# 1895 Kesteven County Council election

The third set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 7 March 1895. 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.
Forty-six electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888. For the 1892 election, Sleaford and Bourne, which were initially two member divisions, were split, the former into Sleaford East and Sleaford West, the latter into Bourne and Morton. Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only eight divisions. Of these, six involved political parties; the Liberals won four and the Conservatives two.

## Results by division
### Ancaster

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

### Barrowby

Barrowby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | C. G. E. Welby JP | NA | NA | |

### Bassingham

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

### Bennington

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

### Billingborough

Billingborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Captain Edward Smith JP | NA | NA | |

### Billinghay

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

### Bourne

Bourne and Morton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | James Measures | 258 |
| | | Thomas Carlton | 175 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 433 |

### Bracebridge

Bracebridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Hugh Jackson | 162 |
| | Liberal | Charles W. Pennell | 123 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Branston

Branston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. S. Fox | NA | NA | |

### Bytham

Bytham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Thomas Williamson | NA | NA | |

### Caythorpe

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

### Claypole

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

### Colsterworth

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

### Corby

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

### Deeping

Deeping :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | William Holland JP | NA | NA | |

### Gonerby

Gonerby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Thomas Newton | NA | NA | |

### Grantham no. 1

Grantham no. 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | William Bailey | 227 |
| | Conservative | Harry Hall Garton | 121 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 348 |

### Grantham no. 2

Grantham no. 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Perkins Coultas | 189 |
| | Liberal | George Whitling | 152 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 341 |

### Grantham no. 3

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

### Grantham no. 4

Grantham no. 4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Rev. George Benson Bowler | 204 |
| | Conservative | Arthur Gompertz Gamble | 137 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 341 |

### 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 | % | ±% |
| | | William Brewster Harrison | NA | NA | |

### Heckington

Heckington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Daniel G. Harris | 218 |
| | Conservative | John William Davy | 169 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 387 |

### Heighington

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

### Helpringham

Helpringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | J. S. Barber | NA | NA | |

### Kyme

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

### Martin

Martin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | J. H. Copping | NA | NA | |

### Metheringham

Metheringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. D. Gilpim-Brown | NA | NA | |

### Morton

Morton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | John Thomas Swift | 208 |
| | | Arthur Wellesley Dean | 159 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Navenby

Navenby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | William Henry Morton | NA | NA | |

### Osbournby

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

### Ponton

Ponton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | R. C. Newton | NA | NA | |

### Rippingale

Rippingale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | William Bacon | NA | NA | |

### Ropsley

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

### Ruskington

Ruskington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Samuel Pattinson | 256 |
| | Conservative | John J. Bettinson | 144 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 400 |

### Skellingthorpe

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

### Sleaford East

Sleaford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | A. L. Jessop | NA | NA | |

### Sleaford West

Sleaford West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | William B. Harris | 243 |
| | Conservative | John Shaw Lord | 173 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 416 |

### Stamford no. 1

Stamford no. 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Charles Chapman | NA | NA | |

### Stamford no. 2

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

### Stamford no. 3

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

### Stamford no. 4

Stamford no. 4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Charles Handson | NA | NA | |

### Thurlby

Thurlby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | G. A. Peasgood | NA | NA | |

### Uffington

Uffington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | The John Trollope, 2nd Baron Kesteven | NA | NA | |

### Waddington

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

### Wellingore

Wellingore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Lieutenant-Colonel John Reeve | NA | NA | |

### Wilsford

Wilsford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John Albert Cole | NA | NA | |

## April 1895 by-election

The Council met on 16 March 1895 to elect its chairman and aldermen. The only sitting councillor elected an alderman was W. B. Harrison of Grantham no. 7 division. This triggered a by-election, in which two candidates came forward. The first, Joshua Lincoln, was an alderman on Grantham Municipal Borough Council, while his opponent was Charles Basker, a magistrate and town councillor.
Grantham no. 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Alderman Joshua Lincoln | 232 |
| | | Charles Basker JP | 93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 325 |
* N.B. Two ballot papers were spoilt.