An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 4 May 1965, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election.
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23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation 35 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the election Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 35 Progressives, 33 Labour councillors, and 2 Liberal. The Progressives gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control.
Aggregate results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Progressives | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56.5 | 57.5 | 55,018 | ||
Labour | 9 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 | 27.9 | 31,214 | |||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.3 | 12.9 | 13,030 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1,025 | |||
SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 677 |
Ward Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Gottleb A. Theurer | 2,718 | ||
Liberal | Violet MacInnes | 1,590 | ||
Majority | 1,128 | |||
Turnout | 33.82 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | James S. Cook | 2,393 | ||
Progressives | Victor J. Symes | 2,241 | ||
Majority | 152 | |||
Turnout | 41.15 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ewen G. Bethuse | 2,391 | ||
Communist | Theodore C. Taylor | 157 | ||
Majority | 2,234 | |||
Turnout | 22.21 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Herbert A. Brechin | 4,655 | ||
Labour | Robert W. Irvine | 2,707 | ||
Majority | 1,948 | |||
Turnout | 7,362 | 40.97 | ||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Fred Ford | 3,979 | ||
Liberal | Thomas M. Frew | 3,158 | ||
Majority | 821 | |||
Turnout | 43.1 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Drummond | 3,171 | ||
Progressives | Douglas B. Harvey | 2,178 | ||
Majority | 993 | |||
Turnout | 36.18 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Donald F. Remon | 1,813 | ||
Communist | Michael D'Arcy | 175 | ||
Majority | 1,638 | |||
Turnout | 19.67 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | William Simpson-Bell | 2,303 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth D. A. Johnston | 1,123 | ||
Majority | 1,171 | |||
Turnout | 32.01 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Florence A. R. Strachan | 2,355 | ||
Liberal | George F. Smith | 1,195 | ||
Communist | Charles Cumming | 275 | ||
Majority | 1,160 | |||
Turnout | 27.27 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman F. McQueen | 1,414 | ||
Communist | John Ashton | 159 | ||
Majority | 1,255 | |||
Turnout | 18.68 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Murdo R. M. Mackenzie | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert L. Smith | 2,696 | ||
Progressives | Clive F. Murphy | 2,422 | ||
Labour | Sylvia D. Renilson | 845 | ||
Majority | 274 | |||
Turnout | 51.99 | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | John Fitzpatrick | 4,217 | ||
SNP | Harrison M. Robertson | 677 | ||
Majority | 3,540 | |||
Turnout | 36.73 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Robert M. Knox | 5,334 | ||
Labour | James H, Renilson | 1,936 | ||
Liberal | Marion M. Ritchie | 901 | ||
Majority | 3,398 | |||
Turnout | 43.76 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Eric M. Kean | 4,134 | ||
Liberal | Margaret J, Workman | 2,367 | ||
Labour | Eva Gibbons | 1,169 | ||
Majority | 1,767 | |||
Turnout | 46.94 | |||
Progressives gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Catherina T. Nealon | 3,010 | ||
Communist | Charles McManus | 259 | ||
Majority | 2,751 | |||
Turnout | 18.62 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Alfred W. Hunt | 5,119 | ||
Labour | Phyllis Herriot | 3,437 | ||
Majority | 1,682 | |||
Turnout | 47.51 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | James Ross | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Walter S. Dalgleish | 2,941 | ||
Progressives | Thomas S. Ramage | 2,780 | ||
Majority | 161 | |||
Turnout | 42.34 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Lawrence S. Miller | 2,857 | ||
Labour | Christina S. Guest | 704 | ||
Majority | 1,353 | |||
Turnout | 27.00 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Winifred E. Donaldson | 4,258 | ||
Labour | David Millar | 1,527 | ||
Majority | 2,731 | |||
Turnout | 32.80 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Margaret B. Smith | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | John Scott | 3,468 | ||
Labour | Shelia K. Murray | 1,756 | ||
Majority | 1,712 | |||
Turnout | 44.32 | |||
Progressives hold |