1961 Kesteven County Council election

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

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

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
Bracebridge	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	J. H. 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
Grantham no. 1	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
Grantham no. 10	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
Navenby	J. G. Ruddock	Ind	152	n
North Hykeham	Mrs M. Large	Lab	1044
North Hykeham	S. Roe	Cons	727	n
Osbournby	Mrs N. Robson	Ind	252
Osbournby	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
Ruskington	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[lower-alpha 1]	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

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References

Notes

No nomination was received, so the retiring member was deemed re-elected

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
"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.

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[7] No nomination was received, so the retiring member was deemed re-elected

[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] "K.C.C. elections – 7 straight fights". Sleaford Standard. 31 March 1961. p. 13.

[6] "Ruskington swing to Labour—but it was a near thing!". Sleaford Standard. 21 April 1961. p. 26.

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