1955 UK local government election
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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
|
|
| Alice Rooke
|
Ind
|
416
|
r
|
| Branston
|
W. E. Young
|
|
|
r
|
| Bytham
|
J. H. Turner[8]
|
|
|
r
|
| Caythorpe
|
John William Oxby
|
Ind
|
443
|
r
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Frederick Archie Burgon
|
Lab
|
332
|
|
| Morton
|
Jack Manton
|
Lab
|
311
|
|
| Alan Shaw
|
Ind
|
265
|
r
|
| Navenby
|
Richard Baden Naylor
|
Ind
|
|
r
|
| North Hykeham
|
Sydney Roe
|
Ind
|
567
|
r
|
| Frederick Albert Baker
|
Lab
|
401
|
|
| Osbournby
|
Mrs Nellie Robson
|
Ind
|
|
r
|
| Ponton
|
Lt-Col. R. W. Newton[8]
|
|
|
r
|
| Rippingale
|
Harold Scarborough
|
Lab
|
304
|
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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.
