1955 Kesteven County Council election

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

Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 2 April 1955. 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 County Council was divided into 60 electoral divisions. 45 independents and 15 Labour candidates were returned in the 1955 elections.^[5]

Results by division

The following were the results of the election held on 2 April 1955:^[5]^[6]^[7]

Division	Candidate^[5]	Party	Votes	Retiring member?
Ancaster	Robert William Chadburn	Ind		r
Bassingham	W. D. G. Battersby			r
Bennington	Christopher Ullyatt	Lab
Billingborough	The Rev. Leslie Ronald Swingler^[8]	Ind		r
Billinghay	Bertie Tomlinson	Ind
Bourne no. 1	H. L. Hudson			r
Bourne no. 2	Dr G. A. F. Holloway^[9]
Bracebridge	Herbert Edward Hough	Lab	453
Bracebridge	Alice Rooke	Ind	416	r
Branston	W. E. Young			r
Bytham	J. H. Turner^[8]			r
Caythorpe	John William Oxby	Ind	443	r
Caythorpe	Mrs Dorothy Lily Pamblett	Ind	203
Claypole	Brig. F. McCallum^[8]			r
Colsterworth	Charles Bulstridge Bailey	Ind	327	r
	Constance Lily Jacques	Ind	226
	Gordon Suter	Lab	100
Corby	John Hedley Lewis			r
Cranwell	John Edwin Mountain	Ind		r
Deeping St James	J. J. L. MacKirdy
Dunston	J. Ireson			r
Gonerby and Barrowby	Philip Newton	Ind	371
Gonerby and Barrowby	John Edward Snell	Lab	335	r
Grantham no. 1	A. E. Bellamy	Lab		r
Grantham no. 2	W. Bevan	Lab		r
Grantham no. 3	J. W. Harrison	Lab		r
Grantham no. 4	K. H. Jennings	Lab		r
Grantham no. 5	J. W. Browse
Grantham no. 6	Mrs A. S. Chantry	Lab		r
Grantham no. 7	Arthur Syddall	Ind	440	r
Grantham no. 7	George Ernest Waltham	Lab	222
Grantham no. 8	Mrs D. Shipman			r
Grantham no. 9	M. W. Patterson	Lab		r
Grantham no. 10	Cyril Welbourne^[10]	Lab
Heckington	George Henry Dunmore^[11]	Ind		r
Helpringham	Sydney Percy King	Lab		r
Kyme	Ernest Leonard Lamyman^[12]	Ind		r
Leadenham	Col. William Reeve	Ind
Market Deeping	F. R. Wade			r
Martin	J. F. Vickers			r
Metheringham	Frederick Cooling Townsend	Ind	439	r
Metheringham	Frederick Archie Burgon	Lab	332
Morton	Jack Manton	Lab	311
Morton	Alan Shaw	Ind	265	r
Navenby	Richard Baden Naylor	Ind		r
North Hykeham	Sydney Roe	Ind	567	r
North Hykeham	Frederick Albert Baker	Lab	401
Osbournby	Mrs Nellie Robson	Ind		r
Ponton	Lt-Col. R. W. Newton^[8]			r
Rippingale	Harold Scarborough	Lab	304
Rippingale	John Alexander Galletly	Ind	278
Ropsley	Mrs J. P. Dixon^[8]			r
Ruskington	Benjamin Ebenezer Brighton	Ind		r
Scopwick	Horace Waudby	Ind		r
Skellingthorpe	R. C. Turner			r
Sleaford no. 1	Edgar Wilfred Elmore	Ind		r
Sleaford no. 2	Cecil John Barnes	Ind	502	r
Sleaford no. 2	John Mathieson Klingberg	Lab	458
Sleaford no. 3	William Middleton	Ind		r
Stamford no. 1	Mrs G. M. Boyfield			r
Stamford no. 2	William Arthur James Darnes	Lab	459
Stamford no. 2	Harry Skells	Ind	173	r
Stamford no. 3	J. H. W. Taylor			r
Stamford no. 4	P. K. Banks			r
Stamford no. 5	A. T. West^[13]	Lab
Swinderby	P. W. Spray			r
Thurlby	G. A. Griffin			r
Uffington	The Rev. R. Burman
Washingborough	H. A. Lillie^[14]
Welby	Herbert Vian Clark	Ind	426
Welby	Reginald Edgar Burnett	Lab	260
Wilsford	Henry Pryor Kelway	Ind
Woolsthorpe	FitzHerbert Wright^[8]			r

References

Notes

Citations

^ "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 "Labour gains seats on County Council". Sleaford Gazette. 8 April 1955. p. 2.
^ "Only One County Council Election Fight in Grantham". Grantham Journal. 18 March 1955. pp. 1, 4.
^ "No Tories Nominated in Kesteven". Nottingham Guardian. 18 March 1955. p. 7.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The nomination was invalid, but as he was the retiring member and no other candidates came forward, he was re-elected automatically.
^ The retiring member, R. A. Collins, did not seek re-election
^ The retiring member, C. J. Redmile, did not seek re-election
^ No nominations were received, so Dunmore was re-elected as the retiring member.
^ No nominations were received, so Lamyman was re-elected as the retiring member.
^ The previous councillor, A. E. Millett, had been elected an alderman
^ The seat was vacant.

[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

[:0-5] "Labour gains seats on County Council". Sleaford Gazette. 8 April 1955. p. 2.

[6] "Only One County Council Election Fight in Grantham". Grantham Journal. 18 March 1955. pp. 1, 4.

[7] "No Tories Nominated in Kesteven". Nottingham Guardian. 18 March 1955. p. 7.

[:1-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The nomination was invalid, but as he was the retiring member and no other candidates came forward, he was re-elected automatically.

[9] The retiring member, R. A. Collins, did not seek re-election

[10] The retiring member, C. J. Redmile, did not seek re-election

[11] No nominations were received, so Dunmore was re-elected as the retiring member.

[12] No nominations were received, so Lamyman was re-elected as the retiring member.

[13] The previous councillor, A. E. Millett, had been elected an alderman

[14] The seat was vacant.

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