1950 Aberdeen Corporation election

Election June 2023 June 2023 1950 05 02 y Scotland City Flag of Aberdeen.svg parliamentary no 1949 1949 Aberdeen Corporation election 1951 1951 Aberdeen Corporation election 12 out of 37 seats of City of Aberdeen Council 19 Progressives (Scotland) 19 1 1 Scottish Labour 0 18 1 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 26,652 19,509 1,874 55.5% 40.6% 3.9% File:Scotland Aberdeen Corporation 1950.svg Composition of Corporation after the election 39.4% An election to the Aberdeen Corporation was held on 2 May 1950, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. 12 of the corporation's 37 seats were up for election. The election saw the Progressives regain one seat from Labour in the Gilcomston Ward and hold a one-seat majority on the council. The overall turnout for the election was 39.4%.3 May 1950 Socialists Lose Control in Aberdeen 1 The Press and Journal https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/JA3238842405/BNCN?u=byuprovo&sid=bookmark-BNCN&xid=a43b8441 subscription 7 June 20233 May 1950 Aberdeen Moderates Regain Control 6 The Herald (Glasgow) https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19500503&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 7 June 2023British Local Election Database, 1889-2003 https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/doi/?id=5319#1 11 June 2023 beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk 2006 10.5255/ukda-sn-5319-1 Ware L. Rallings C. Thrasher M. Ward Results Ferryhill Progressives (Scotland) Gordon McIver 2,433 72.8 Scottish Labour R. A. McIntyre 908 27.2 1,525 37.8 Progressives (Scotland) Gilcomston Scottish Labour A. Fraser Macintosh (incumbent) 1,754 72.4 Communist Party of Great Britain Robert Cooney 667 27.6 1,087 51.2 Scottish Labour Greyfriars Progressives (Scotland) J. S. G. Munro 2,025 55.8 Scottish Labour Robert A. Raffan (incumbent) 1,605 44.2 420 31.0 Progressives (Scotland) Scottish Labour Holburn Progressives (Scotland) W. D. Reid (incumbent) 1,753 66.9 Scottish Labour A. M. Morrice 869 33.1 884 38.3 Progressives (Scotland) Rosemount Progressives (Scotland) W. D. Swinney (incumbent) 3,143 77.1 Scottish Labour J. D. Burgoyne 931 22.9 2,212 43.4 Progressives (Scotland) Rubislaw Progressives (Scotland) John F. Hall (incumbent) 4,165 87.8 Scottish Labour Charles G. Gribble 581 12.2 3,584 52.8 Progressives (Scotland) Ruthrieston Progressives (Scotland) T. Scott Sutherland (incumbent) 4,636 79.9 Scottish Labour Frank Brand 1,165 20.1 3,471 42.1 Progressives (Scotland) St. Clements Scottish Labour W. K. Park (incumbent) 1,745 81.5 Communist Party of Great Britain James Dick 396 18.5 1,350 27.9 Scottish Labour St. Machar Scottish Labour Herbert G. Brechin (incumbent) 3,027 53.1 Progressives (Scotland) Dr. Gilbert Hamilton 2,357 41.3 Communist Party of Great Britain Stanley Simpson 318 5.6 670 35.0 Scottish Labour St. Nicholas Scottish Labour John M. Graham (incumbent) 1,355 58.4 Progressives (Scotland) R. M. Eyres 965 41.6 390 39.9 Scottish Labour Torry Scottish Labour A. C. Ritchie (incumbent) 2,289 59.7 Progressives (Scotland) A. M. Burns 1,545 40.3 744 35.3 Scottish Labour Woodside Progressives (Scotland) Patrick Mitchell 3,630 49.0 Scottish Labour Norman Hogg 3,280 44.3 Communist Party of Great Britain Archibald Lennox 493 6.7 350 38.6 Progressives (Scotland) References Category:1950 Scottish local elections Category:Aberdeen City Council elections Category:1950s in Aberdeen