1964 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 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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Progressives | 14 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
60.9 | 45.8 | 59,003 | ||
Labour | 9 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
34.8 | 39.1 | 51,498 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 13.2 | 17,023 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.0 | 1,312 |
Ward Results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Leonard Bailey | 2,949 | ||
Liberal | Violet MacInnes | 1,593 | ||
Majority | 1,356 | |||
Turnout | 35.56 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Philip Wood | 2,544 | ||
Progressives | Daniel Buchanan | 2,450 | ||
Majority | 94 | |||
Turnout | 44.09 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Barbara Woodburn | 3,056 | ||
Progressives | Michael Doyle | 855 | ||
Communist | Theodore Taylor | 141 | ||
Majority | 2,201 | |||
Turnout | 35.29 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Catherine Filsell | 4,098 | ||
Labour | Harold Hauxwell | 3,607 | ||
Liberal | John Henderson | 1,016 | ||
Majority | 491 | |||
Turnout | 49.5 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Harold Oppenheim | 4,523 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Frew | 2,599 | ||
Labour | David Millar | 1,633 | ||
Majority | 1,924 | |||
Turnout | 55.27 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Marion Alexander | 4,563 | ||
Progressives | John Bailey | 2,264 | ||
Majority | 2,299 | |||
Turnout | 46.72 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | John Kane | 2,865 | ||
Communist | Michael D'Arcy | 124 | ||
Majority | 2,741 | |||
Turnout | 31.54 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | James Slack | 2,109 | ||
Liberal | John Gray | 1,632 | ||
Majority | 477 | |||
Turnout | 34.38 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Donald Swanson | 3,316 | ||
Liberal | George Smith | 1,553 | ||
Communist | Charles Cummings | 248 | ||
Majority | 1,763 | |||
Turnout | 36.47 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Patrick Rogan | 2,272 | ||
Communist | John Ashton | 161 | ||
Majority | 2,211 | |||
Turnout | 27.86 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Peter Wilson | 5,708 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Johnston | 2,349 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 39.99 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Maurice Heggle | 3,471 | ||
Labour | Sylvia Renilson | 1,259 | ||
Majority | 2,212 | |||
Turnout | 41.35 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Nansi Mansbridge | 4,183 | ||
Liberal | Margaret Mackay | 1,267 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 41.1 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | James McKay | 5,775 | ||
Labour | James Renilson | 2,888 | ||
Majority | 2,887 | |||
Turnout | 8,663 | 47.66 | ||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | George Hedderwick | 4,162 | ||
Liberal | Margaret Workman | 2,052 | ||
Labour | Christina Guest | 1,770 | ||
Majority | 2,110 | |||
Turnout | 49.57 | |||
Liberal hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Magnus Williamson | 4,937 | ||
Communist | Charles McManus | 638 | ||
Majority | 4,299 | |||
Turnout | 32.24 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Archibald Jameson | 4,383 | ||
Labour | Phyllis Herriot | 4,018 | ||
Majority | 365 | |||
Turnout | 46.41 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Isabella Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Anne Simpson | 4,103 | ||
Progressives | David McKay | 2,582 | ||
Liberal | William Kerr | 1,521 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 53.13 | |||
Labour gain from Progressives |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Craig Richards | 1,799 | ||
Labour | James Merrilees | 951 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 25.88 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | John Millar | 3,979 | ||
Labour | Eva Gibbons | 2,243 | ||
Liberal | John Kidd | 1,441 | ||
Majority | 1736 | |||
Turnout | 43.24 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | John Henderson | 2,322 | ||
Progressives | William Sinclair | 906 | ||
Majority | 1,416 | |||
Turnout | 27.12 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Margaret Rose | 3,783 | ||
Labour | Shelia Murray | 2,175 | ||
Majority | 1,608 | |||
Turnout | 50.95 | |||
Progressives hold |