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

Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 6 March 1937. 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 1937 elections, there were contests in 8 divisions: Ancaster, Billingborough, Bracebridge, Caythorpe, Claypole, Grantham no. 3, Rippingale, and Thurlby. In all of the other divisions, only one candidate was nominated and they were returned unopposed.

Results by division

Division Candidate Party Votes


Retiring member
Ancaster Herbert Jones 395 y
Charles Scoffield 180


n
Bassingham Henry Collin


y
Bennington George Edmund Denton


y
Billingborough Arthur Wilson 283 n
George Sandall 195


n
Fred Smith 155


n
Billinghay William Skinner


y
Bourne no. 1 Robert Arnold Collins


y
Bourne no. 2 Frederick George Wall


y
Bracebridge John Coalton Hall 332 n
George Baumber 247


y
Branston Roland Ellis Dean


y
Bytham John Turner


y
Caythorpe Henry William Newman Fane 282 n
Thomas Reynolds 245


y
Claypole John William Milner 328 y
Rev. Thomas Billingham 181


n
Colsterworth James Duke Hind


y
Corby Harry Adcock


n
Cranwell Rev. Alfred Richings Tucker


n
Deeping St James Charles Henry Feneley


y
Dunston Henry Gordon Dean


y
Gonerby and Barrowby William Horace Brownlow


y
Grantham no. 1 Fred P. Digby


y
Grantham no. 2 Mrs Lilian Basford


y
Grantham no. 3 Mrs D. Schwind 381 y
Mrs S. A. Barnes Lab 357


n
Grantham no. 4 H. H. Quilter


y
Grantham no. 5 Gordon Foster


y
Grantham no. 6 Mervyn E. Osborn


y
Grantham no. 7 F. W. Topham


y
Grantham no. 8 E. K. Marsland


y
Grantham no. 9 S. T. Roberts


y
Grantham no. 10 E. S. Dunkerton


n
Heckington George Henry Goose


y
Helpringham Major William Gilliatt Cragg


y
Kyme Morris Tonge Chambers


y
Leadenham Lieutenant-Commander John Cracroft-Amcotts


n
Market Deeping Charles William Barrand


y
Martin Henry Wright


n
Metheringham George Flintham


y
Morton Herbert Charles Tointon


n
Navenby John William Raby


y
North Hykeham George William Hackney


y
Osbournby George Harold Schwind


n
Ponton Christopher Hatton Turnor


y
Rippingale Alfred Everett 397 y
Rev. John Smithson Barstow (Vicar of Aslackby) 173


n
Ropsley Rev. Cecil St John Wright


y
Ruskington Edward Cuthbert Allington James


y
Scopwick Herbert Gibson


y
Skellingthorpe Richard Hatton Brooks


n
Sleaford no. 1 Henry Hine Foster


y
Sleaford no. 2 Herbert Hutchinson Brown


y
Sleaford no. 3 John William Pattinson


y
Stamford no. 1 Henry Deer


y
Stamford no. 2 Walter Ernest Dodman


y
Stamford no. 3 James Siddall Prior


y
Stamford no. 4 Fred Sindall


y
Stamford no. 5 Ernest Ireson


y
Swinderby Admiral Robert Cathcart Kemble Lambert


y
Thurlby Thomas Goodwin Holmes 490 y
Archibald Ward Sharman 263


n
Uffington Colonel Froude Dillon Trollope-Bellew


y
Washingborough Frederick Higgs


y
Welby Philip Henry Selby


y
Wilsford Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron


y
Woolsthorpe Oliver Charles Earle Welby y

Sources:

By-elections

April 1937

Following the death of H. H. Foster, a Holdingham resident and county councillor for the Sleaford no. 1 division, W. Middleton was returned unopposed for his seat on the county council.[5]

May 1937

The county councillor for North Hykeham, George William Hackney, died in March 1937 after being kicked by a horse. This prompted a contest to fill the vacancy between George William Hutson, of Hilldersden House, and John Willam Clarke, a former police officer, of Park View, Newark Road. Hutson won with 342 votes against Clarke's 301 (there were 3 spoilt papers).[5][6][7]

References

  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
  5. ^ a b "Kesteven County Council by-elections". Lincolnshire Echo. 23 April 1937. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Three counties reviewed". Grantham Journal. 20 March 1937. p. 8.
  7. ^ "North Hykeham County Councillor". Lincolnshire Echo. 4 May 1937. p. 4.
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