1967 Edinburgh Corporation election

1967 Edinburgh Corporation election
	2 May 1967
25 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 2 May 1967, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 24 were up for election; two in Liberton and St. Andrew's wards, and one in every other ward.

After the election, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 37 Progressives, 29 Labour councillors, 2 Conservatives, and 1 Liberal. The Progressives increased their majority to five seats.

Aggregate results

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1967^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Progressives	14	2	1	1	56.0	44.4	50,655
Labour	9	0	3	3		28.1	32,084
Conservative	2	2	0	2	0.0	6.7	7,588
Liberal	0	0	0			10.3	11,772
SNP	0	0	0		0.0	7.8	8,870
Communist	0	0	0		0.0	2.7	3,045

Ward Results

Broughton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Leonard A. Bailey	2,464
	Liberal	Eric W. Hall	1,603
	Labour	Ian R. Hoy	1,154
Majority			861
	Progressives hold

Calton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Catherine B. M. Filsell	5,327
	Labour	James E. Boyack	1,886
Majority			3441
	Labour hold

Central Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Barbara Woodburn	1,472
	SNP	Mary G. Thomson	1,377
	Communist	Theodore C. Taylor	153
Majority			95
	Labour hold

Colinton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Victor J. Symes	2,223
	Labour	Philip S. Wood	2,023
Majority			200
	Progressives gain from Labour

Corstorphine
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Rupert Speyer	3,682
	Liberal	Thomas M. Frew	2,122
	SNP	William W. Neil	1,696
Majority			1,560
	Progressives hold

Craigentinny
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Phyllis Herriot	1,857
	Conservative	Geraldine R. Johnston	293
Majority			1,564
	Labour hold

Craigmillar
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Kane	2,842
	Communist	Geraldine R. Johnston	2,534
Majority			308
	Labour hold

George Square^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	James Slack	1,803
	Labour	George Foulkes	788
	Liberal	Fiona M. Cowles	602
Majority			1,015
	Progressives hold

Gorgie-Dalry
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Donald M. Swanson	1,988
	Progressives	Mary A. M. Hislop	1,463
	Liberal	Raymond T. Barker	689
Majority			525
	Labour hold

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Patrick Rogan	1,307
	Conservative	Anthony H. Lester	702
	Liberal	Robert E. Bell	540
Majority			605
	Labour hold

Liberton (2 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David M. Burnside	3,801
	Labour	Peter Wilson	3,047
	SNP	William T. Telford	2,726
	Labour	Eva Gibbons	2,402
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Merchiston^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Mauricde Heggie	2,920
	Liberal	Joyce Shein	2,325
Majority			595
	Progressives hold

Morningside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Nansi H. Mansbridge	4,017
	SNP	Ian A. Macdonald	832
	Liberal	Thomas Glen	510
	Labour	John C. Campbell	396
Majority			3,185
	Progressives hold

Murrayfield-Cramond^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Robert M. Knox	5,712
	Labour	Thomas H. Greig	1,705
Majority			4,007
	Progressives hold

Newington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	G. Hedderwick	4,498
	Liberal	J. Grahamslaw	1,283
	Labour	D. E. S. Truman	1,175
Majority			3,215
	Progressives hold

Pilton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Magnus J. Williamson	1,975
	SNP	William Thomason	1,509
	Communist	Charles McManus	358
Majority			466
	Labour hold

Portobello^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Archibald D. Jameson	3,380
	SNP	Adam A. D. Hare	1,494
	Labour	Ronald D. M. Brown	997
Majority			1,886
	Progressives hold

Sighthill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Isobella O. M. Stewart	Unopposed
	Labour hold

South Leith^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Thomas S. Ramage	2,430
	Labour	Anne K. R. Simpson	2,234
	SNP	Douglas S. Walker	1,181
Majority			196
	Progressives gain from Labour

St. Andrews (2 seats)^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Ronald R. Duff	2,144
Progressives	Craig H. Richards	1,067
Progressives	Roger O. S. Miller	850
SNP	Francis C. Yeoman	781
Labour	Gavid Kennedy	599
Labour	Ernest Arden	552
Conservative gain from Progressives
Progressives hold

St. Bernards^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	John Millar	3,105
	Liberal	William Murray	2,098
	Labour	Christopher Harvie	1,256
Majority			1,007
	Progressives hold

St. Giles^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Charles R. Stuart	1,166
	Conservative	George T. Edwards	941
Majority			225
	Labour hold

West Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Margaret B. A. Ross	4,030
	Labour	Ian M. Christie	1,232
Majority			2,798
	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 1967. 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 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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