1937 Kesteven County Council election

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]

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

Results by division

Division	Candidate	Party	Votes
Ancaster	Herbert Jones		395
	Charles Scoffield		180
Bassingham	Henry Collin
Bennington
Billingborough	Arthur Wilson		283
	George Sandall		195
	Fred Smith		155
Billinghay	William Skinner
Bourne no. 1	Frederick George Wall
Bourne no. 2	Robert Arnold Collins
Bracebridge	John Coalton Hall		332
	George Baumber		247
Branston
Bytham	John Turner
Caythorpe	Henry William Newman Fane		282
	Thomas Reynolds		245
Claypole	John William Milner		328
	Rev. Thomas Billingham		181
Colsterworth	James Duke Hind
Corby	Harry Adcock
Cranwell	Rev. Alfred Richings Tucker
Deeping St James	Charles Henry Feneley
Dunston
Gonerby and Barrowby	William Horace Brownlow
Grantham no. 1	Fred P. Digby
Grantham no. 2	Mrs Lilian Basford
Grantham no. 3	Mrs D. Schwind		381
	Mrs S. A. Barnes	Lab	357
Grantham no. 4	H. H. Quilter
Grantham no. 5	Gordon Foster
Grantham no. 6	Mervyn E. Osborn
Grantham no. 7	F. W. Topham
Grantham no. 8	E. K. Marsland
Grantham no. 9	S. T. Roberts
Grantham no. 10	E. S. Dunkerton
Heckington	George Henry Goose
Helpringham
Kyme
Leadenham	John Cracroft-Amcotts
Market Deeping
Martin
Metheringham
Morton	Herbert Charles Tointon
Navenby
North Hykeham
Osbournby	George Harold Schwind
Ponton	Christopher Hatton Turnor
Rippingale	Alfred Everett		397
	Rev. John Smithson Barstow (Vicar of Aslackby)		173
Ropsley	Rev. Cecil St John Wright
Ruskington
Scopwick
Skellingthorpe
Sleaford no. 1	Henry Hine Foster
Sleaford no. 2	Herbert Hutchinson Brown
Sleaford no. 3	John William Pattinson
Stamford no. 1
Stamford no. 2
Stamford no. 3
Stamford no. 4
Stamford no. 5
Swinderby
Thurlby	Thomas Goodwin Holmes		490
	Archibald Ward Sharman		263
Uffington
Washingborough
Welby	Philip Henry Selby
Wilsford	Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron
Woolsthorpe	Oliver Charles Earle Welby

Sources: "County Council Contests". Grantham Journal. 27 February 1937. p. 11. and "County Council elections". Grantham Journal. 13 March 1937. p. 6.

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. "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.