# 1901 Kesteven County Council election

The fifth set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 7 March 1901. 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.
Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed in the election, with contests in only seven of the 48 divisions. No party affiliation is recorded for any of the candidates, except those for Gonerby and Osbournby.

## Results by division
### Ancaster

Ancaster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | William Avery | NA | NA | |

### Barrowby

Barrowby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Thomas Sherwin Pearson-Gregory | NA | NA | |

### Bassingham

Bassingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Charles Constable Curtis | NA | NA | |

### Bennington

Bennington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | William Hutchinson | NA | NA | |

### Billingborough

Billingborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Colonel de Burton | 226 | | |
| | | Benjamin Smith | 153 | | |

### Billinghay

Billinghay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John Creasey | NA | NA | |

### Bourne and Morton

Bourne and Morton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | A. Farr | | | |

### Bracebridge

Bracebridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | T. Skipworth | 157 | | |
| | | S. Wills | 139 | | |

### Branston

Branston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Alexander Brodrick Leslie-Melville | NA | NA | |

### Bytham

Bytham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Frederick William Williamson | NA | NA | |

### Caythorpe

Caythorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | William Oxley | NA | NA | |

### Claypole

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

### Colsterworth

Colsterworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Eli Crabtree | NA | NA | |

### Corby

Corby :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Joseph A. Wilson | 111 |
| Henry Minta | 99 |
| Rev. J. W. Layng | 51 |

### Deeping

Deeping :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | R. Wade | NA | NA | |

### Gonerby

Gonerby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George W. Harvey | 229 | | |
| | Conservative | Charles J. E. Parker | 84 | | |

### Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | William Bailey | NA | NA | |

### Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | James Perkins Coultas | NA | NA | |

### Grantham no. 3

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

### Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Rev. George Benson Bowler | NA | NA | |

### Grantham no. 5

Grantham no. 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | William Long Wand | NA | NA | |

### Grantham no. 6

Grantham no. 6 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John William Martin | NA | NA | |

### Grantham no. 7

Grantham no. 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Joshua Lincoln | NA | NA | |

### Heckington

Heckington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Daniel Gorham Harris | NA | NA | |

### Heighington

Heighington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Samuel Oglesby | NA | NA | |

### Helpringham

Helpringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Joseph Senior Barber | NA | NA | |

### Kyme

Kyme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | J. W. Palmer | | | |
| | | Charles Claydon | | | |
N.B. It is not clear from the results reports who won this division.

### Martin

Martin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John Hague Copping | NA | NA | |

### Metheringham

Metheringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Edward Godson Allen | NA | NA | |

### Morton

Morton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John Thomas Swift | NA | NA | |

### Navenby

Navenby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Dr Andrew Campbell | NA | NA | |

### Osbournby

Osbournby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Captain William Alfred Cragg | NA | NA | |

### Ponton

Ponton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Robert Christian Newton | NA | NA | |

### Rippingale

Rippingale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Arthur Wellesley Dean | NA | NA | |

### Ropsley

Ropsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | James Cecil Rudkin | NA | NA | |

### Ruskington

Ruskington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Samuel Francis Pattinson | NA | NA | |

### Skellingthorpe

Skellingthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Captain George Eden Jarvis | NA | NA | |

### Sleaford East

Sleaford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. H. Spite | 277 | | |
| | | H. A. Peake | 186 | | |

### Sleaford West

Sleaford West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. B. Harris | 298 | | |
| | | Charles Attiwell | 135 | | |

### Stamford no. 1

Stamford no. 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | J. Woolston | NA | NA | |

### Stamford no. 2

Stamford no. 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | J. Seaton Loweth | NA | NA | |

### Stamford no. 3

Stamford no. 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Major Herbert Hart | NA | NA | |

### Stamford no. 4

Stamford no. 4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | George Higgs | NA | NA | |

### Thurlby

Thurlby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. Hayes | NA | NA | |

### Uffington

Uffington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | The Lord Kesteven | NA | NA | |

### Waddington

Waddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Hugh Jackson | NA | NA | |

### Wellingore

Wellingore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Robert Newcombe Moreley | NA | NA | |

### Wilsford

Wilsford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Richard Montagu Cole | NA | NA | |

## By-elections
### Billinghay, 1901

John Creasey, the sitting councillor of the Billinghay division, died on 30 October 1901. Three candidates emerged to fill the vacancy created by his death: John William Palmer, a merchant; John Edward South, a miller and merchant; and William Ravell, a farmer and auctioneer. The election was held on Friday, 6 December. According to the Grantham Journal, "all parties work[ed] hard for success"; canvassing was carried out in Billinghay and Walcott and Palmer and Ravell addressed voters in both villages in the week before the election.
The results were as follows:
| Candidate | Votes |
| William Ravell | 197 |
| John William Palmer | 158 |
| John Edward South | 3 |
Ravell was therefore returned as the councillor for the division.