1963 Edinburgh Corporation election

1963 Edinburgh Corporation election
23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation; 35 seats needed for a majority
	Results by ward.
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 7 May 1963, 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, 1963^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Progressives	12	0	1	1	52.2	36.0	46,392
Labour	10	1	0	1	43.5	39.6	50,991
Liberal	1	0	0		4.3	21.5	27,742
Unionist	0	0	0		0.0	2.3	3,023
Communist	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	518
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	117

Ward Results

Location of Broughton ward

Broughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Melville Dinwiddie	2,527
	Liberal	Violet Macinnes	1,287
	Labour	Robert W. Irvine	1,271
Majority			1,240
Turnout				39.97
	Progressives hold

Location of Calton ward

Calton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Josephine M. Dickson	2,497
	Labour	Philip S. Wood	2,271
Majority			226
Turnout				41.84
	Progressives hold

Location of Central Leith ward

Central Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John A. Chrichton	3,032
	Liberal	Alastair S. Buchanan	915
	Communist	Theodore C. Taylor	125
Majority			2,317
Turnout				33.90
	Labour hold

Location of Colinton ward

Colinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Maurice F. Ferry	3,888
	Labour	Harold Hauxwell	2,835
	Liberal	John E. Henderson	1,411
Majority			1,053
Turnout				46.27
	Progressives hold

Location of Corstorphine ward

Corstorphine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Mary R. Murray	4,187
	Liberal	Thomas M. Frew	2,681
	Labour	Chrisina S. Guest	987
Majority			1,506
Turnout				50.34
	Progressives hold

Location of Craigentinny ward

Craigentinny
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alexander Sutherland	3,916
	Progressives	Harold Oppenheim	2,794
Majority			1,122
Turnout				45.59
	Labour hold

Location of Craigmillar ward

Craigmillar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Russell A. Fox	2,392
	Communist	Michal D'Arcy	132
Majority			2,260
Turnout				26.42
	Labour hold

Location of George Square ward

George Square^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	John F. Stewart	1,884
	Liberal	John G. Gray	1,592
	Labour	Eva Gibbons	663
Majority			292
Turnout				38.18
	Progressives hold

Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward

Gorgie-Dalry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas McGregor	2,676
	Liberal	James L. McBeath	1,742
	Independent	Ian G. Haxton	117
Majority			934
Turnout				33.36
	Labour hold

Location of Holyrood ward

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Owen Hand	1,814
	Liberal	Arthur C. Fiddler	900
	Communist	John Ashton	71
Majority			914
Turnout				31.42
	Labour hold

Location of Liberton ward

Liberton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James W. Kerr	4,907
	Progressives	Brenda A. W. Pope	2,981
	Liberal	George Carse	1,038
Majority			1,926
Turnout				43.93
	Labour hold

Location of Merchiston ward

Merchiston^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Thomas Morgan	2,606
	Liberal	James R. Dalrymple	2,183
	Labour	Sylvia Renilson	915
Majority			423
Turnout				49.69
	Progressives hold

Location of Morningside ward

Morningside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Arthur G. Ingham	3,749
	Liberal	Margaret A. M. Mackay	1,488
Majority			2,261
Turnout				39.41
	Progressives hold

Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward

Murrayfield-Cramond^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Hugh Macpherson	4,162
	Labour	James Renilson	1,838
	Liberal	Ronald McNeill	1,402
Majority			2324
Turnout				43.15
	Progressives hold

Location of Newington ward

Newington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Hilda Morton	3,549
	Unionist	Graeme H. Menzies	3,023
	Labour	John McEwan	1,469
Majority			526
Turnout				49.96
	Liberal hold

Location of Pilton ward

Pilton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James M. R. Durkin	4,129
	Liberal	Cyril Huxtabie	1,419
	Communist	Charles McManus	190
Majority			2,710
Turnout				33.01
	Labour hold

Location of Portobello ward

Portobello^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressives	Kenneth W. Borthwick	3,687
	Labour	Phyllis Herriot	2,989
	Liberal	Keith Milton	1,181
Majority			698
Turnout			7,857
	Progressives hold

Location of Sighthill ward

Sighthill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Wallace	3,151
	Liberal	Judith Steel	1,546
Majority			1,905
Turnout				33.11
	Labour hold

Location of South Leith

South Leith^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alexander Burton	3,935
	Progressives	Peter Heatly	3,185
Majority			750
Turnout				52.53
	Labour gain from Progressives

Location of St Andrews ward

St. Andrews^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Robert McLaughlin	1,608
	Labour	Hugh M. W. Kinnear	750
	Liberal	Robert E. Henderson	631
Majority			858
Turnout				27.67
	Progressives hold

Location of St Bernards ward

St. Bernards^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	David A. Adamson	3,634
	Labour	Ian McLaughlan	1,702
	Liberal	Marion M. Ritchie	1,518
Majority			1,932
Turnout				39.42
	Progressives hold

Location of St Giles ward

St. Giles^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James McInally	1,974
	Liberal	William Wilson	1,171
Majority
Turnout				25.70
	Labour hold

Location of West Leith ward

West Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	John Scott	3,003
	Labour	Sarah F. Skinner	1,375
	Liberal	Peter E. Taylor	1,003
Majority			1,628
Turnout				45.47
	Progressives hold

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 8 May 1963. p. 11. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[Glasgow_Herald-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 8 May 1963. p. 11. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

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