1963 Edinburgh Corporation election
7 May 1963 (1963-05-07)
23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation
35 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Progressives Labour Liberal
Last election 34 30 5
Seats won 12 10 1
Seats after 33 31 5
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 46,392 50,991 27,742
Percentage 36.0% 39.6% 21.5%
Results by ward.
Council control before election


No overall control

 Council control after election


No overall control

An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 7 May 1963, 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

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1963[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Progressives 12 0 1 Decrease1 52.2 36.0 46,392
  Labour 10 1 0 Increase1 43.5 39.6 50,991
  Liberal 1 0 0 Steady 4.3 21.5 27,742
  Unionist 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.3 3,023
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.4 518
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 117

Ward Results

Location of Broughton ward
Broughton
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives Melville Dinwiddie 2,527
Liberal Violet Macinnes 1,287
Labour Robert W. Irvine 1,271
Majority 1,240
Turnout 39.97
Progressives hold
Location of Calton ward
Calton
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives Josephine M. Dickson 2,497
Labour Philip S. Wood 2,271
Majority 226
Turnout 41.84
Progressives hold
Location of Central Leith ward
Central Leith
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John A. Chrichton 3,032
Liberal Alastair S. Buchanan 915
Communist Theodore C. Taylor 125
Majority 2,317
Turnout 33.90
Labour hold
Location of Colinton ward
Colinton
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives Maurice F. Ferry 3,888
Labour Harold Hauxwell 2,835
Liberal John E. Henderson 1,411
Majority 1,053
Turnout 46.27
Progressives hold
Location of Corstorphine ward
Corstorphine
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives Mary R. Murray 4,187
Liberal Thomas M. Frew 2,681
Labour Chrisina S. Guest 987
Majority 1,506
Turnout 50.34
Progressives hold
Location of Craigentinny ward
Craigentinny
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alexander Sutherland 3,916
Progressives Harold Oppenheim 2,794
Majority 1,122
Turnout 45.59
Labour hold
Location of Craigmillar ward
Craigmillar
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Russell A. Fox 2,392
Communist Michal D'Arcy 132
Majority 2,260
Turnout 26.42
Labour hold
Location of George Square ward
George Square[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives John F. Stewart 1,884
Liberal John G. Gray 1,592
Labour Eva Gibbons 663
Majority 292
Turnout 38.18
Progressives hold
Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward
Gorgie-Dalry
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Thomas McGregor 2,676
Liberal James L. McBeath 1,742
Independent Ian G. Haxton 117
Majority 934
Turnout 33.36
Labour hold
Location of Holyrood ward
Holyrood
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Owen Hand 1,814
Liberal Arthur C. Fiddler 900
Communist John Ashton 71
Majority 914
Turnout 31.42
Labour hold
Location of Liberton ward
Liberton[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James W. Kerr 4,907
Progressives Brenda A. W. Pope 2,981
Liberal George Carse 1,038
Majority 1,926
Turnout 43.93
Labour hold
Location of Merchiston ward
Merchiston[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives Thomas Morgan 2,606
Liberal James R. Dalrymple 2,183
Labour Sylvia Renilson 915
Majority 423
Turnout 49.69
Progressives hold
Location of Morningside ward
Morningside[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives Arthur G. Ingham 3,749
Liberal Margaret A. M. Mackay 1,488
Majority 2,261
Turnout 39.41
Progressives hold
Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward
Murrayfield-Cramond[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives Hugh Macpherson 4,162
Labour James Renilson 1,838
Liberal Ronald McNeill 1,402
Majority 2324
Turnout 43.15
Progressives hold
Location of Newington ward
Newington[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Hilda Morton 3,549
Unionist Graeme H. Menzies 3,023
Labour John McEwan 1,469
Majority 526
Turnout 49.96
Liberal hold
Location of Pilton ward
Pilton[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James M. R. Durkin 4,129
Liberal Cyril Huxtabie 1,419
Communist Charles McManus 190
Majority 2,710
Turnout 33.01
Labour hold
Location of Portobello ward
Portobello[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives Kenneth W. Borthwick 3,687
Labour Phyllis Herriot 2,989
Liberal Keith Milton 1,181
Majority 698
Turnout 7,857
Progressives hold
Location of Sighthill ward
Sighthill[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour William Wallace 3,151
Liberal Judith Steel 1,546
Majority 1,905
Turnout 33.11
Labour hold
Location of South Leith
South Leith[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alexander Burton 3,935
Progressives Peter Heatly 3,185
Majority 750
Turnout 52.53
Labour gain from Progressives
Location of St Andrews ward
St. Andrews[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives Robert McLaughlin 1,608
Labour Hugh M. W. Kinnear 750
Liberal Robert E. Henderson 631
Majority 858
Turnout 27.67
Progressives hold
Location of St Bernards ward
St. Bernards[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives David A. Adamson 3,634
Labour Ian McLaughlan 1,702
Liberal Marion M. Ritchie 1,518
Majority 1,932
Turnout 39.42
Progressives hold
Location of St Giles ward
St. Giles[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James McInally 1,974
Liberal William Wilson 1,171
Majority
Turnout 25.70
Labour hold
Location of West Leith ward
West Leith
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives John Scott 3,003
Labour Sarah F. Skinner 1,375
Liberal Peter E. Taylor 1,003
Majority 1,628
Turnout 45.47
Progressives hold

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 8 May 1963. p. 11. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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