1963 Edinburgh Corporation election
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23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation 35 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 7 May 1963, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election.
After the election Edinburgh Corporation remained under No Overall Control, composed of 33 Progressives, 31 Labour councillors, and 5 Liberal.
Aggregate results[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Progressives | 12 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
52.2 | 36.0 | 46,392 | ||
Labour | 10 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
43.5 | 39.6 | 50,991 | ||
Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
4.3 | 21.5 | 27,742 | ||
Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.3 | 3,023 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.4 | 518 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 117 |
Ward Results[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Broughton_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Broughton_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Broughton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Melville Dinwiddie | 2,527 | ||
Liberal | Violet Macinnes | 1,287 | ||
Labour | Robert W. Irvine | 1,271 | ||
Majority | 1,240 | |||
Turnout | 39.97 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Location of Calton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Josephine M. Dickson | 2,497 | ||
Labour | Philip S. Wood | 2,271 | ||
Majority | 226 | |||
Turnout | 41.84 | |||
Progressives hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Central_Leith_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Central_Leith_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Central Leith ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | John A. Chrichton | 3,032 | ||
Liberal | Alastair S. Buchanan | 915 | ||
Communist | Theodore C. Taylor | 125 | ||
Majority | 2,317 | |||
Turnout | 33.90 | |||
Labour hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Colinton_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Colinton_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Colinton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Maurice F. Ferry | 3,888 | ||
Labour | Harold Hauxwell | 2,835 | ||
Liberal | John E. Henderson | 1,411 | ||
Majority | 1,053 | |||
Turnout | 46.27 | |||
Progressives hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Corstorphine_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Corstorphine_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Corstorphine ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Mary R. Murray | 4,187 | ||
Liberal | Thomas M. Frew | 2,681 | ||
Labour | Chrisina S. Guest | 987 | ||
Majority | 1,506 | |||
Turnout | 50.34 | |||
Progressives hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Craigentinny_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Craigentinny_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Craigentinny ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Alexander Sutherland | 3,916 | ||
Progressives | Harold Oppenheim | 2,794 | ||
Majority | 1,122 | |||
Turnout | 45.59 | |||
Labour hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Craigmillar_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Craigmillar_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Craigmillar ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Russell A. Fox | 2,392 | ||
Communist | Michal D'Arcy | 132 | ||
Majority | 2,260 | |||
Turnout | 26.42 | |||
Labour hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/George_Square_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-George_Square_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of George Square ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | John F. Stewart | 1,884 | ||
Liberal | John G. Gray | 1,592 | ||
Labour | Eva Gibbons | 663 | ||
Majority | 292 | |||
Turnout | 38.18 | |||
Progressives hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Gorgie-Dalry_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Gorgie-Dalry_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Thomas McGregor | 2,676 | ||
Liberal | James L. McBeath | 1,742 | ||
Independent | Ian G. Haxton | 117 | ||
Majority | 934 | |||
Turnout | 33.36 | |||
Labour hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Holyrood_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Holyrood_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Holyrood ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Owen Hand | 1,814 | ||
Liberal | Arthur C. Fiddler | 900 | ||
Communist | John Ashton | 71 | ||
Majority | 914 | |||
Turnout | 31.42 | |||
Labour hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Liberton_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Liberton_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Liberton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | James W. Kerr | 4,907 | ||
Progressives | Brenda A. W. Pope | 2,981 | ||
Liberal | George Carse | 1,038 | ||
Majority | 1,926 | |||
Turnout | 43.93 | |||
Labour hold |
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Location of Merchiston ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Thomas Morgan | 2,606 | ||
Liberal | James R. Dalrymple | 2,183 | ||
Labour | Sylvia Renilson | 915 | ||
Majority | 423 | |||
Turnout | 49.69 | |||
Progressives hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Morningside_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Morningside_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Morningside ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Arthur G. Ingham | 3,749 | ||
Liberal | Margaret A. M. Mackay | 1,488 | ||
Majority | 2,261 | |||
Turnout | 39.41 | |||
Progressives hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Murrayfield-Cramond_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Murrayfield-Cramond_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Hugh Macpherson | 4,162 | ||
Labour | James Renilson | 1,838 | ||
Liberal | Ronald McNeill | 1,402 | ||
Majority | 2324 | |||
Turnout | 43.15 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Location of Newington ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal | Hilda Morton | 3,549 | ||
Unionist | Graeme H. Menzies | 3,023 | ||
Labour | John McEwan | 1,469 | ||
Majority | 526 | |||
Turnout | 49.96 | |||
Liberal hold |
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Location of Pilton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | James M. R. Durkin | 4,129 | ||
Liberal | Cyril Huxtabie | 1,419 | ||
Communist | Charles McManus | 190 | ||
Majority | 2,710 | |||
Turnout | 33.01 | |||
Labour hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Portobello_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Portobello_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Portobello ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Kenneth W. Borthwick | 3,687 | ||
Labour | Phyllis Herriot | 2,989 | ||
Liberal | Keith Milton | 1,181 | ||
Majority | 698 | |||
Turnout | ||||
Progressives hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Sighthill_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-Sighthill_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of Sighthill ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | William Wallace | 3,151 | ||
Liberal | Judith Steel | 1,546 | ||
Majority | 1,905 | |||
Turnout | 33.11 | |||
Labour hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/South_Leith_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-South_Leith_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of South Leith
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Alexander Burton | 3,935 | ||
Progressives | Peter Heatly | 3,185 | ||
Majority | 750 | |||
Turnout | 52.53 | |||
Labour gain from Progressives |
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Location of St Andrews ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Robert McLaughlin | 1,608 | ||
Labour | Hugh M. W. Kinnear | 750 | ||
Liberal | Robert E. Henderson | 631 | ||
Majority | 858 | |||
Turnout | 27.67 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Location of St Bernards ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | David A. Adamson | 3,634 | ||
Labour | Ian McLaughlan | 1,702 | ||
Liberal | Marion M. Ritchie | 1,518 | ||
Majority | 1,932 | |||
Turnout | 39.42 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Location of St Giles ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | James McInally | 1,974 | ||
Liberal | William Wilson | 1,171 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 25.70 | |||
Labour hold |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/West_Leith_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg/100px-West_Leith_ward_in_Edinburgh_Corporation.svg.png)
Location of West Leith ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | John Scott | 3,003 | ||
Labour | Sarah F. Skinner | 1,375 | ||
Liberal | Peter E. Taylor | 1,003 | ||
Majority | 1,628 | |||
Turnout | 45.47 | |||
Progressives hold |
References[]
Categories:
- City of Edinburgh Council elections
- 1963 Scottish local elections