1962 Edinburgh Corporation election

April 2021 1962 Edinburgh Corporation election Scotland Flag of Edinburgh.svg parliamentary no 1961 Edinburgh Corporation election 1961 1962 5 1 y 1966 Edinburgh Corporation election 1963 23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation 35 Progressives (Scotland) 38 38 11 34 4 44,757 36.3% Scottish Labour Party 28 29 9 30 1 47,559 38.5% Scottish Liberal Party 2 2 3 5 3 26,579 21.5% Edinburgh Corporation election, 1962.svg Results by ward. Council control Council control after election Progressives (Scotland) No overall control An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 1 May 1962, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election. After the election Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 34 Progressives, 30 Labour councillors, and 5 Liberals. The Progressives lost their overall majority on the council. Aggregate results Edinburgh Corporation election, 19622 May 1962 Results in the Municipal Elections https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19620502&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 11 24 January 2020 Scottish Labour Party 11 1 0 1 47.8 38.5 47,559 Progressives (Scotland) 9 0 4 4 37.5 36.3 44,757 Scottish Liberal Party 3 3 0 3 13.0 21.5 26,580 Unionist Party (Scotland) 0 0 0 0.0 2.7 3,278 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 929 Union Movement 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 929 Ward results thumb|100px|Location of Broughton ward Broughton Progressives (Scotland) Gottleb A. Theurer 1839 Scottish Liberal Party Violet MacInnes 1833 6 28.94 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Calton ward Calton Scottish Labour Party James S. Cook 2132 Progressives (Scotland) Josephine M. Dickson 2120 15 36.80 Scottish Labour Party Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Central Leith ward Central Leith Scottish Labour Party Ewen G. Bethune 2970 Progressives (Scotland) Lindsay Wilkie 1185 Communist Party of Great Britain Theodore C. Taylor 193 1,785 34.66 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Colinton ward Colinton Progressives (Scotland) Herbert A. Brechin 4089 Progressives (Scotland) Maurice F. Ferry 3793 Scottish Labour Party Harold Fauxwell 2409 Scottish Labour Party Sylvia Dorothy Renilson 2297 394 36.99 Progressives (Scotland) Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Corstorphine ward Corstorphine Scottish Liberal Party Ronald S. Grant 3660 Progressives (Scotland) David Kyles 3361 297 45.16 Scottish Liberal Party Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Craigentinny ward Craigentinny Scottish Labour Party George Drummond 3992 Progressives (Scotland) Henry Dundas 1946 2,046 39.93 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Craigmillar ward Craigmillar Scottish Labour Party Donald F. Renton 2619 Communist Party of Great Britain Michael D'Arcy 175 2,444 28.19 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of George Square ward George Square Progressives (Scotland) William Simpson-Bell 1858 Scottish Liberal Party John G. Gray 1744 Scottish Labour Party Owen Hand 834 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward Gorgie-Dalry Scottish Labour Party Florence A. R. Strachan 3038 Progressives (Scotland) William W. Gilmour 1463 Communist Party of Great Britain Irene Swan 176 1,575 32.65 Scottish Labour Party thumb|98px|Location of Holyrood ward Holyrood Scottish Labour Party Norman F. McQueen 1987 Communist Party of Great Britain John Ashton 212 1,772 23.51 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Liberton ward Liberton Scottish Labour Party M. Mackenzie 4849 Progressives (Scotland) Enid Fraser 3240 1,612 40.69 Scottish Labour Party thumb|102px|Location of Merchiston ward Merchiston Scottish Liberal Party Robert L. Smith 2939 Progressives (Scotland) Vera M. Carmichael 2222 717 44.50 Scottish Liberal Party Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Morningside ward Morningside Progressives (Scotland) John Fitzpatrick 3439 Scottish Liberal Party James B. Crossland 2010 1,429 41.05 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward Murrayfield-Cramond Progressives (Scotland) Robert M. Knox 3176 Scottish Liberal Party Melville MacIntyre 2364 Scottish Labour Party John Keddie 1399 810 41.60 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|98px|Location of Newington ward Newington Scottish Liberal Party William G. Henderson 3363 Unionist Party (Scotland) D. Drummond-Young 3281 Scottish Labour Party John M. Simpson 1140 82 47.85 Scottish Liberal Party Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Pilton ward Pilton Scottish Labour Party Catherina T. Nealon 5222 Scottish Liberal Party Desmond V. S. Williams 1503 Communist Party of Great Britain Charlie McManus 170 3,713 39.58 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of Portobello ward Portobello Progressives (Scotland) Alfred H. Hunt 2928 Scottish Labour Party Robert G. Blanche 2414 Scottish Liberal Party John M. Farquhar 2056 514 40.58 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of Sighthill ward Sighthill Scottish Labour Party James Ross 3929 Scottish Liberal Party John Lisman 1929 1,998 38.29 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of South Leith South Leith Scottish Labour Party Walter S. Dalgleish 3860 Progressives (Scotland) Eric Walker Hall 3153 706 51.19 Scottish Labour Party Protestant Action Society thumb|99px|Location of St Andrews ward St. Andrews Progressives (Scotland) Lawrence S. Miller 1907 Scottish Labour Party Anna F. Flockhart 930 Union Movement Stanley E. Wallace 280 977 28.56 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of St Bernards ward St. Bernards Progressives (Scotland) Rhoda E. Paul 3362 Scottish Liberal Party Marion M. Ritchie 1931 Scottish Labour Party Ian McLauchlan 1788 1,431 40.19 Progressives (Scotland) thumb|100px|Location of St Giles ward St. Giles Scottish Labour Party Margaret B. Smith 2052 Progressives (Scotland) Brenda A. W. Pope 959 1,093 23.74 Scottish Labour Party thumb|100px|Location of West Leith ward West Leith Progressives (Scotland) Duncan M. Weatherstone 2,512 Scottish Liberal Party Peter E. Taylor 1,244 1,268 3,756 31.66 Progressives (Scotland) References Category:City of Edinburgh Council elections Edinburgh