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.[1] The Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county, governed by a Council;[2] 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.[3] [4]
The County Council was divided into 60 electoral divisions. 45 independents and 15 Labour candidates were returned in the 1955 elections.[5]
The following were the results of the election held on 2 April 1955:[6] [7]
| Division !Candidate | Party !Votes | Retiring member? | - !Ancaster | Robert William Chadburn | Ind | r | - !Bassingham | W. D. G. Battersby | r | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bennington | Christopher Ullyatt | Lab | - !Billingborough | The Rev. Leslie Ronald Swingler[8] | Ind | r | - !Billinghay | Bertie Tomlinson | Ind | - !Bourne no. 1 | H. L. Hudson | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bourne no. 2 | Dr G. A. F. Holloway[9] | - ! rowspan="2" | 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 | J. H. 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 Welbourne[10] | Lab | - !Heckington | George Henry Dunmore[11] | Ind | r | - !Helpringham | Sydney Percy King | Lab | r | - !Kyme | Ernest Leonard Lamyman[12] | 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 | - ! rowspan="2" | 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 | - ! rowspan="2" | 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. West[13] | Lab | - !Swinderby | P. W. Spray | r | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thurlby | G. A. Griffin | r | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uffington | The Rev. R. Burman | - !Washingborough | H. A. Lillie[14] | - ! rowspan="2" | Welby | Herbert Vian Clark | Ind | 426 | - | Reginald Edgar Burnett | Lab | 260 | - !Wilsford | Henry Pryor Kelway | Ind | - !Woolsthorpe | FitzHerbert Wright | r |