The administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England. Thesecond set of elections toKesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 3 March 1892.[ 1] Kesteven was one of three divisions of thehistoric county ofLincolnshire in England; it consisted of the ancientwapentakes (or hundreds) ofAswardhurn ,Aveland ,Beltisloe ,Boothby Graffoe ,Flaxwell ,Langoe ,Loveden ,Ness , andWinnibriggs and Threo .[ 2] TheLocal Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as anadministrative county , governed by a Council;[ 3] elections were held every three years from 1889, until it was abolished by theLocal Government Act 1972 , which establishedLincolnshire County Council in its place.[ 4] [ 5]
Forty-six electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888.[ 6] For the 1892 election, Sleaford and Bourne, which were initially two member divisions, were split, the former into Quarrington and Sleaford, the latter into Bourne and Morton.[ 1] Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only eight divisions.
Results by division [ edit ] Ancaster[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% W. Avery NA NA
Barrowby[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% R. Welbourn NA NA
Bassingham[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% C. C. Curtis NA NA
Bennington[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% W. Hutchinson NA NA
Billinghay[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% J. Creasey NA NA
Bracebridge[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% W. J. Warrener NA NA
Bytham[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% T. Williamson NA NA
Caythorpe[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% H. W. Chapman NA NA
Colsterworth[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal E. Crabtree NA NA
Deeping[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% W. Holland NA NA
Gonerby[ 1] [ 7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Thomas Newton 221 G. W. Harvey 123
Grantham no. 1[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal J. Bailey NA NA
Grantham no. 2[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal W. Scoffield NA NA
Grantham no. 4[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal E. S. Harding NA NA
Ponton[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% R. C. Newton NA NA
Rippingale[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal W. Bacon NA NA
Stamford no. 1[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal C. Chapman NA NA
Stamford no. 2[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal J. S. Loweth NA NA
^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax "County Council Elections: Kesteven (Lincolnshire)" .Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 29 February 1892. p. 5. Retrieved7 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.^ "Kesteven, Lincolnshire" ,A Vision of Britain (University of Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 April 2015.^ Local Government Act 1888, part ii, section46.1(a) , cf. part v, section83.10 ^ Local Government Act 1888, part i, section2 , and part vi, section103 ^ Local Government Act 1972,schedule 1 ^ "Kesteven County Council" .Grantham Journal . 8 December 1888. p. 3. Retrieved26 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.^a b c d e f g h i "Kesteven County Council Elections" .Grantham Journal . 5 March 1892. p. 2. Retrieved7 June 2015 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive .