1955 Aberdeen Corporation election

Election September 2024 September 2024 1955 05 03 Scotland City Flag of Aberdeen.svg parliamentary no 1954 1954 Aberdeen Corporation election 1956 1956 Aberdeen Corporation election 12 out of 37 seats of City of Aberdeen Council 19 Scottish Labour Progressives (Scotland) Independent Scottish Self-Government Aberdeen Municipal Unionist Party Communist Party of Great Britain 7 20 0 5 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,616 7,561 0 1,693 606 428 50.78% 36.17% 0% 8.10% 2.90% 2.05% File:Scotland Aberdeen Corporation 1955.svg Composition of Corporation after the election 25.42% An election to the Aberdeen Corporation was held on 3 May 1955, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. 12 of the corporation's 37 seats were up for election, although only 8 were contested. This election maintained the status quo of the last few years, with no seats changing hands and a further decrease in turnout resulting in another record low.4 May 1955 No-Shock Poll in Aberdeen https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19550504/140/0013 subscription 20 September 2024 Aberdeen Evening Express 13 The day before the election, David Sinclair Hay, councilor for Torry, resigned from the Labour Party and declared he would be sitting the rest of his term as an Independent.4 May 1955 Labour Retain Majority in Aberdeen https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19550504&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 20 September 2024 The Herald (Glasgow) 8 Ward results Cairncry Scottish Labour R. S. Lennox (incumbent) Scottish Labour Ferryhill Progressives (Scotland) J. T. L. Parkinson (incumbent) 2,268 59.22 Scottish Labour Ellen M. Williamson 1,562 40.78 706 3,830 36.95 Progressives (Scotland) Holburn Progressives (Scotland) Arnold M. Burns 1,890 70.18 Scottish Labour Christopher L. Kinnaird 803 29.82 1,087 2,693 26.95 Progressives (Scotland) Rosemount Progressives (Scotland) Pat Mitchell (incumbent) 1,891 67.03 Aberdeen Municipal Unionist Party R. M. Eyres 606 21.48 Scottish Self-Government June Murray 324 11.49 1,224 2,821 31.33 Progressives (Scotland) Rubislaw Progressives (Scotland) J. A. Mackie (incumbent) Progressives (Scotland) Ruthrieston Progressives (Scotland) F. Magee (incumbent) Progressives (Scotland) St. Andrews Scottish Labour Colin MacIver (incumbent) 1,646 91.04 Communist Party of Great Britain Andrew Smith 162 8.96 1,484 1,808 18.34 Scottish Labour St. Clements Scottish Labour John A. Grieg 1,861 80.35 Communist Party of Great Britain James M. Aberdein 266 11.49 Scottish Self-Government G. F. Watt 189 8.16 1,595 2,316 23.27 Scottish Labour St. Machar Scottish Labour J. M. Graham (incumbent) Scottish Labour St. Nicholas Scottish Labour G.R. M'Intosh (incumbent) 1,492 72.32 Scottish Self-Government F. Conn 571 27.68 921 2,063 17.79 Scottish Labour Torry Scottish Labour Norman Hogg (incumbent) 1,578 82.19 Scottish Self-Government T. W. Crockett 342 17.81 1,236 1,920 18.43 Scottish Labour Woodside Scottish Labour Rev. J. P. Crosgrove (incumbent) 1,674 48.48 Progressives (Scotland) T. Murdoch 1,512 43.79 Scottish Self-Government W. C. Inglis 267 7.73 162 3,453 31.41 Scottish Labour References Category:1955 Scottish local elections Category:Aberdeen City Council elections Category:1950s in Aberdeen