1967 Edinburgh Corporation election

April 2022 1967 Edinburgh Corporation election Scotland Flag of Edinburgh.svg parliamentary no 1966 Edinburgh Corporation election 1966 1967 5 2 y 1968 Edinburgh Corporation election 1968 25 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation 35 Progressives (Scotland) 36 37 50,655 44.4% Scottish Labour Party 32 29 32,084 28.1% Scottish Conservative Party 0 2 7,588 6.7% Scottish Liberal Party 1 1 11,772 10.3% Edinburgh Corporation election, 1967.svg Results by ward. Council control Council control after election Progressives (Scotland) Progressives (Scotland) 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, 19675 May 1967 Results in the Municipal Elections https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19670505&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 11 2 February 2020 Progressives (Scotland) 14 2 1 1 56.0 44.4 50,655 Scottish Labour Party 9 0 3 3 28.1 32,084 Scottish Conservative Party 2 2 0 2 6.7 7,588 Scottish Liberal Party 0 0 0 0.0 10.3 11,772 Scottish National Party 0 0 0 0.0 7.8 8,870 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0.0 2.7 3,045 Ward results thumb|100px|Location of Broughton ward Broughton Progressives (Scotland) Leonard A. Bailey 2464 Scottish Liberal Party Eric W. Hall 1603 Scottish Labour Party Ian R. Hoy 1154 861 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Calton ward Calton Progressives (Scotland) Catherine B. M. Filsell 5327 Scottish Labour Party James E. Boyack 1886 3441 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Central Leith ward Central Leith Scottish Labour Party Barbara Woodburn 1472 Scottish National Party Mary G. Thomson 1377 Communist Party of Great Britain Theodore C. Taylor 153 95 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Colinton ward Colinton Progressives (Scotland) Victor J. Symes 2223 Scottish Labour Party Philip S. Wood 2023 200 Progressives (Scotland) Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Corstorphine ward Corstorphine Progressives (Scotland) Rupert Speyer 3682 Scottish Liberal Party Thomas M. Frew 2122 Scottish National Party William W. Neil 1696 1,560 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Craigentinny ward Craigentinny Scottish Labour Party Phyllis Herriot 1857 Scottish Conservative Party Geraldine R. Johnston 293 1,564 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Craigmillar ward Craigmillar Scottish Labour Party John Kane 2842 Communist Party of Great Britain Geraldine R. Johnston 2534 308 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of George Square ward George Square Progressives (Scotland) James Slack 1803 Scottish Labour Party George Foulkes 788 Scottish Liberal Party Fiona M. Cowles 602 1,015 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward Gorgie-Dalry Scottish Labour Party Donald M. Swanson 1988 Progressives (Scotland) Mary A. M. Hislop 1463 Scottish Liberal Party Raymond T. Barker 689 525 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Holyrood ward Holyrood Scottish Labour Party Patrick Rogan 1307 Scottish Conservative Party Anthony H. Lester 702 Scottish Liberal Party Robert E. Bell 540 605 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Liberton ward Liberton (2 seats) Scottish Conservative Party David M. Burnside 3801 Scottish Labour Party Peter Wilson 3047 Scottish National Party William T. Telford 2726 Scottish Labour Party Eva Gibbons 2402 Scottish Conservative Party Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Merchiston ward Merchiston Progressives (Scotland) Mauricde Heggie 2920 Scottish Liberal Party Joyce Shein 2325 595 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Morningside ward Morningside Progressives (Scotland) Nansi H. Mansbridge 4017 Scottish National Party Ian A. Macdonald 832 Scottish Liberal Party Thomas Glen 510 Scottish Labour Party John C. Campbell 396 3,185 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward Murrayfield-Cramond Progressives (Scotland) Robert M. Knox 5712 Scottish Labour Party Thomas H. Greig 1705 4,007 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Newington ward Newington Progressives (Scotland) G. Hedderwick 4498 Scottish Liberal Party J. Grahamslaw 1283 Scottish Labour Party D. E. S. Truman 1175 3,215 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Pilton ward Pilton Scottish Labour Party Magnus J. Williamson 1975 Scottish National Party William Thomason 1509 Communist Party of Great Britain Charles McManus 358 466 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Portobello ward Portobello Progressives (Scotland) Archibald D. Jameson 3380 Scottish National Party Adam A. D. Hare 1494 Scottish Labour Party Ronald D. M. Brown 997 1,886 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Sighthill ward Sighthill Scottish Labour Party Isobella O. M. Stewart Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of South Leith South Leith Progressives (Scotland) Thomas S. Ramage 2430 Scottish Labour Party Anne K. R. Simpson 2234 Scottish National Party Douglas S. Walker 1181 196 Progressives (Scotland) Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of St Andrews ward St. Andrews (2 seats) Scottish Conservative Party Ronald R. Duff 2144 Progressives (Scotland) Craig H. Richards 1067 Progressives (Scotland) Roger O. S. Miller 850 Scottish National Party Francis C. Yeoman 781 Scottish Labour Party Gavid Kennedy 599 Scottish Labour Party Ernest Arden 552 Scottish Conservative Party Progressives (Scotland) Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of St Bernards ward St. Bernards Progressives (Scotland) John Millar 3105 Scottish Liberal Party William Murray 2098 Scottish Labour Party Christopher Harvie 1256 1,007 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of St Giles ward St. Giles Scottish Labour Party Charles R. Stuart 1166 Scottish Conservative Party George T. Edwards 941 225 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of West Leith ward West Leith Progressives (Scotland) Margaret B. A. Ross 4030 Scottish Labour Party Ian M. Christie 1232 2,798 Progressives (Scotland) References 1967 Category:1967 Scottish local elections