1966 Edinburgh Corporation election

1966 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; ; Progressives	Council control after election ; ; Progressives

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 was composed of 36 Progressives, 33 Labour councillors, and 1 Liberal. The Progressives increased their majority to three seats.

Aggregate results

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1966^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
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

Ward Results

Location of Broughton ward

Broughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Melville Dinwiddie	Unopposed
	Progressives hold

Location of Calton ward

Calton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Josephine M. Dickson	2,571
	Labour	Charles R. Stuart	2,489
Majority			82
	Progressives hold

Location of Central Leith ward

Central Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

Location of Colinton ward

Colinton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Maurice F. Ferry	4,911
	Labour	Eva Gibbons	2,301
Majority			2,610
	Progressives hold

Location of Corstorphine ward

Corstorphine
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Mary Robertson Murray	4,280
	Liberal	Margaret K. Taylor	2,788
Majority			1,422
	Progressives hold

Location of Craigentinny ward

Craigentinny
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alexander Sutherland	3,396
	Progressives	Rupert Spoyer	1,924
Majority			1,472
	Labour hold

Location of Craigmillar ward

Craigmillar
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Russell A. Fer	2,723
	Communist	Michael d'Arcy	298
Majority			2,425
	Labour hold

Location of George Square ward

George Square^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Clive F. Murphy	2,266
	Labour	George Foulkes	1,084
Majority			1,182
	Progressives hold

Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward

Gorgie-Dalry
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas McGregor	2,596
	Liberal	George F. Smith	1,139
Majority			1,457
	Labour hold

Location of Holyrood ward

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

Location of Liberton ward

Liberton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Frederick M. Lawson	4,453
	Conservative	James S. Gordon	2,862
Majority			1,591
	Labour hold

Location of Merchiston ward

Merchiston^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Thomas Morgan	3,171
	Liberal	Bethia L. Howden	2,025
Majority			1,146
	Progressives hold

Location of Morningside ward

Morningside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	John Bateman	Unopposed
	Progressives hold

Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward

Murrayfield-Cramond^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Hugh Macpherson	5,294
	Labour	David Millar	2,040
Majority			3,254
	Progressives hold

Location of Newington ward

Newington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

Location of Pilton ward

Pilton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

Location of Portobello ward

Portobello^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Kenneth W. Borthwick	3,776
	Labour	Ronald D. M. Brown	1,897
Majority			1,879
	Progressives hold

Location of Sighthill ward

Sighthill^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Wallace	3,922
Progressives	Richard K. Aitken	1,172
Labour hold

Location of South Leith

South Leith^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Shelia King Murray	3,077
	Progressives	Thomas S. Ramage	2,719
Majority			358
	Labour hold

Location of St Andrews ward

St. Andrews^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Robert McLaughlin	1,664
	Labour	Phyllis Herriot	772
Majority			892
	Progressives hold

Location of St Bernards ward

St. Bernards^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David A. Adamson	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Location of St Giles ward

St. Giles^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James McInally	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Location of West Leith ward

West Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	William R. W. Lyle	3,810
	Labour	Henry D. Crawford	1,638
Majority			2,177
	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. 5 May 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 2 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. 5 May 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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