1963 Edinburgh Corporation election

April 2022 1963 Edinburgh Corporation election Scotland Flag of Edinburgh.svg parliamentary no 1962 Edinburgh Corporation election 1962 1963 5 7 y 1964 Edinburgh Corporation election 1964 23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation 35 Progressives (Scotland) 34 12 33 1 46,392 36.0% Scottish Labour Party 30 10 31 1 50,991 39.6% Scottish Liberal Party 5 1 5 27,742 21.5% Edinburgh Corporation election, 1963.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 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, 19638 May 1963 Results in the Municipal Elections https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19630508&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 11 1 February 2020 Progressives (Scotland) 12 0 1 1 52.2 36.0 46,392 Scottish Labour Party 10 1 0 1 43.5 39.6 50,991 Scottish Liberal Party 1 0 0 4.3 21.5 27,742 Unionist Party (Scotland) 0 0 0 0.0 2.3 3,023 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 518 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 117 Ward results thumb|100px|Location of Broughton ward Broughton Progressives (Scotland) Melville Dinwiddie 2527 Scottish Liberal Party Violet Macinnes 1287 Scottish Labour Party Robert W. Irvine 1271 1,240 39.97 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Calton ward Calton Progressives (Scotland) Josephine M. Dickson 2497 Scottish Labour Party Philip S. Wood 2271 226 41.84 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Central Leith ward Central Leith Scottish Labour Party John A. Chrichton 3032 Scottish Liberal Party Alastair S. Buchanan 915 Communist Party of Great Britain Theodore C. Taylor 125 2,317 33.90 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Colinton ward Colinton Progressives (Scotland) Maurice F. Ferry 3888 Scottish Labour Party Harold Hauxwell 2835 Scottish Liberal Party John E. Henderson 1411 1,053 46.27 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Corstorphine ward Corstorphine Progressives (Scotland) Mary R. Murray 4187 Scottish Liberal Party Thomas M. Frew 2681 Scottish Labour Party Chrisina S. Guest 987 1,506 50.34 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Craigentinny ward Craigentinny Scottish Labour Party Alexander Sutherland 3916 Progressives (Scotland) Harold Oppenheim 2794 1,122 45.59 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Craigmillar ward Craigmillar Scottish Labour Party Russell A. Fox 2392 Communist Party of Great Britain Michal D'Arcy 132 2,260 26.42 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of George Square ward George Square Progressives (Scotland) John F. Stewart 1884 Scottish Liberal Party John G. Gray 1592 Scottish Labour Party Eva Gibbons 663 292 38.18 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward Gorgie-Dalry Scottish Labour Party Thomas McGregor 2676 Scottish Liberal Party James L. McBeath 1742 Independent (politician) Ian G. Haxton 117 934 33.36 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Holyrood ward Holyrood Scottish Labour Party Owen Hand 1814 Scottish Liberal Party Arthur C. Fiddler 900 Communist Party of Great Britain John Ashton 71 914 31.42 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Liberton ward Liberton Scottish Labour Party James W. Kerr 4907 Progressives (Scotland) Brenda A. W. Pope 2981 Scottish Liberal Party George Carse 1038 1,926 43.93 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Merchiston ward Merchiston Progressives (Scotland) Thomas Morgan 2606 Scottish Liberal Party James R. Dalrymple 2183 Scottish Labour Party Sylvia Renilson 915 423 49.69 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Morningside ward Morningside Progressives (Scotland) Arthur G. Ingham 3749 Scottish Liberal Party Margaret A. M. Mackay 1488 2,261 39.41 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward Murrayfield-Cramond Progressives (Scotland) Hugh Macpherson 4162 Scottish Labour Party James Renilson 1838 Scottish Liberal Party Ronald McNeill 1402 2324 43.15 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Newington ward Newington Scottish Liberal Party Hilda Morton 3549 Unionist Party (Scotland) Graeme H. Menzies 3023 Scottish Labour Party John McEwan 1469 526 49.96 Scottish Liberal Party thumb|100px|Location of Pilton ward Pilton Scottish Labour Party James M. R. Durkin 4129 Scottish Liberal Party Cyril Huxtabie 1419 Communist Party of Great Britain Charles McManus 190 2,710 33.01 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Portobello ward Portobello Progressives (Scotland) Kenneth W. Borthwick 3,687 Scottish Labour Party Phyllis Herriot 2,989 Scottish Liberal Party Keith Milton 1,181 698 7,857 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Sighthill ward Sighthill Scottish Labour Party William Wallace 3151 Scottish Liberal Party Judith Steel 1546 1,905 33.11 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of South Leith South Leith Scottish Labour Party Alexander Burton 3935 Progressives (Scotland) Peter Heatly 3185 750 52.53 Scottish Labour Party Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of St Andrews ward St. Andrews Progressives (Scotland) Robert McLaughlin 1608 Scottish Labour Party Hugh M. W. Kinnear 750 Scottish Liberal Party Robert E. Henderson 631 858 27.67 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of St Bernards ward St. Bernards Progressives (Scotland) David A. Adamson 3634 Scottish Labour Party Ian McLaughlan 1702 Scottish Liberal Party Marion M. Ritchie 1518 1,932 39.42 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of St Giles ward St. Giles Scottish Labour Party James McInally 1974 Scottish Liberal Party William Wilson 1171 25.70 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of West Leith ward West Leith Progressives (Scotland) John Scott 3003 Scottish Labour Party Sarah F. Skinner 1375 Scottish Liberal Party Peter E. Taylor 1003 1,628 45.47 Progressives (Scotland) References 1963 Category:1963 Scottish local elections