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1964 Edinburgh Corporation election
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April 2022
1964 Edinburgh Corporation election Scotland Flag of Edinburgh.svg parliamentary no 1963 Edinburgh Corporation election 1963 1964 5 5 y 1965 Edinburgh Corporation election 1965 23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation 35 Progressives (Scotland) 33 14 33 59,003 45.8% Scottish Labour Party 31 8 32 1 51,498 40.0% Scottish Liberal Party 5 0 4 1 17,023 13.2% Edinburgh Corporation election, 1964.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 5 May 1964, 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, 19646 May 1964 Results in the Municipal Elections https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19640508&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 11 1 February 2020
Progressives (Scotland)
14
1
1
60.9
45.8
59,003
Scottish Labour Party
9
1
0
1
34.8
39.1
51,498
Scottish Liberal Party
0
0
1
1
0.0
13.2
17,023
Communist Party of Great Britain
0
0
0
0.0
1.0
1,312
Ward results
thumb|100px|Location of Broughton ward
Broughton
Progressives (Scotland)
Leonard Bailey
2949
Scottish Liberal Party
Violet MacInnes
1593
1,356
35.56
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of Calton ward
Calton
Scottish Labour Party
Philip Wood
2544
Progressives (Scotland)
Daniel Buchanan
2450
94
44.09
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of Central Leith ward
Central Leith
Scottish Labour Party
Barbara Woodburn
3056
Progressives (Scotland)
Michael Doyle
855
Communist Party of Great Britain
Theodore Taylor
141
2,201
35.29
Scottish Labour Party
thumb|100px|Location of Colinton ward
Colinton
Progressives (Scotland)
Catherine Filsell
4098
Scottish Labour Party
Harold Hauxwell
3607
Scottish Liberal Party
John Henderson
1016
491
49.5
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of Corstorphine ward
Corstorphine
Progressives (Scotland)
Harold Oppenheim
4523
Scottish Liberal Party
Thomas Frew
2599
Scottish Labour Party
David Millar
1633
1,924
55.27
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of Craigentinny ward
Craigentinny
Scottish Labour Party
Marion Alexander
4563
Progressives (Scotland)
John Bailey
2264
2,299
46.72
Scottish Labour Party
thumb|100px|Location of Craigmillar ward
Craigmillar
Scottish Labour Party
John Kane
2865
Communist Party of Great Britain
Michael D'Arcy
124
2,741
31.54
Scottish Labour Party
thumb|100px|Location of George Square ward
George Square
Progressives (Scotland)
James Slack
2109
Scottish Liberal Party
John Gray
1632
477
34.38
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward
Gorgie-Dalry
Progressives (Scotland)
Donald Swanson
3316
Scottish Liberal Party
George Smith
1553
Communist Party of Great Britain
Charles Cummings
248
1,763
36.47
Scottish Labour Party
thumb|100px|Location of Holyrood ward
Holyrood
Scottish Labour Party
Patrick Rogan
2272
Communist Party of Great Britain
John Ashton
161
2,211
27.86
Scottish Labour Party
thumb|100px|Location of Liberton ward
Liberton
Scottish Labour Party
Peter Wilson
5708
Scottish Liberal Party
Kenneth Johnston
2349
39.99
Scottish Labour Party
thumb|100px|Location of Merchiston ward
Merchiston
Progressives (Scotland)
Maurice Heggle
3471
Scottish Labour Party
Sylvia Renilson
1259
2,212
41.35
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of Morningside ward
Morningside
Progressives (Scotland)
Nansi Mansbridge
4183
Scottish Liberal Party
Margaret Mackay
1267
41.1
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward
Murrayfield-Cramond
Progressives (Scotland)
James McKay
5,775
Scottish Labour Party
James Renilson
2,888
2,887
8,663
47.66
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of Newington ward
Newington
Progressives (Scotland)
George Hedderwick
4162
Scottish Liberal Party
Margaret Workman
2052
Scottish Labour Party
Christina Guest
1770
2,110
49.57
Scottish Liberal Party
thumb|100px|Location of Pilton ward
Pilton
Scottish Labour Party
Magnus Williamson
4937
Communist Party of Great Britain
Charles McManus
638
4,299
32.24
Scottish Labour Party
thumb|100px|Location of Portobello ward
Portobello
Progressives (Scotland)
Archibald Jameson
4383
Scottish Labour Party
Phyllis Herriot
4018
365
46.41
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of Sighthill ward
Sighthill
Scottish Labour Party
Isabella Stewart
Scottish Labour Party
thumb|100px|Location of South Leith
South Leith
Scottish Labour Party
Anne Simpson
4103
Progressives (Scotland)
David McKay
2582
Scottish Liberal Party
William Kerr
1521
53.13
Scottish Labour Party
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of St Andrews ward
St. Andrews
Progressives (Scotland)
Craig Richards
1799
Scottish Labour Party
James Merrilees
951
25.88
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of St Bernards ward
St. Bernards
Progressives (Scotland)
John Millar
3979
Scottish Labour Party
Eva Gibbons
2243
Scottish Liberal Party
John Kidd
1441
1736
43.24
Progressives (Scotland)
thumb|100px|Location of St Giles ward
St. Giles
Scottish Labour Party
John Henderson
2322
Progressives (Scotland)
William Sinclair
906
1,416
27.12
Scottish Labour Party
thumb|100px|Location of West Leith ward
West Leith
Progressives (Scotland)
Margaret Rose
3783
Scottish Labour Party
Shelia Murray
2175
1,608
50.95
Progressives (Scotland)
References
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Category:1964 Scottish local elections