1960 Edinburgh Corporation election
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Elections to Edinburgh Corporation were held on 3 May 1960, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 24 were up for election, including two seats in Murrayfield-Cramond ward. However only 15 wards in 14 seats were contested, as councillors were returned unopposed in nine wards.[1]
No seats changed hands, and Edinburgh Corporation remained composed of 39 Progressives, 28 Labour councillors, 1 Liberal, and 1 Protestant Action. The Progressives retained overall control of the council.
Turnout in the 14 contested wards was 67,270 or 32.1%.[1]
Aggregate results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Progressives | 14 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
58.3 | 52.9 | 35,568 | ||
Labour | 9 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
39.1 | 38.9 | 26,154 | ||
Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
4.3 | 7.9 | 5,292 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.4 | 256 |
Ward Results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Progressives | Melville Dinwiddle | Unopposed | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Josephine Dickson | 2,117 | ||
Labour | J. S. Cook | 1,798 | ||
Majority | 319 | |||
Turnout | 32.51 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | J. A. Crichton | 2,521 | ||
Progressives | J. Tait | 990 | ||
Communist | T. C. Taylor | 49 | ||
Majority | 1,531 | |||
Turnout | 27.06 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | G. H. Menzies | 3,289 | ||
Labour | O. Hand | 1,326 | ||
Majority | 1,963 | |||
Turnout | 27.89 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Mary R. Murray | 2,913 | ||
Liberal | Rev. G. Carse | 1,078 | ||
Labour | W. Glass | 831 | ||
Majority | 1835 | |||
Turnout | 32.37 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | A. Sutherland | 3,816 | ||
Progressives | A. Hunt | 2,451 | ||
Majority | 565 | |||
Turnout | 36.06 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | R. Fox | 2,090 | ||
Communist | J. A. Young | 207 | ||
Majority | 1,883 | |||
Turnout | 23.33 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | F. Stewart | 2,010 | ||
Labour | J. Henderson | 793 | ||
Majority | 1,217 | |||
Turnout | 24.76 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | T. McGregor | 2,540 | ||
Progressives | D. Buchanan | 1,870 | ||
Majority | 670 | |||
Turnout | 29.94 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Owen Hand | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | J. W. Kerr | 3,475 | ||
Progressives | Nicholas H. Fairburn | 3,445 | ||
Majority | 30 | |||
Turnout | 36.15 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Progressives | Thomas Morgan | Unopposed |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Progressives | Arthur G. Ingham | Unopposed | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | H. Macpherson | 3,290 | ||
Progressives | R. M. Knox | 3,190 | ||
Labour | J. Keddie | 998 | ||
Labour | H. Hauxwell | 859 | ||
Turnout | 29.65 | |||
Progressives hold | ||||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal | Hilda Merton | 3,309 | ||
Progressives | J. F. Wood | 3,157 | ||
Majority | 152 | |||
Turnout | 39.06 | |||
Liberal hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | James M. R. Durkin | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Elsie Matthews | 3,583 | ||
Labour | G. Drummond | 1,871 | ||
Majority | 1,712 | |||
Turnout | 30.36 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | William Wallace | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Peter Heatly | 3,361 | ||
Labour | P. S. Wood | 2,706 | ||
Majority | 655 | |||
Turnout | 43.13 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Progressives | Robert McLaughlin | Unopposed | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | D. A. Adamson | 3,092 | ||
Labour | J. Brunton | 1,389 | ||
Liberal | Margaret Cameron | 905 | ||
Majority | 1,712 | |||
Turnout | 30.16 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | James McInally | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Progressives | John Scott | Unopposed | |||
Progressives hold |