# 1949 Kesteven County Council election

Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 9 April 1949. 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.
For the 1949 election, the county was divided into sixty wards, ten of which accounted for the town of Grantham, five for Stamford, three for Sleaford and two for Bourne. Every seat in Grantham was contested, but all of the nominated candidates for the towns of Bourne, Sleaford and Stamford were returned unopposed. The majority of the councillors returned were independents.

## Results
### Ancaster

Ancaster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Robert G. Simpson | NA | NA | |

### Bassingham

Bassingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. H. G. Battersby | 597 | | |
| | Labour | J. Collins | 159 | | |

### Bennington

Bennington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Frederick Winter | NA | NA | |

### Billingborough

Billingborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Arthur Wilson | NA | NA | |

### Billinghay

Billinghay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Edgar Gilbert | NA | NA | |

### Bourne no. 1

Bourne no. 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Rev. W. J. Rees | | | |

### Bourne no. 2

Bourne no. 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Robert A. Collins | | | |

### Bracebridge

Bracebridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |

### Branston

Branston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. E. Young | | | |
| | | J. R. Wilkinson | | | |

### Bytham

Brytham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John H. Turner | NA | NA | |

### Caythorpe

Caythorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John W. Oxby | NA | NA | |

### Claypole

Claypole :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John W. Milner | 452 | | |
| | | A. Musson | 133 | | |

### Colsterworth

Colsterworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | James Duke Hind | NA | NA | |

### Corby

Corby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Kenneth King | | | |

### Cranwell

Cranwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John Edwin Mountain | 492 | | |
| | | Samuel Edward Bainbridge Pattinson | 151 | | |

### Deeping St James

Deeping St James :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |

### Dunston

Dunston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John Ireson | NA | NA | |

### Gonerby and Barrowby

Gonerby and Barrowby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Harry Kelham Scrimshaw | 336 | | |
| | Labour | John Edward Snell | 232 | | |

### Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Montague Ogden | 347 |
| | Independent | Arthur Syddall | 309 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs. E. F. Bullimore | 525 | | |
| | Independent | James E. Young | 335 | | |

### Grantham no. 3

Grantham no. 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John W. Harrison | 472 |
| | Conservative | John C. Barry Thompson | 395 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | William Griffin | 533 |
| | Labour | John Leslie Foweather | 519 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Grantham no. 5

Grantham no. 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Mrs Jessie E. W. Browse | 602 |
| | Labour | Wilfred A. Ogden | 398 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Grantham no. 6

Grantham no. 6 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Frederick L. Preston | 329 |
| | Labour | Charles F. Robinson | 288 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Grantham no. 7

Grantham no. 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Albert E. E. Cooper | 426 |
| | Labour | Frederick G. Atwood | 272 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Grantham no. 8

Grantham no. 8 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mrs Dorothy Shipman | 400 |
| | Labour | Daniel Hadley Horrigan | 173 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Grantham no. 9

Grantham no. 9 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Mrs Veronica M. F. Webster | 799 |
| | Labour | Reginald Charles Moore | 715 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Grantham no. 10

Grantham no. 10 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mrs Louise Marion Ward | 445 |
| | Labour | George Ernest Waltham | 264 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Heckington

Heckington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John Henry Brighton | | | |
| | | George Henry Dunmore | | | |

### Helpringham

Helpringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |

### Kyme

Kyme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Carl John Willows | NA | NA | |

### Leadenham

Leadenham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Captain Henry William Newman Fane | NA | NA | |

### Market Deeping

Market Deeping :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |

### Martin

Martin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |

### Metheringham

Metheringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Frank Cooling Townsend | NA | NA | |

### Morton

Morton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Rev. C. Letts | | | |

### Navenby

Navenby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Rev. Donald Edward Griffin | NA | NA | |

### North Hykeham

North Hykeham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |

### Osbournby

Osbournby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | H. H. Morris | NA | NA | |

### Ponton

Ponton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Capt. Sir Hugh Cholmeley Bt | NA | NA | |
N.B. Nomination papers were also received for John A. Widdowson, but were deemed invalid.

### Rippingale

Rippingale :
| Candidate | Votes |
| John Harold Emerson | 240 |
| Archibald W. Sharman | 192 |
| Arthur Hoyes | 165 |

### Ropsley

Ropsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | James F. Dodds | NA | NA | |

### Ruskington

Ruskington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Arthur James Hossack | 753 | | |
| | | Benjamin Ebenezer Brighton | 343 | | |

### Scopwick

Scopwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Kenneth Charles Irving | NA | NA | |

### Skellingthorpe

Skellingthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Richard Clement Turner | NA | NA | |

### Sleaford no. 1

Sleaford no. 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Edgar Wilfred Elmore | NA | NA | |

### Sleaford no. 2

Sleaford no. 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Herbert Hutchinson Brown | NA | NA | |

### Sleaford no. 3

Sleaford no. 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | William Middleton | NA | NA | |

### Stamford no. 1

Stamford no. 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Ernest Ireson | NA | NA | |

### Stamford no. 2

Stamford no. 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Harry Skells | NA | NA | |

### Stamford no. 3

Stamford no. 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Canon John Duncan Day | NA | NA | |

### Stamford no. 4

Stamford no. 4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Percy Keech Banks | NA | NA | |

### Stamford no. 5

Stamford no. 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Albert Edward Millett | | | |

### Swinderby

Swinderby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Percy William Spray | | | |

### Thurlby

Thurlby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Thomas G. Holmes | NA | NA | |

### Uffington

Uffington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |

### Washingborough

Washingborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | George Henry Applewhite | NA | NA | |

### Welby

Welby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Brigadier-General R. L. Adlercron | NA | NA | |

### Wilsford

Wilsford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Lieutenant-Commander John Cracroft-Amcotts | NA | NA | |

### Woolsthorpe

Woolsthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | FitzHerbert Wright | | | |