Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 15 April 1961. 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 was divided into 60 electoral divisions, each of which returned one member. In 1961 there were contests in 7 of these.
Results by division
edit| Division | Candidate[5][6] | Party | Votes | Retiring member? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancaster | T. A. H. Coltman | Ind | ||
| Bassingham | T. W. Mawer | Ind | ||
| Bennington | F. Winter | Ind | ||
| Billingborough | Mrs C. A. Baker | Ind | ||
| Billinghay | B. Tomlinson | Ind | ||
| Bourne no. 1 | G. A. F. Holloway | Ind | ||
| Bourne no. 2 | W. M. Friend | Ind | ||
| Bracebridge | H. E. Hough | Lab | 520 | |
| F. L. Wand | Ind | 483 | n | |
| Branston | J. R. Wilkinson | Ind | ||
| Bytham | J. H. Turner | Ind | ||
| Caythorpe | H. P. Kelway | Ind | ||
| Claypole | F. McCallum | Ind | ||
| Colsterworth | Mrs C. L. Jacques | Ind | ||
| Corby | John Hedley Lewis | Ind | ||
| Cranwell | Sqn Ldr W. J. Bangay | Ind | n | |
| Deeping St James | C. G. Crowson | Ind | ||
| Dunston | J. Ireson | Ind | ||
| Gonerby and Barrowby | J. E. Snell | Lab | ||
| Grantham no. 1 | A. E. Bellamy | Lab | 452 | |
| J. W. O'Neill | Lib | 238 | n | |
| Grantham no. 2 | W. Bevan | Lab | ||
| Grantham no. 3 | J. W. Harrison | Lab | ||
| Grantham no. 4 | J. H. Jennings | Lab | ||
| Grantham no. 5 | P. Newton | Ind | n | |
| Grantham no. 6 | Mrs A. S. Mottershaw | Lab | ||
| Grantham no. 7 | A. Syddall | Ind | ||
| Grantham no. 8 | W. A. Garratt | Ind | ||
| Grantham no. 9 | G. E. Waltham | Lab | ||
| Grantham no. 10 | O. P. Hudson | Cons | 475 | n |
| Mrs H. Smith | Lab | 392 | ||
| Heckington | J. Q. M. Longstaff | Ind | n | |
| Helpringham | S. P. King | Lab | ||
| Kyme | S. T. Wood | |||
| Leadenham | W. Reeve | Ind | ||
| Market Deeping | J. W. Cave | Ind | ||
| Martin | H. C. Rothery | Ind | ||
| Metheringham | F. C. Townsend | Ind | ||
| Morton | J. A. Galletly | Ind | ||
| Navenby | C. E. Marshall | Ind | 425 | n |
| J. G. Ruddock | Ind | 152 | n | |
| North Hykeham | Mrs M. Large | Lab | 1044 | |
| S. Roe | Cons | 727 | n | |
| Osbournby | Mrs N. Robson | Ind | 252 | |
| T. Fairchild | Ind | 144 | n | |
| Ponton | R. W. Newton | Ind | ||
| Rippingale | H. Scarborough | Lab | ||
| Ropsley | W. J. W. Cheesman | Ind | n | |
| Ruskington | E. Skinks | Lab | 572 | n |
| T. Hall | Cons | 549 | n | |
| Scopwick | H. Waudby | |||
| Skellingthorpe | R. C. Turner | Ind | ||
| Sleaford no. 1 | C. J. Barnes | |||
| Sleaford no. 2 | W. H. Owen | Ind | ||
| Sleaford no. 3 | M. W. L. Brown | Ind | n | |
| Stamford no. 1 | Mrs G. M. Boyfield | Lab | ||
| Stamford no. 2 | E. D. Ireson | Ind | n | |
| Stamford no. 3 | J. H. W. Taylor | Ind | ||
| Stamford no. 4 | Mrs A. Fancourt | Ind | ||
| Stamford no. 5 | Mrs M. I. James[a] | Ind | ||
| Swinderby | H. N. Nevile | Ind | ||
| Thurlby | G. A. Griffin | Ind | ||
| Uffington | R. Burman | Ind | ||
| Washingborough | G. E. Capps | Ind | ||
| Welby | A. H. Thorold | Ind | ||
| Wilsford | A. F. S. Dean | Ind | ||
| Woolsthorpe | H. H. Brownlow | Ind |
Notes
edit- ^ No nomination was received, so the retiring member was deemed re-elected
References
edit- ^ "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
- ^ "K.C.C. elections – 7 straight fights". Sleaford Standard. 31 March 1961. p. 13.
- ^ "Ruskington swing to Labour—but it was a near thing!". Sleaford Standard. 21 April 1961. p. 26.