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."Kesteven, Lincolnshire", A Vision of Britain (University of Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 April 2015. The Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county, governed by a Council;Local Government Act 1888, part ii, section 46.1(a), cf. part v, section 83.10 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.Local Government Act 1888, part i, section 2, and part vi, section 103Local Government Act 1972, schedule 1
The County Council was divided into 60 electoral divisions. 45 independents and 15 Labour candidates were returned in the 1955 elections.
Results by division The following were the results of the election held on 2 April 1955:"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. Division Candidate 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 SwinglerThe nomination was invalid, but as he was the retiring member and no other candidates came forward, he was re-elected automatically. Ind r
Billinghay Bertie Tomlinson Ind
Bourne no. 1 H. L. Hudson r Bourne no. 2 Dr G. A. F. HollowayThe retiring member, R. A. Collins, did not seek re-election Bracebridge Herbert Edward Hough Lab 453
Alice Rooke Ind 416 r Branston W. E. Young r Bytham J. H. Turner r Caythorpe John William Oxby Ind 443 r
Mrs Dorothy Lily Pamblett Ind 203
Claypole Brig. F. McCallum 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 WelbourneThe retiring member, C. J. Redmile, did not seek re-election Lab Heckington George Henry DunmoreNo nominations were received, so Dunmore was re-elected as the retiring member. Ind r
Helpringham Sydney Percy King Lab r
Kyme Ernest Leonard LamymanNo nominations were received, so Lamyman was re-elected as the retiring member. 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 r Rippingale Harold Scarborough Lab 304
John Alexander Galletly Ind 278
Ropsley Mrs J. P. Dixon 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. WestThe previous councillor, A. E. Millett, had been elected an alderman Lab Swinderby P. W. Spray r Thurlby G. A. Griffin r Uffington The Rev. R. Burman Washingborough H. A. LillieThe seat was vacant. Welby Herbert Vian Clark Ind 426
Reginald Edgar Burnett Lab 260
Wilsford Henry Pryor Kelway Ind
Woolsthorpe FitzHerbert Wright r
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