# 1889 Kesteven County Council election

The first elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 17 January 1889. 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. The Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county, governed by a Council; 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.
The forty-six electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888. All but two returned one candidate: Sleaford and Quarrington and Bourne and Morton returned two each. The town of Grantham was represented across seven divisions, while Stamford had four. Twenty-one candidates (including both for Sleaford) were returned unopposed. The remainder were informed of the result on the day after polling. Votes were counted in one of the court rooms in Lincoln; the Sheriff of Lincolnshire, A. S. Leslie-Melville, was the presiding officer, while R. A. Stephens was his deputy for Kesteven.

## Results by division
### Ancaster

Ancaster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | William Avery | 180 |
| | | Henry Smith BA | 128 |
| | | Edmund Lucas-Calcraft JP | 35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Barrowby

Barrowby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Sir W. E. Welby-Gregory Bt JP | NA | NA | |

### Bassingham

Bassingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | The Viscount St Vincent JP | 218 |
| | | William Brocklebank | 168 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Bennington

Bennington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | William Hutchinson | 258 |
| | | John Earle Welby JP | 206 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Billingborough

Billingborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Captain Henry Smith JP | 207 | | |
| | | Edward John Grummitt | 246 | | |

### Billinghay

Billinghay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | J. D. Bowling | NA | NA | |

### Bourne and Morton

Bourne and Morton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | William Robert Wherry | 578 |
| | | John Derry | 527 |
| | | Christopher Gilbert Peacock JP | 309 |
| | | Thomas Lawrence | 204 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
* = Two seats

### Bracebridge

Bracebridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. J. Warrener | NA | NA | |

### Branston

Branston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | E. J. Howard | NA | NA | |

### Bytham

Bytham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Augustus Charles Johnson JP | 180 |
| | | William Hayes | 160 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Caythorpe

Caythorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Colonel F. Fane JP | NA | NA | |

### Claypole

Claypole :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | George Nevile JP | NA | NA | |

### Colsterworth

Colsterworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Eli Crabtree | 250 | | |
| | | Robert Heathcote JP | 139 | | |

### Corby

Corby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | The Lord Willoughby de Eresby JP | NA | NA | |

### Deeping

Deeping :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. Holland JP | NA | NA | |

### Gonerby

Gonerby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Thomas Newton | 205 |
| | | Thomas Pask | 188 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | John Bailey | 212 |
| | | John Basker | 102 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | G. S. Hannett | NA | NA | |

### Grantham no. 3

Grantham no. 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | A. Hutchinson | NA | NA | |

### Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Edward Staveley Harding | 294 |
| | | William Fillingham | 86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Grantham no. 5

Grantham no. 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. L. Wand | NA | NA | |

### Grantham no. 6

Grantham no. 6 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | J. W. Martin | NA | NA | |

### Grantham no. 7

Grantham no. 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. B. Harrison | NA | NA | |

### Heckington

Heckington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | James Hubbard | 204 |
| | | Bruce Tomlinson | 148 |
| | | Samuel Lamb | 21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Heighington

Heighington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | C. C. Sibthorpe | NA | NA | |

### Helpringham

Helpringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Edward Clarkson Rowe | 198 |
| | | George Ranyard Lee | 185 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Kyme

Kyme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | The Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham JP | NA | NA | |

### Martin

Martin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | John Hague Copping | 264 |
| | | William Bilton Harris | 91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Metheringham

Metheringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | William Shearburn Fox | 194 |
| | | William Dundas Gilpim-Brown | 187 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Navenby

Navenby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Major Arthur Cecil Tempest JP | 180 |
| | | Charles Edward Marfleet | 143 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Osbournby

Osbournby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Thomas Arthur Robert Heathcote JP | 220 |
| | | Seth Ellis Dean Jr | 166 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Ponton

Ponton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Sir H. A. H. Cholmeley Bt JP | NA | NA | |

### Rippingale

Rippingale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | William Bacon | 227 |
| | | Rev. William Wright Layng | 94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Ropsley

Ropsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Captain Cecil Thorold JP | 216 |
| | | William Jackson | 168 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Ruskington

Ruskington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Captain Neville Henry Reeve JP | 255 |
| | | Samuel Pattinson | 183 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Skellingthorpe

Skillingthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | G. E. Jarvis JP | NA | NA | |

### Sleaford and Quarrington

Sleaford and Quarrington* :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | G. H. W. Hervey JP | NA | NA | |
| | | Charles Sharpe | NA | NA | |
* = Two seats

### Stamford (All Saints)

Stamford (Stamford All Saints) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Charles Chapman | 271 |
| | | Herbert Hart | 255 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Stamford (St George's)

Stamford (St George's) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | John Seaton Loweth | 192 |
| | | Valentine Stapleton | 155 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Stamford (St Michael's and St John's)

Stamford (St Michael's and St John's) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Orlando Edmonds | 132 |
| | | Henry Knott JP | 117 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Stamford (St Martin's and St Mary's)

Stamford (St Martin's and St Mary's) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Charles Handson | 144 |
| | | William Jonathan Bettle | 62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Thurlby

Thurlby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Robert Peasgood | 203 |
| | | Charles Whattof | 177 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Uffington

Uffington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | The Lord Kesteven JP | 283 |
| | | William Cross | 62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Waddington

Waddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | R. G. Ellison JP | NA | NA | |

### Wellingore

Wellingore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Richard Newcombe Morley | 192 |
| | | Richard Blankley Burrows | 155 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Wilsford

Wilsford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Colonel M. Willson JP | NA | NA | |

## By-elections in February 1889

The Council held its first meeting on 31 January, where it elected a Chairman and sixteen aldermen. If a councillor were elected an alderman, he had to forfeit his seat. Eleven members of the Council were elected to the aldermanic bench, which meant that their seats became vacant, triggering by-elections. Colonel Willson, who had been returned for Wilsford at the first round of elections, was disqualified because he held a paid commission in the armed forces; this triggered a by-election. All twelve were held on 18 February; four candidates stood unopposed.

### Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | William Scoffield | 198 |
| | Conservative | Alfred Childs | 184 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 382 |

### Barrowby

Barrowby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Richard Welborn | 245 |
| | Liberal | Henry Bowman | 168 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 413 |

### Ponton

Ponton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | R. C. Newton | 267 |
| | | Robert Wyles | 102 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Corby

Corby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Dr J. E. Collingwood | 205 |
| | | F. Searson | 128 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Sleaford

Sleaford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | A. L. Jessop | 510 |
| | | G. R. Lee | 289 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Wilsford

Wilsford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | G. H. Peake | 209 |
| | | F. Ward | 193 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Bourne

Bourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Measures | 442 |
| | Liberal | John Cappitt | 410 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 852 |

### Helpringham

Helpringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Joseph Senior Barber | 197 |
| | Liberal | Charles Edward Harris | 147 |
| | | Charles Hardstaffe Read | 37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 381 |

### Billingborough

Billingborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | E. J. Grummitt | NA | NA | |

### Branston

Branston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | William Roberts | NA | NA | |

### Billinghay

Billinghay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | J. Creasey | NA | NA | |

### Wellingore

Wellingore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Colonel Reave | NA | NA | |