Edinburgh Corporation election, 1968
An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 7 May 1968, alongside municipal elections across Scotlands. Of the councils 68 seats, 22 were up for election. Despite receiving the most votes of any single party, the SNP won only 7 seats. Unlike in Glasgow, the Progressives and Conservatives did not run on a joint ticket.[1] Despite that however the parties only ran competing candidates in the Gorgie-Dalry ward.
Following the election Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 34 Progressives (including the Lord Provost), 21 Labour councillors, 8 SNP councillors, 3 Conservatives, 1 Liberal, and 1 independent. Following the election the Progressive/Conservative coalition controlled the council with a majority of 6.
No election was held in the Holyrood ward, where the sitting Labour councillor died the week before the election.
Turnout was 140,987.
Aggregate results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | 10 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | 26.87 | 37,885 | |||
SNP | 7 | 6 | 0 | 31.82 | 34.83 | 49,111 | |||
Labour | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13.64 | 19.15 | 26,997 | |||
Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.55 | 9.72 | 13,715 | |||
Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.55 | 6.46 | 9,105 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.74 | 2,462 | |||
Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | 1,712 |
Ward Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | A. Theurer | 2239 | |||
SNP | C. MacDougall | 2042 | |||
Liberal | E. W. Hall | 819 | |||
Labour | I. R. Hoy | 744 | |||
Majority | 197 | ||||
Turnout | 48.31 | ||||
Progressives hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | W. Thomson | 1671 | |||
Progressives | A. D. Wilson | 1637 | |||
Labour | S. Cook | 1196 | |||
Majority | 34 | ||||
Turnout | 43.22 | ||||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | F. T. Chalmers | 1898 | |||
Labour | T. H. Greig | 1393 | |||
Progressives | D. Valentine | 706 | |||
Communist | T. C. Taylor | 86 | |||
Majority | 505 | ||||
Turnout | 36.51 | ||||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | D. M. Cameron | 4671 | |||
SNP | A. Westwood | 3389 | |||
Labour | R. D. M. Brown | 1450 | |||
Majority | 1282 | ||||
Turnout | 48.71 | ||||
Progressives hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | F. Ford | 3689 | |||
SNP | A. McCallum | 2982 | |||
Liberal | Vera P. Heggie | 1795 | |||
Majority | 707 | ||||
Turnout | 51.29 | ||||
Progressives hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Drummond | 2627 | |||
SNP | R. Anderson | 2566 | |||
Conservative | Geraldine R. Johnston | 1586 | |||
Majority | 61 | ||||
Turnout | 47.89 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | R. Dalrymple | 2590 | |||
Labour | D. F. Renton | 2081 | |||
Conservative | D. R. Anderson | 823 | |||
Communist | M. D'Arcy | 145 | |||
Majority | 509 | ||||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | T. McCarron | 2088 | |||
Labour | J. E. Boyack | 1591 | |||
Conservative | M. Pirie | 1481 | |||
Progressives | Miss Mar A. M. Hislop | 511 | |||
Liberal | R. T. Parker | 140 | |||
Communist | M. R. Currie | 78 | |||
Majority | 497 | ||||
Turnout | 44.02 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | J. Scott | 2925 | 71.87 | ||
Ind. Conservative | A. H. Lester | 1145 | 28.13 | ||
Majority | 1780 | 43.73 | |||
Turnout | 4070 | 36.90 | |||
Progressives hold | Swing |
References
- ↑ http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/17th-may-1968/7/were-all-nationalists-now
- ↑ "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 8 May 1968. p. 12.