1966 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 3 May 1966, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election.
After the election Edinburgh Corporation wa composed of 36 Progressives, 33 Labour councillors, and 1 Liberal. The Progressives increased their majority to three seats.
Aggregate results[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Progressives | 14 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
60.9 | 43.6 | 42,397 | ||
Labour | 9 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
39.1 | 41.7 | 40,581 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 10.0 | 9,751 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.5 | 3,363 | ||
SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.7 | 661 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.5 | 515 |
Ward Results[]
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Location of Broughton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Progressives | Melville Dinwiddie | Unopposed | |||
Progressives hold |
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Location of Calton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Josephine M. Dickson | 2,571 | ||
Labour | Charles R. Stuart | 2,489 | ||
Majority | 82 | |||
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. Crichton | 2,182 | ||
Progressives | Victor J. Syme | 591 | ||
SNP | Mary G. Thomson | 262 | ||
Communist | Theodore C. Taylor | 40 | ||
Majority | 1,591 | |||
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 | 4,911 | ||
Labour | Eva Gibbons | 2,301 | ||
Majority | 2,610 | |||
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 Robertson Murray | 4,280 | ||
Liberal | Margaret K. Taylor | 2,788 | ||
Majority | 1,422 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Location of Craigentinny ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Alexander Sutherland | 3,396 | ||
Progressives | Rupert Spoyer | 1,924 | ||
Majority | 1,472 | |||
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. Fer | 2,723 | ||
Communist | Michael d'Arcy | 298 | ||
Majority | 2,425 | |||
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 | Clive F. Murphy | 2,266 | ||
Labour | George Foulkes | 1,084 | ||
Majority | 1,182 | |||
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 | 2,596 | ||
Liberal | George F. Smith | 1,139 | ||
Majority | 1,457 | |||
Labour hold |
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Location of Holyrood ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Owen Hand | 1,629 | ||
Liberal | Roberts E. Bell | 567 | ||
Conservative | James L. Walls | 501 | ||
Communist | Martin E. Currie | 44 | ||
Majority | 1,062 | |||
Labour hold |
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Location of Liberton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Frederick M. Lawson | 4,453 | ||
Conservative | James S. Gordon | 2,862 | ||
Majority | 1,591 | |||
Labour hold |
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Location of Merchiston ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Thomas Morgan | 3,171 | ||
Liberal | Bethia L. Howden | 2,025 | ||
Majority | 1,146 | |||
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 | John Bateman | Unopposed | |||
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 | 5,294 | ||
Labour | David Millar | 2,040 | ||
Majority | 3,254 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Location of Newington ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | John D. Kidd | 3,605 | ||
Liberal | Hilda S. Morton | 3,232 | ||
Labour | Donald E. S. Truman | 1,405 | ||
Majority | 373 | |||
Progressives gain from Liberal |
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Location of Pilton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Robert W. Irvine | 2,977 | ||
Progressives | Anthony H. Lester | 643 | ||
SNP | George B. Stewart | 399 | ||
Communist | Charles McManus | 133 | ||
Majority | 2,334 | |||
Labour hold |
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Location of Portobello ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Kenneth W. Borthwick | 3,776 | ||
Labour | Ronald D. M. Brown | 1,897 | ||
Majority | 1,879 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Location of Sighthill ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | William Wallace | 3,922 | ||
Progressives | Richard K. Aitken | 1,172 | ||
Labour hold |
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Location of South Leith
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Shelia King Murray | 3,077 | ||
Progressives | Thomas S. Ramage | 2,719 | ||
Majority | 358 | |||
Labour hold |
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Location of St Andrews ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Robert McLaughlin | 1,664 | ||
Labour | Phyllis Herriot | 772 | ||
Majority | 892 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Location of St Bernards ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | David A. Adamson | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
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Location of St Giles ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | James McInally | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
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Location of West Leith ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | William R. W. Lyle | 3,810 | ||
Labour | Henry D. Crawford | 1,638 | ||
Majority | 2,177 | |||
Progressives hold |
References[]
Categories:
- City of Edinburgh Council elections
- 1966 Scottish local elections