The full list of nominations was reported in "Bourne Union", Grantham Journal, 8 December 1894, p. 6.
The first meeting of the newly elected council was held on 3 January 1895 and all but three members – Robert Agnew (Bourne), A. W. Dean (Dowsby) and D. J. Millington (Sempringham) – were present.
[3] Captain E. Smith (Horbling) acted as temporary chairman and the clerk read out instructions from the Local Government Board.
The council then unanimously elected its first chairman, Thomas Pick, who was proposed by W. Hayes and seconded by J. Davenport-Handley.
With Pick in the chair, the council then unanimously elected its first vice-chairman, W. Hayes, who was proposed by E. J. Grummitt and J.