragg	NA	NA

Kyme[edit]

Kyme^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		C. J. Willows	NA	NA

Leadenham[edit]

Leadenham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry W. N. Fane	NA	NA

Market Deeping[edit]

Market Deeping^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Francis R. Wade	NA	NA

Martin[edit]

Martin^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John F. Vickers	NA	NA

Metheringham[edit]

Metheringham^[6]
Party	Candidate	Votes
	F. C. Townsend	317
	R. A. Fincham	281
Turnout		598

Morton[edit]

Morton^[6]
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Rev. C. Letts	271
	R. Pacey	207
	H. B. Atkinson	193
Turnout		750

Navenby[edit]

Navenby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles B. Aram	NA	NA

North Hykeham[edit]

North Hykeham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George W. Hutson	NA	NA

Osbournby[edit]

Osbournby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rev. David Jones	NA	NA

Ponton[edit]

Ponton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sir H. J. E. S. Cholmeley Bt	NA	NA

Rippingale[edit]

Rippingale^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		A. W. Sharman	NA	NA

Ropsley[edit]

Ropsley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph F. Dodds	NA	NA

Ruskington[edit]

Ruskington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		B. E. Brighton	NA	NA

Scopwick[edit]

Scopwick^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Kenneth C. Irving	NA	NA

Skellingthorpe[edit]

Skellingthorpe^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		R. C. Turner	NA	NA

Sleaford no. 1[edit]

Sleaford no. 1^[6]
Party	Candidate	Votes
	E. W. Elmore	443
	S. S. Williams	255
Turnout		698

Sleaford no. 2[edit]

Sleaford no. 2^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		H. H. Brown	NA	NA

Sleaford no. 3[edit]

Sleaford no. 3^[6]
Party	Candidate	Votes
	W. Middleton	225
	Mrs C. D. Jessop	224
Turnout		449

Stamford no. 1[edit]

Stamford no. 1^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ernest Ireson	336
	Labour	Harold Knowles	189
Turnout			525

Stamford no. 2[edit]

Stamford no. 2^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	C. Prestwood	285
	Labour	W. A. J. Downes	145
Turnout			525

Stamford no. 3[edit]

Stamford no. 3^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	James S. Prior	344
	Labour	J. W. L. Whincup	237
Turnout			499

Stamford no. 4[edit]

Stamford no. 4^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	P. K. Banks	325
	Labour	L. March	276
Turnout			525

Stamford no. 5[edit]

Stamford no. 5^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	A. E. Millett	532
	Independent	H. Skells	304
Turnout			836

Swinderby[edit]

Swinderby^[6]
Party	Candidate	Votes
	P. W. Spray	312
	R. Hewison	116
Turnout		428

Thurlby[edit]

Thurlby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		T. G. Holmes	NA	NA

Uffington[edit]

Uffington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roland Luker	NA	NA

Washingborough[edit]

Washingborough^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		G. H. Applewhite	NA	NA

Welby[edit]

Welby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Brigadier-General R. L. Adlercron	NA	NA

Wilsford[edit]

Wilsford^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lieutenant-Commander J. Cracroft-Amcotts	NA	NA

Woolsthorpe[edit]

Woolsthorpe^[6]
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.

[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

[candidates-gj-5] ^ ^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.

[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 ^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.

[7] "Kesteven Polling Tomorrow". Grantham Journal. 1 March 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 21 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] "Woman joins County Council". Grantham Journal. 14 March 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 21 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "Mayor looks back on an enjoyable year". Grantham Journal. 7 November 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 21 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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