Elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Saturday, 2 March 1946. 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
For the 1946 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. Only twenty-six were contested and most of these were in the towns: every seat in Stamford and Bourne and all but one in Grantham and Sleaford. The results were extremely close in two wards: in Sleaford no. 3 there was a tie, forcing the returning officer to cast his ballot; and in Corby, the difference between the two candidates was one vote. In summarising the result, the Lincolnshire Echo stated that "politics play little part in Kesteven County Council affairs"; this was true at least insofar that Labour was the only political party to contest any of the wards. Having won five seats, the remainder went to independent candidates.
Results
Ancaster
Bassingham
Bennington
Billingborough
Billinghay
Bourne no. 1
Bourne no. 2
Bracebridge
Branston
Brytham
Caythorpe
Claypole
Colsterworth
Corby
Cranwell
Deeping St James
Dunston
Gonerby and Barrowby
Grantham no. 1
Grantham no. 2
Basford was elected Mayor of Grantham and became an alderman later in 1946, forcing her to vacate the seat. The Labour candidate Elizabeth Frances Bullimore was the only person nominated to replace her and so took up the seat in March 1947.
Grantham no. 3
Grantham no. 4
Grantham no. 5
Grantham no. 6
Grantham no. 7
Grantham no. 8
Grantham no. 9
Grantham no. 10
Heckington
Helpringham
Kyme
Leadenham
Market Deeping
Martin
Metheringham
Morton
Navenby
North Hykeham
Osbournby
Ponton
Rippingale
Ropsley
Ruskington
Scopwick
Skellingthorpe
Sleaford no. 1
Sleaford no. 2
Sleaford no. 3
Stamford no. 1
Stamford no. 2
Stamford no. 3
Stamford no. 4
Stamford no. 5
Swinderby
Thurlby
Uffington
Washingborough
Welby
Wilsford
Woolsthorpe
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