1901_Kesteven_County_Council_election

1901 Kesteven County Council election

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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]

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

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

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Rector of Creeton and Swinstead

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

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

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

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Local Government Act 1972, schedule 1

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"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.

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"The County Councils: Results of the Polling". Lincolnshire Echo. 8 March 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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"Kesteven County Council". Grantham Journal. 9 March 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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"Deaths", Stamford Mercury, 1 November 1901, p. 4.

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"Billingborough", Stamford Mercury, 29 November 1901, p. 6.

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"Sleaford", Grantham Journal, 7 December 1901, p. 6.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Colonel de Burton	226
		Benjamin Smith	153

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		T. Skipworth	157
		S. Wills	139

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph A. Wilson	111
		Henry Minta	99
		Rev. J. W. Layng^{[nb 1]}	51

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George W. Harvey	229
	Conservative	Charles J. E. Parker	84

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. W. Palmer
		Charles Claydon

Sleaford East^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. H. Spite	277
		H. A. Peake	186

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Results by division

Ancaster

Barrowby

Bassingham

Bennington

Billingborough

Billinghay

Bourne and Morton

Bracebridge

Branston

Bytham

Caythorpe

Claypole

Colsterworth

Corby

Deeping

Gonerby

Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 3

Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 5

Grantham no. 6

Grantham no. 7

Heckington

Heighington

Helpringham

Kyme

Martin

Metheringham

Morton

Navenby

Osbournby

Ponton

Rippingale

Ropsley

Ruskington

Skellingthorpe

Sleaford East

Sleaford West

Stamford no. 1

Stamford no. 2

Stamford no. 3

Stamford no. 4

Thurlby

Uffington

Waddington

Wellingore

Wilsford

By-elections

Billinghay, 1901

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