1965 Edinburgh Corporation election

1965 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 ; ; Progressives

An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 4 May 1965, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election.

After the election Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 35 Progressives, 33 Labour councillors, and 2 Liberal. The Progressives gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control.

Aggregate results[edit]

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1965^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Progressives	13	1	0	1	56.5	57.5	55,018
Labour	9	0	0		39.1	27.9	31,214
Liberal	0	0	1	1	4.3	12.9	13,030
Communist	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	1,025
SNP	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	677

Ward Results[edit]

Broughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Gottleb A. Theurer	2,718
	Liberal	Violet MacInnes	1,590
Majority			1,128
Turnout				33.82
	Progressives hold

Calton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James S. Cook	2,393
	Progressives	Victor J. Symes	2,241
Majority			152
Turnout				41.15
	Labour hold

Central Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ewen G. Bethuse	2,391
	Communist	Theodore C. Taylor	157
Majority			2,234
Turnout				22.21
	Labour hold

Colinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Herbert A. Brechin	4,655
	Labour	Robert W. Irvine	2,707
Majority			1,948
Turnout			7,362	40.97
	Progressives hold

Corstorphine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Fred Ford	3,979
	Liberal	Thomas M. Frew	3,158
Majority			821
Turnout				43.1
	Progressives hold

Craigentinny
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Drummond	3,171
	Progressives	Douglas B. Harvey	2,178
Majority			993
Turnout				36.18
	Labour hold

Craigmillar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald F. Remon	1,813
	Communist	Michael D'Arcy	175
Majority			1,638
Turnout				19.67
	Labour hold

George Square^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	William Simpson-Bell	2,303
	Liberal	Kenneth D. A. Johnston	1,123
Majority			1,171
Turnout				32.01
	Progressives hold

Gorgie-Dalry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Florence A. R. Strachan	2,355
	Liberal	George F. Smith	1,195
	Communist	Charles Cumming	275
Majority			1,160
Turnout				27.27
	Progressives hold

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Norman F. McQueen	1,414
	Communist	John Ashton	159
Majority			1,255
Turnout				18.68
	Labour hold

Liberton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Murdo R. M. Mackenzie	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Merchiston^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert L. Smith	2,696
	Progressives	Clive F. Murphy	2,422
	Labour	Sylvia D. Renilson	845
Majority			274
Turnout				51.99
	Liberal hold

Morningside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	John Fitzpatrick	4,217
	SNP	Harrison M. Robertson	677
Majority			3,540
Turnout				36.73
	Progressives hold

Murrayfield-Cramond^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Robert M. Knox	5,334
	Labour	James H, Renilson	1,936
	Liberal	Marion M. Ritchie	901
Majority			3,398
Turnout				43.76
	Progressives hold

Newington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Eric M. Kean	4,134
	Liberal	Margaret J, Workman	2,367
	Labour	Eva Gibbons	1,169
Majority			1,767
Turnout				46.94
	Progressives gain from Liberal

Pilton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Catherina T. Nealon	3,010
	Communist	Charles McManus	259
Majority			2,751
Turnout				18.62
	Labour hold

Portobello^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Alfred W. Hunt	5,119
	Labour	Phyllis Herriot	3,437
Majority			1,682
Turnout				47.51
	Progressives hold

Sighthill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Ross	Unopposed
	Labour hold

South Leith^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Walter S. Dalgleish	2,941
	Progressives	Thomas S. Ramage	2,780
Majority			161
Turnout				42.34
	Labour hold

St. Andrews^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Lawrence S. Miller	2,857
	Labour	Christina S. Guest	704
Majority			1,353
Turnout				27.00
	Progressives hold

St. Bernards^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Winifred E. Donaldson	4,258
	Labour	David Millar	1,527
Majority			2,731
Turnout				32.80
	Progressives hold

St. Giles^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret B. Smith	Unopposed
	Labour hold

West Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	John Scott	3,468
	Labour	Shelia K. Murray	1,756
Majority			1,712
Turnout				44.32
	Progressives hold

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1965. p. 11. Retrieved 2 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. 5 May 1965. p. 11. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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