1966_Edinburgh_Corporation_election
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.
Quick Facts 23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation 35 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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After the election Edinburgh Corporation wa composed of 36 Progressives, 33 Labour councillors, and 1 Liberal. The Progressives increased their majority to three seats.
More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Progressives | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60.9 | 43.6 | 42,397 | ||
Labour | 9 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 | 41.7 | 40,581 | |||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Progressives | Melville Dinwiddie | Unopposed | |||
Progressives hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Josephine M. Dickson | 2,571 | ||
Labour | Charles R. Stuart | 2,489 | ||
Majority | 82 | |||
Progressives hold | ||||
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Maurice F. Ferry | 4,911 | ||
Labour | Eva Gibbons | 2,301 | ||
Majority | 2,610 | |||
Progressives hold | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Mary Robertson Murray | 4,280 | ||
Liberal | Margaret K. Taylor | 2,788 | ||
Majority | 1,422 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Alexander Sutherland | 3,396 | ||
Progressives | Rupert Spoyer | 1,924 | ||
Majority | 1,472 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Russell A. Fer | 2,723 | ||
Communist | Michael d'Arcy | 298 | ||
Majority | 2,425 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Clive F. Murphy | 2,266 | ||
Labour | George Foulkes | 1,084 | ||
Majority | 1,182 | |||
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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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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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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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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Thomas Morgan | 3,171 | ||
Liberal | Bethia L. Howden | 2,025 | ||
Majority | 1,146 | |||
Progressives hold | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Progressives | John Bateman | Unopposed | |||
Progressives hold | |||||
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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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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 | |||
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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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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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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | William Wallace | 3,922 | ||
Progressives | Richard K. Aitken | 1,172 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
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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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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Robert McLaughlin | 1,664 | ||
Labour | Phyllis Herriot | 772 | ||
Majority | 892 | |||
Progressives hold | ||||
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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 | ||||
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- "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 2 February 2020.