1966 Edinburgh Corporation election

April 2022 1966 Edinburgh Corporation election Scotland Flag of Edinburgh.svg parliamentary no 1965 Edinburgh Corporation election 1965 1966 5 3 y 1967 Edinburgh Corporation election 1967 23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation 35 Progressives (Scotland) 35 14 36 1 42,397 43.6% Scottish Labour Party 32 9 32 40,581 41.7% Scottish Liberal Party 2 0 1 1 9,751 10.0% Edinburgh Corporation election, 1966.svg Results by ward. Council control Council control after election Progressives (Scotland) Progressives (Scotland) An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 3 May 1966, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election. After the election, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 36 Progressives, 33 Labour councillors, and 1 Liberal. The Progressives increased their majority to three seats. Aggregate results Edinburgh Corporation election, 19665 May 1966 Results in the Municipal Elections https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19660505&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 11 2 February 2020 Progressives (Scotland) 14 1 0 1 60.9 43.6 42,397 Scottish Labour Party 9 0 0 39.1 41.7 40,581 Scottish Liberal Party 0 0 1 1 0.0 10.0 9,751 Scottish Conservative Party 0 0 0 0.0 3.5 3,363 Scottish National Party 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 661 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 515 Ward results thumb|100px|Location of Broughton ward Broughton Progressives (Scotland) Melville Dinwiddie Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Calton ward Calton Progressives (Scotland) Josephine M. Dickson 2571 Scottish Labour Party Charles R. Stuart 2489 82 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Central Leith ward Central Leith Scottish Labour Party John A. Crichton 2182 Progressives (Scotland) Victor J. Syme 591 Scottish National Party Mary G. Thomson 262 Communist Party of Great Britain Theodore C. Taylor 40 1,591 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Colinton ward Colinton Progressives (Scotland) Maurice F. Ferry 4911 Scottish Labour Party Eva Gibbons 2301 2,610 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Corstorphine ward Corstorphine Progressives (Scotland) Mary Robertson Murray 4280 Scottish Liberal Party Margaret K. Taylor 2788 1,422 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Craigentinny ward Craigentinny Scottish Labour Party Alexander Sutherland 3396 Progressives (Scotland) Rupert Spoyer 1924 1,472 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Craigmillar ward Craigmillar Scottish Labour Party Russell A. Fer 2723 Communist Party of Great Britain Michael d'Arcy 298 2,425 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of George Square ward George Square Progressives (Scotland) Clive F. Murphy 2266 Scottish Labour Party George Foulkes 1084 1,182 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward Gorgie-Dalry Scottish Labour Party Thomas McGregor 2596 Scottish Liberal Party George F. Smith 1139 1,457 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Holyrood ward Holyrood Scottish Labour Party Owen Hand 1629 Scottish Liberal Party Roberts E. Bell 567 Scottish Conservative Party James L. Walls 501 Communist Party of Great Britain Martin E. Currie 44 1,062 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Liberton ward Liberton Scottish Labour Party Frederick M. Lawson 4453 Scottish Conservative Party James S. Gordon 2862 1,591 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Merchiston ward Merchiston Progressives (Scotland) Thomas Morgan 3171 Scottish Liberal Party Bethia L. Howden 2025 1,146 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Morningside ward Morningside Progressives (Scotland) John Bateman Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward Murrayfield-Cramond Progressives (Scotland) Hugh Macpherson 5294 Scottish Labour Party David Millar 2040 3,254 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Newington ward Newington Progressives (Scotland) John D. Kidd 3605 Scottish Liberal Party Hilda S. Morton 3232 Scottish Labour Party Donald E. S. Truman 1405 373 Progressives (Scotland) Scottish Liberal Party thumb|100px|Location of Pilton ward Pilton Scottish Labour Party Robert W. Irvine 2977 Progressives (Scotland) Anthony H. Lester 643 Scottish National Party George B. Stewart 399 Communist Party of Great Britain Charles McManus 133 2,334 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Portobello ward Portobello Progressives (Scotland) Kenneth W. Borthwick 3776 Scottish Labour Party Ronald D. M. Brown 1897 1,879 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Sighthill ward Sighthill Scottish Labour Party William Wallace 3922 Progressives (Scotland) Richard K. Aitken 1172 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of South Leith South Leith Scottish Labour Party Shelia King Murray 3077 Progressives (Scotland) Thomas S. Ramage 2719 358 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of St Andrews ward St. Andrews Progressives (Scotland) Robert McLaughlin 1664 Scottish Labour Party Phyllis Herriot 772 892 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of St Bernards ward St. Bernards Scottish Labour Party David A. Adamson Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of St Giles ward St. Giles Scottish Labour Party James McInally Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of West Leith ward West Leith Progressives (Scotland) William R. W. Lyle 3810 Scottish Labour Party Henry D. Crawford 1638 2,177 Progressives (Scotland) References 1966 Category:1966 Scottish local elections