The fourth set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held in March 1898. 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
Forty-eight electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888. Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only three divisions.
Results by division
Ancaster
Barrowby
Bassingham
Bennington
Billingborough
Billinghay
Bourne and Morton
Bracebridge
Branston
Bytham
Caythorpe
Claypole
Colsterworth
Corby
Deeping
Grantham no. 1
Grantham no. 2
Grantham no. 3
Grantham no. 4
Grantham no. 5
Grantham no. 6
Grantham no. 7
Great Gonerby
Heckington
Heighington
Helpringham
Kyme
Martin
Metheringham
Morton
Navenby
Osbournby
Ponton
Rippingale
Ropsley
Ruskington
Skellingthorpe
Sleaford East
Sleaford West
Stamford All Saints
Stamford St George's
Stamford St Michael's and St John's
Stamford St Martin's and St Mary's
Thurlby
Uffington
Waddington
Wellingore
Wilsford
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