The fifth set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 7 March 1901. 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]
Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed in the election, with contests in only seven of the 48 divisions. No party affiliation is recorded for any of the candidates, except those for Gonerby and Osbournby.
Results by division
Ancaster
Ancaster[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Avery
NA
NA
Barrowby
Barrowby[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Thomas Sherwin Pearson-Gregory
NA
NA
Bassingham
Bassingham[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Charles Constable Curtis
NA
NA
Bennington
Bennington[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Hutchinson
NA
NA
Billingborough
Billingborough[5][6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Colonel de Burton
226
Benjamin Smith
153
Billinghay
Billinghay[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
John Creasey
NA
NA
Bourne and Morton
Bourne and Morton[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
A. Farr
Bracebridge
Bracebridge[5][6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
T. Skipworth
157
S. Wills
139
Branston
Branston[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Alexander Brodrick Leslie-Melville
NA
NA
Bytham
Bytham[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Frederick William Williamson
NA
NA
Caythorpe
Caythorpe[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Oxley
NA
NA
Claypole
Claypole[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
George Nevile
NA
NA
Colsterworth
Colsterworth[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Eli Crabtree
NA
NA
Corby
Corby[5][7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Joseph A. Wilson
111
Henry Minta
99
Rev. J. W. Layng[nb 1]
51
Deeping
Deeping[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
R. Wade
NA
NA
Gonerby
Gonerby[5][6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
George W. Harvey
229
Conservative
Charles J. E. Parker
84
Grantham no. 1
Grantham no. 1[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Bailey
NA
NA
Grantham no. 2
Grantham no. 2[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
James Perkins Coultas
NA
NA
Grantham no. 3
Grantham no. 3[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Arthur Hutchinson
NA
NA
Grantham no. 4
Grantham no. 4[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Rev. George Benson Bowler
NA
NA
Grantham no. 5
Grantham no. 5[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
William Long Wand
NA
NA
Grantham no. 6
Grantham no. 6[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
John William Martin
NA
NA
Grantham no. 7
Grantham no. 7[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Joshua Lincoln
NA
NA
Heckington
Heckington[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Daniel Gorham Harris
NA
NA
Heighington
Heighington[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Samuel Oglesby
NA
NA
Helpringham
Helpringham[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Joseph Senior Barber
NA
NA
Kyme
Kyme[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
J. W. Palmer
Charles Claydon
N.B. It is not clear from the results reports who won this division.
Martin
Martin[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
John Hague Copping
NA
NA
Metheringham
Metheringham[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Edward Godson Allen
NA
NA
Morton
Morton[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
John Thomas Swift
NA
NA
Navenby
Navenby[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Dr Andrew Campbell
NA
NA
Osbournby
Osbournby[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Captain William Alfred Cragg
NA
NA
Ponton
Ponton[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Robert Christian Newton
NA
NA
Rippingale
Rippingale[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Arthur Wellesley Dean
NA
NA
Ropsley
Ropsley[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
James Cecil Rudkin
NA
NA
Ruskington
Ruskington[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Samuel Francis Pattinson
NA
NA
Skellingthorpe
Skellingthorpe[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Captain George Eden Jarvis
NA
NA
Sleaford East
Sleaford East[5][6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
W. H. Spite
277
H. A. Peake
186
Sleaford West
Sleaford West[5][6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
W. B. Harris
298
Charles Attiwell
135
Stamford no. 1
Stamford no. 1[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
J. Woolston
NA
NA
Stamford no. 2
Stamford no. 2[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
J. Seaton Loweth
NA
NA
Stamford no. 3
Stamford no. 3[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Major Herbert Hart
NA
NA
Stamford no. 4
Stamford no. 4[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
George Higgs
NA
NA
Thurlby
Thurlby[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
W. Hayes
NA
NA
Uffington
Uffington[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
The Lord Kesteven
NA
NA
Waddington
Waddington[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Hugh Jackson
NA
NA
Wellingore
Wellingore[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Robert Newcombe Moreley
NA
NA
Wilsford
Wilsford[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Richard Montagu Cole
NA
NA
By-elections
Billinghay, 1901
John Creasey, the sitting councillor of the Billinghay division, died on 30 October 1901.[8] Three candidates emerged to fill the vacancy created by his death: John William Palmer, a merchant; John Edward South, a miller and merchant; and William Ravell, a farmer and auctioneer.[9] The election was held on Friday, 6 December.[9][10] According to the Grantham Journal, "all parties work[ed] hard for success"; canvassing was carried out in Billinghay and Walcott and Palmer and Ravell addressed voters in both villages in the week before the election.[10]
The results were as follows:[10]
Candidate
Votes
William Ravell
197
John William Palmer
158
John Edward South
3
Ravell was therefore returned as the councillor for the division.[10]
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadaeafagahaiajakalamanaoapaqarasatauav"Kesteven County Council Election". Grantham Journal. 2 March 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. and "County Council Nominations: Kesteven". Lincolnshire Chronicle. 1 March 1901. p. 8. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ abcde"The County Councils: Results of the Polling". Lincolnshire Echo. 8 March 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Kesteven County Council". Grantham Journal. 9 March 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Deaths", Stamford Mercury, 1 November 1901, p. 4.
^ ab"Billingborough", Stamford Mercury, 29 November 1901, p. 6.
^ abcd"Sleaford", Grantham Journal, 7 December 1901, p. 6.