1964 Edinburgh Corporation election

1964 Edinburgh Corporation election
23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation; 35 seats needed for a majority
	Results by ward.
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 5 May 1964, 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

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1964^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Progressives	14	1	1		60.9	45.8	59,003
Labour	9	1	0	1	34.8	39.1	51,498
Liberal	0	0	1	1	0.0	13.2	17,023
Communist	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	1,312

Ward Results

Location of Broughton ward

Broughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Leonard Bailey	2,949
	Liberal	Violet MacInnes	1,593
Majority			1,356
Turnout				35.56
	Progressives hold

Location of Calton ward

Calton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Wood	2,544
	Progressives	Daniel Buchanan	2,450
Majority			94
Turnout				44.09
	Progressives hold

Location of Central Leith ward

Central Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barbara Woodburn	3,056
	Progressives	Michael Doyle	855
	Communist	Theodore Taylor	141
Majority			2,201
Turnout				35.29
	Labour hold

Location of Colinton ward

Colinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Catherine Filsell	4,098
	Labour	Harold Hauxwell	3,607
	Liberal	John Henderson	1,016
Majority			491
Turnout				49.5
	Progressives hold

Location of Corstorphine ward

Corstorphine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Harold Oppenheim	4,523
	Liberal	Thomas Frew	2,599
	Labour	David Millar	1,633
Majority			1,924
Turnout				55.27
	Progressives hold

Location of Craigentinny ward

Craigentinny
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marion Alexander	4,563
	Progressives	John Bailey	2,264
Majority			2,299
Turnout				46.72
	Labour hold

Location of Craigmillar ward

Craigmillar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Kane	2,865
	Communist	Michael D'Arcy	124
Majority			2,741
Turnout				31.54
	Labour hold

Location of George Square ward

George Square^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	James Slack	2,109
	Liberal	John Gray	1,632
Majority			477
Turnout				34.38
	Progressives hold

Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward

Gorgie-Dalry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Donald Swanson	3,316
	Liberal	George Smith	1,553
	Communist	Charles Cummings	248
Majority			1,763
Turnout				36.47
	Labour hold

Location of Holyrood ward

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick Rogan	2,272
	Communist	John Ashton	161
Majority			2,211
Turnout				27.86
	Labour hold

Location of Liberton ward

Liberton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Wilson	5,708
	Liberal	Kenneth Johnston	2,349
Majority
Turnout				39.99
	Labour hold

Location of Merchiston ward

Merchiston^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Maurice Heggle	3,471
	Labour	Sylvia Renilson	1,259
Majority			2,212
Turnout				41.35
	Progressives hold

Location of Morningside ward

Morningside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Nansi Mansbridge	4,183
	Liberal	Margaret Mackay	1,267
Majority
Turnout				41.1
	Progressives hold

Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward

Murrayfield-Cramond^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	James McKay	5,775
	Labour	James Renilson	2,888
Majority			2,887
Turnout			8,663	47.66
	Progressives hold

Location of Newington ward

Newington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	George Hedderwick	4,162
	Liberal	Margaret Workman	2,052
	Labour	Christina Guest	1,770
Majority			2,110
Turnout				49.57
	Liberal hold

Location of Pilton ward

Pilton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Magnus Williamson	4,937
	Communist	Charles McManus	638
Majority			4,299
Turnout				32.24
	Labour hold

Location of Portobello ward

Portobello^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Archibald Jameson	4,383
	Labour	Phyllis Herriot	4,018
Majority			365
Turnout				46.41
	Progressives hold

Location of Sighthill ward

Sighthill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Isabella Stewart	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Location of South Leith

South Leith^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anne Simpson	4,103
	Progressives	David McKay	2,582
	Liberal	William Kerr	1,521
Majority
Turnout				53.13
	Labour gain from Progressives

Location of St Andrews ward

St. Andrews^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Craig Richards	1,799
	Labour	James Merrilees	951
Majority
Turnout				25.88
	Progressives hold

Location of St Bernards ward

St. Bernards^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	John Millar	3,979
	Labour	Eva Gibbons	2,243
	Liberal	John Kidd	1,441
Majority			1736
Turnout				43.24
	Progressives hold

Location of St Giles ward

St. Giles^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Henderson	2,322
	Progressives	William Sinclair	906
Majority			1,416
Turnout				27.12
	Labour hold

Location of West Leith ward

West Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Margaret Rose	3,783
	Labour	Shelia Murray	2,175
Majority			1,608
Turnout				50.95
	Progressives hold

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1964. p. 11. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[Glasgow_Herald-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1964. p. 11. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

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