1972 Edinburgh Corporation election

February 2017 February 2017 1972 Edinburgh Corporation election Scotland Flag of Edinburgh.svg parliamentary no 1971 Edinburgh Corporation election 1971 1972 5 2 y 1973 Edinburgh Corporation election 1973 23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation 35 Scottish Labour Party Jack Kane 28 28 10 33 5 59,456 42.0% Progressives (Scotland) 27 26 7 21 5 31,479 22.2% Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Meek 9 9 3 9 25,808 18.2% Scottish Liberal Party Robert Smith 3 4 2 5 1 14,554 10.3% Independent (politician) 2 3 1 2 1 4,286 3.0% Edinburgh Corporation election, 1972.svg Results by ward. Council control Council control after election No overall control No overall control An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 2 May 1972, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election. Following the election, with two by-elections pending, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 33 Labour councillors, 21 Progressives, 9 Conservatives, and 5 Liberals. Labour did particularly well in the 1972 municipal elections across Scotland, and this was also the case in Edinburgh, where the party came close to gaining control of the council for the first time, controlling 33 of the councils 68 seats. The Liberals, with 5 seats, held the balance of power in the new council. Following the election Edinburgh corporation would elect its first Labour Lord Provost; Jack Kane.p.6 The election also witnessed the continuation of the decline of the Progressives, who lost 5 seats. Turnout was 42.1%. Aggregate results Edinburgh Corporation election, 19723 May 1972 Results in the Municipal Elections https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19690507&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 2 Scottish Labour Party 11 5 0 5 43.5 42.0 59,456 Progressives (Scotland) 5 0 5 5 30.4 22.2 31,479 Scottish Conservative Party 4 2 2 13.0 18.2 25,808 Scottish Liberal Party 2 1 0 1 8.7 10.3 14,554 Independent (politician) 1 0 1 1 4.3 3.0 4,286 Scottish National Party 0 0 0 0.0 2.9 4,142 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 1,382 Ward results thumb|100px|Location of Broughton ward Broughton Progressives (Scotland) G. Fraser 2446 Scottish Labour Party R. Cairns 1784 Scottish National Party J. Maxwell 431 662 38.62% Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Calton ward Calton Scottish Labour Party M. Moules 2087 Progressives (Scotland) Josephine Dickson 1921 166 40.00% Scottish Labour Party Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Central Leith ward Central Leith Scottish Labour Party J. Hastle 2496 Scottish Conservative Party Margaret Houston 791 Scottish National Party J. Geddes 354 Communist Party of Great Britain L. Farquhar 33 1705 34.04% Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Colinton ward Colinton Scottish Conservative Party A. Meek 5286 Scottish Labour Party J. H. McKay 4908 Progressives (Scotland) D. Mackenzie 1162 Scottish National Party J. McKernan 752 378 48.03% Scottish Conservative Party thumb|100px|Location of Corstorphine ward Corstorphine Scottish Liberal Party Joyce Sheln 3465 Progressives (Scotland) Mrs Robertson Murray 2405 Scottish Conservative Party W. Percy 1847 Scottish Labour Party B. R. MacKenzie 1226 Scottish National Party A. S. Weir 246 1,060 51.88% Scottish Liberal Party Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Craigentinny ward Craigentinny Scottish Labour Party W. S. Dalgleish 4181 Scottish Conservative Party G. V. McAra 2159 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Burns 111 2,022 43.37% Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Craigmillar ward Craigmillar Scottish Labour Party R. Fox 4393 Scottish Conservative Party Norma-Ann Clayton 622 Communist Party of Great Britain J. O'Donnell 140 3731 33.01% Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of George Square ward George Square Progressives (Scotland) C. Murphy 1525 Scottish Labour Party J. F. Stephen 1515 Scottish Liberal Party M. G. Falchikov 402 Independent Nationalist R. M. S. Tuck 150 10 36.17% Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward Gorgie-Dalry Scottish Labour Party M. McGregor 2785 Scottish Conservative Party J. McConnell 1188 Scottish National Party E. Milne 651 1597 34.55% Scottish Labour Party Scottish Conservative Party thumb|100px|Location of Holyrood ward Holyrood Scottish Labour Party O. Hand 1546 Scottish Conservative Party P. Jones 688 34.37% Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Liberton ward Liberton Scottish Labour Party J. C. Campbell 7705 Scottish Conservative Party A. H. Lester 4025 Communist Party of Great Britain W. Cowan 133 3680 46.06% Scottish Labour Party Scottish Conservative Party thumb|100px|Location of Merchiston ward Merchiston Scottish Liberal Party J. G. Gray 3444 Progressives (Scotland) J. Dalgleish 1573 Scottish Labour Party R. N. F. Halliday 756 1871 49.23% Scottish Liberal Party thumb|100px|Location of Morningside ward Morningside Progressives (Scotland) J. Bateman 3252 Scottish Liberal Party N. L. Gordon 2718 Scottish National Party R. J. Shirley 427 534 46.76% Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward Murrayfield-Cramond Scottish Conservative Party G. G. Norval 5648 Scottish Labour Party W. J. Taylor 3247 Scottish Liberal Party E. Sutherland-Loveday 1111 2401 44.98% Scottish Conservative Party Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Newington ward Newington Independent (politician) J. D. Kidd 4286 Scottish Labour Party B. Rutherford 1798 Scottish Liberal Party J. Grahamslaw 1298 Scottish National Party Christina MacWhirter 413 Communist Party of Great Britain Michele Gunn 78 2488 46.39% Independent (politician) thumb|100px|Location of Pilton ward Pilton Scottish Labour Party R. W. Irvine 5244 Scottish Conservative Party Sarah Pringle 1149 Communist Party of Great Britain C McManus 131 4095 33.79% Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Portobello ward Portobello Progressives (Scotland) K. W. Borthwick 3860 Scottish Labour Party Mary Hutchison 2215 1645 42.14% Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of St Andrews ward St. Andrews Scottish Conservative Party I. A. Cramond 1496 Scottish Labour Party P. McGhee 855 Scottish Liberal Party C. S. Waterman 474 6358 38.99% Scottish Conservative Party thumb|100px|Location of St Bernards ward St. Bernard's Scottish Conservative Party J. Sanderson 4000 Scottish Labour Party R. D. Anderson 2581 Scottish Liberal Party R. H. Guild 1227 1419 43.87% Scottish Conservative Party Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of St Giles ward St. Giles Scottish Labour Party J. McInally 1542 Scottish Conservative Party D. J. Walker 525 1017 24.13% Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Sighthill ward Sighthill Scottish Labour Party D. Renton 4920 Scottish Conservative Party W. Scott 1175 Communist Party of Great Britain W. Miller 889 Scottish National Party R. MacKenna 542 Scottish Liberal Party A. A. Mackay 415 3745 43.90% Scottish Labour Party Independent (politician) thumb|100px|Location of South Leith South Leith Scottish Labour Party I. R. Hoy 2614 Progressives (Scotland) C. Waugh 2362 Scottish National Party J. Sinclair 326 Protestant Action Society J. Maclean 151 252 46.16% Scottish Labour Party Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of West Leith ward West Leith Progressives (Scotland) W. S. Lyle 3397 Scottish Labour Party N. Lindsay 1843 1554 46.18% Progressives (Scotland) References 1972 Edinburgh Corporation Corporation election, 1972