The second set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 3 March 1892. 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-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 Quarrington and Sleaford, the latter into Bourne and Morton. Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only eight divisions.
Results by division
Ancaster
Barrowby
Bassingham
Bennington
Billingborough
Billinghay
Bourne
Bracebridge
Branston
Bytham
Caythorpe
Claypole
Colsterworth
Corby
Deeping
Gonerby
Grantham no. 1
Grantham no. 2
Grantham no. 3
Grantham no. 4
Grantham no. 5
Grantham no. 6
Grantham no. 7
Heckington
Heighington
Helpringham
Kyme
Martin
Metheringham
Morton
Navenby
Osbournby
Ponton
Quarrington
Rippingale
Ropsley
Ruskington
Skellingthorpe
Sleaford
Stamford no. 1
Stamford no. 2
Stamford no. 3
Stamford no. 4
Thurlby
Uffington
Waddington
Wellingore
Wilsford
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