1936 Edinburgh Corporation election

1936 Scottish local government election February 2017 February 2017 thumb|Map showing election results by ward An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 3 November 1936, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. The election took place amidst an increasingly sectarian political climate, with hardline Protestant and anti-Catholic political parties being on the rise in Glasgow and Edinburgh in the 1930s. The Protestant Action Society (PAS); Edinburgh's far-right Protestant grouping which had inspired a sectarian riot the previous year, won 31% of the vote and got 5 new members elected.Paul Freston Protestant Political Parties: A Global Survey 2004 Ashgate 9780754640622 51 https://books.google.com/books?id=cTRDHNY_xGQC The PAS had won 24% in the previous years election.Bowd Gavin Gavin Bowd reveals some uncomfortable truths in Fascist Scotland http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/gavin-bowd-reveals-some-uncomfortable-truths-in-fascist-scotland-1-2881250 The Scotsman 7 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150407030732/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/gavin-bowd-reveals-some-uncomfortable-truths-in-fascist-scotland-1-2881250 7 April 2015 In Glasgow in 1933 a similarly strong showing by that city's insurgent Protestant party had split the Moderate vote, allowing in a Labour council for the first time in Glasgow's history. In contrast, despite the PAS's strong showing in Edinburgh, the dominant Progressives enjoyed such an overwhelming majority over Labour that the PAS could hardly dent it. Labour, in turn, were relegated to third place.Smyth James J. Resisting labour: Unionists, Liberals, and Moderates in Glasgow Between the Wars http://www.storre.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/291/1/resisting-labour.pdf The Historical Journal Cambridge University Press 397 7 April 2015 Edinburgh Corporation at the time was made up of 71 members, of whom 69 were elected. Following the election the Corporation was composed of 46 Progressives/Moderates, 15 Labour, 8 Protestant Action, and 2 independents. Turnout was 111,841, or 49.3%. Aggregate results Edinburgh Corporation election, 19364 November 1936 Scottish Municipal Elections https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19361104&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 14 Progressives (Scotland) 14 0 39.15 43,788 Scottish Labour Party 5 1 2 1 29.25 32,709 Protestant Action Society 5 5 0 5 26.64 29,797 Independent (politician) 2 2 0 2 4.21 4,704 Tenants' Association 0.43 479 Independent Labour Party 0.20 222 Revolutionary Socialists 0.10 115 B.S.I.S.L.P. 0.02 27 Ward results Broughton1 seatElectorate: 10,783 Protestant Action Society George Ballantine 2601 Progressives (Scotland) James Gorman (incumbent) 2238 363 44.87 Protestant Action Society Progressives (Scotland) Canongate2 seatsElectorate: 10,343 Independent (politician) Esta Henry 2793 25.27 Protestant Action Society James Leitch 2503 22.64 Scottish Labour Party John Gibson 2150 19.45 Progressives (Scotland) Alexander Thomson (incumbent) 1918 17.35 Scottish Labour Party Alexander H. Paton 1468 13.28 Independent Labour Party James H. Moore 222 2.01 5,527 53.92 Independent (politician) Progressives (Scotland) Protestant Action Society Scottish Labour Party Dalry1 seatElectorate: 10,783 Scottish Labour Party Mrs Mary Graham (incumbent) 2817 Protestant Progressive James Graham 2522 295 50.26 Scottish Labour Party Progressives (Scotland) Haymarket1 seatElectorate: 11,527 Progressives (Scotland) Ian A Johnson Gilbert 3659 Tenants' Association Mrs Freds. M. Gembles 479 3180 36.88 Progressives (Scotland) South LeithElectorate: 15,996 Protestant Action Society James C. Trainer 4825 Progressives (Scotland) George Mackie 2486 Scottish Labour Party William D. Mitchell 1495 Revolutionary Socialists Thomas Tait 115 B.S.I.S.L.P. Robert Gillespie 27 2139 54.05 Protestant Action Society Progressives (Scotland) References 1936 Category:1936 Scottish local elections Category:1930s in Edinburgh