1962 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 1 May 1962, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election.
After the election Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 34 Progressives, 30 Labour councillors, and 5 Liberals. The Progressives lost their overall majority on the council.
Aggregate results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 11 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
47.8 | 38.5 | 47,559 | ||
Progressives | 9 | 0 | 4 | ![]() |
37.5 | 36.3 | 44,757 | ||
Liberal | 3 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
13.0 | 21.5 | 26,579 | ||
Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.7 | 3,281 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.8 | 929 | ||
Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.8 | 929 |
Ward Results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Gottleb A. Theurer | 1,839 | ||
Liberal | Violet MacInnes | 1,833 | ||
Majority | 6 | |||
Turnout | 28.94 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | James S. Cook | 2,135 | ||
Progressives | Josephine M. Dickson | 2,120 | ||
Majority | 15 | |||
Turnout | 36.80 | |||
Labour gain from Progressives |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ewen G. Bethune | 2,970 | ||
Progressives | Linddsay Wilkie | 1,185 | ||
Communist | Theodore C. Taylor | 193 | ||
Majority | 1,785 | |||
Turnout | 34.66 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Herbert A. Brechin | 4,089 | ||
Progressives | Maurice F. Ferry | 3,795 | ||
Labour | Harold Fauxwell | 2,409 | ||
Labour | Sylvia Dorothy Renilson | 2,297 | ||
Majority | 394 | |||
Turnout | 36.99 | |||
Progressives hold | ||||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal | Ronald S. Grant | 3,658 | ||
Progressives | David Kyles | 3,361 | ||
Majority | 297 | |||
Turnout | 45.16 | |||
Liberal gain from Progressives |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | George Drummond | 3,992 | ||
Progressives | Henry Dundas | 1,946 | ||
Majority | 2,046 | |||
Turnout | 39.93 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Donald F. Renton | 2,619 | ||
Communist | Michael D'Arcy | 175 | ||
Majority | 2,444 | |||
Turnout | 28.19 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | William Simpson-Bell | 1,859 | ||
Liberal | John G. Gray | 1,744 | ||
Labour | Owen Hand | 832 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | ||||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Florence A. R. Strachan | 3,038 | ||
Progressives | William W. Gilmour | 1,463 | ||
Communist | Irene Swan | 176 | ||
Majority | 1,575 | |||
Turnout | 32.65 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Norman F. McQueen | 1,987 | ||
Communist | John Ashton | 215 | ||
Majority | 1,772 | |||
Turnout | 23.51 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | M. Mackenzie | 4,849 | ||
Progressives | Enid Fraser | 3,237 | ||
Majority | 1,612 | |||
Turnout | 40.69 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal | Robert L. Smith | 2,939 | ||
Progressives | Vera M. Carmichael | 2,222 | ||
Majority | 717 | |||
Turnout | 44.50 | |||
Liberal gain from Progressives |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | John Fitzpatrick | 3,439 | ||
Liberal | James B. Crossland | 2,010 | ||
Majority | 1,429 | |||
Turnout | 41.05 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Robert M. Knox | 3,176 | ||
Liberal | Melville MacIntyre | 2,364 | ||
Labour | John Keddie | 1,399 | ||
Majority | 812 | |||
Turnout | 41.60 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal | William G. Henderson | 3,363 | ||
Unionist | D. Drummond-Young | 3,281 | ||
Labour | John M. Simpson | 1,140 | ||
Majority | 82 | |||
Turnout | 47.85 | |||
Liberal gain from Progressives |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Catherina T. Nealon | 5,219 | ||
Liberal | Desmond V. S. Williams | 1,506 | ||
Communist | Charlie McManus | 170 | ||
Majority | 3,713 | |||
Turnout | 39.58 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Alfred H. Hunt | 2,928 | ||
Labour | Robert G. Blanche | 2,414 | ||
Liberal | John M. Farquhar | 2,058 | ||
Majority | 514 | |||
Turnout | 40.58 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | James Ross | 3,927 | ||
Liberal | John Lisman | 1,929 | ||
Majority | 1,998 | |||
Turnout | 38.29 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Walter S. Dalgleish | 3,859 | ||
Progressives | Eric Walker Hall | 3,153 | ||
Majority | 706 | |||
Turnout | 51.19 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Lawrence S. Miller | 1,907 | ||
Labour | Anna F. Flockhart | 930 | ||
Union Movement | Stanley E. Wallace | 280 | ||
Majority | 977 | |||
Turnout | 28.56 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Rhoda E. Paul | 3,362 | ||
Liberal | Marion M. Ritchie | 1,931 | ||
Labour | Ian McLauchlan | 1,788 | ||
Majority | 1,431 | |||
Turnout | 40.19 | |||
Progressives hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Margaret B. Smith | 2,052 | ||
Progressives | Brenda A. W. Pope | 959 | ||
Majority | 1,093 | |||
Turnout | 23.74 | |||
Labour hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Duncan M. Wetherstone | 2,512 | ||
Liberal | Peter E. Taylor | 1,244 | ||
Majority | 1268 | |||
Turnout | 31.66 | |||
Progressives hold |