Edinburgh Corporation election, 1969

Results by ward.

An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 6 May 1969, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 68 seats, 23 were up for election.^[1]

Following the election, with two by-elections pending, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 29 Progressives, 17 Labour councillors, 10 SNP councillors, 7 Conservatives, 2 Liberals, and 2 independents. The Conservatives in particular did well, gaining 4 councillors. Two of these gains were at the expense of Labour, in mainly working class wards. The SNP, in contrast, who had done so well at the previous election, only gained Sighthill.^[1]

Following the election, the Progressives and Conservative coalition retained controlled of the council with a majority of 2. There was some friction between the two sides however, with the Conservatives unseating Mr Robert McLaughlin, the former leader of the Progressive group and the deputy chairman of the council for 7 years, in the St. Andrews ward. The Conservatives also gained Colinton, the seat of the retiring Lord Provost Brechin. The seat was not contested by the Progressives.^[1] Most Progressive losses, with the exception of St. Andrews ward, were caused by incumbent Progressives stepping down and being replaced with new Conservative councillors. In Merchiston however the Conservative candidate was defeated, with the Liberals instead gaining the seat, meaning that the Liberals controlled 2 out of the 3 Merchiston ward seats.^[1]

Turnout was 114,582.

Aggregate results

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1969^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Progressives	10	1	3	2	43.48	25.85	29,625
	Labour	6	0	5	5	26.09	19.68	22,548
	Conservative	4	4	0	4	17.39	14.91	17,086
	SNP	1	1	0	1	4.35	27.90	31,967
	Liberal	1	1	0	1	4.35	8.22	9,418
	Independent	1	0	0		4.35	2.73	3,124
	Communist	0	0	0		0	0.71	814

Ward Results

Broughton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	H. G. P. Fraser	2136
	SNP	J. C. MacDougall	1427
	Liberal	J. J. Rickard	731
Majority			709
Turnout				36.06
	Progressives hold		Swing

Calton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Josephine Dickson	1901
	Labour	J. S. Cook	970
	SNP	R. J. W. Swanson	666
Majority			931
Turnout				35.12
	Progressives hold		Swing

Craigintinny^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. S. Dalgleish	1967
	Conservative	W. R. V. Percy	1819
	SNP	J. Deans	1328
Majority			148
Turnout				35.79
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

Craigmillar^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. A. Fox	2179
	SNP	T. Flemming	1897
	Communist	M. D'Arcy	150
Majority			282
Turnout				28.98
	Labour hold		Swing

Central Leith^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Crichton	1745
	SNP	A. Stoddart	938
	Conservative	M. Doyle	718
	Communist	T. C. Taylor	46
Majority			807
Turnout				31.77
	Labour hold		Swing

Colinton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. A. Meek	4526	53.33
	SNP	A. Westwood	1938	22.83
	Liberal	Geraldine R. Johnston	1015	11.96
	Labour	Mary Hutchison	1008	11.88
Majority			2588	30.49
Turnout			8487	42.43
	Conservative gain from Progressives		Swing

Corstorphine^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	Mary Robertson Murray	4050	55.18
	SNP	R. J. D. Scott	1860	25.34
	Liberal	Vera P. Heggie	1430	19.48
Majority			2190	29.84
Turnout			7340	44.76
	Progressives hold		Swing

George Square^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	C. F. Murray	1545	53.55
	SNP	T. C. Bogle	934	32.37
	Liberal	Joan M. Gallacher	406	14.07
Majority			611	21.18
Turnout			2885	30.09
	Progressives hold		Swing

Gorgie-Dalry^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Pirie	1769
	Labour	T. McGregor	1401
	SNP	A. B. Moore	1096
Majority			368
Turnout				31.97
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Holyrood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	O. Hand	960
	SNP	J. G. B. Henderson	818
	Communist	C. B. Swan	173
Majority			142
Turnout				27.08
	Labour hold		Swing

Liberton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. H. Lester	3218
	Labour	F. M. Lawson	3025
	SNP	A. G. Symington	2295
Majority			193
Turnout				37.50
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Merchiston^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	J. G. Gray	2613
	Conservative	C. H. Richards	1855
	SNP	N. B. Harris	644
Majority			758
Turnout				45.77
	Liberal gain from Progressives		Swing

Morningside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	J. Bateman	3316
	Liberal	G. Duke	1192
	SNP	Bethia L. Howden	896
Majority			2124
Turnout				41.99
	Progressives hold		Swing

Murrayfield-Crammond^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	H. Macpherson	5078
	SNP	W. R. Platt	2000
	Labour	I. M. Christie	914
Majority			3078
Turnout				40.14
	Progressives hold		Swing

Newington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. D. Kidd	3124
	SNP	G. Telford	1819
	Liberal	W. McLeod	1088
	Labour	G. C. Campbell	778
Majority			1305
Turnout				44.17
	Independent hold		Swing

Pilton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. W. Irvine	1639
	SNP	W. Thomson	1542
	Conservative	R. Beattie	1012
	Communist	C. McManus	163
Majority			97
Turnout				22.58
	Labour hold		Swing

Portobello^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	K. W. Borthwick	3143
	SNP	R. G. Kelly	2044
	Labour	J. E. Boyack	792
Majority			1099
Turnout				43.83
	Progressives hold		Swing

South Leith^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	C. Waugh	1798
	SNP	J. S. Marshall	1681
	Labour	Sheila King Murray	1557
Majority			117
Turnout				39.79
	Progressives gain from Labour		Swing

St. Andrews^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	I. A. Crammond	1467	57.78
	SNP	D. M. Miller	625	24.62
	Progressives	R. McLaughlin	447	17.61
Majority			842	33.16
Turnout			2539	33.5
	Conservative gain from Progressives		Swing

St. Bernard's^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	D. A. Adamson	3037
	SNP	W. K. Archibald	968
	Liberal	W. Murray	943
	Labour	T. H. Greig	584
Majority			2069
Turnout				32.85
	Progressives hold		Swing

St. Giles^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. McInally	1036
	SNP	A. A. Edmonds	842
	Conservative	A. J. A. Bell	702
Majority			194
Turnout				27.67
	Labour hold		Swing

Sighthill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	K. D. A. Johnston	2481	52.17
	Labour	G. Foulkes	1993	41.90
	Communist	W. Millar	282	5.93
Majority			488	10.26
Turnout			4756	30.05
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

West Leith^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	B. W. Lyle	3174	72.10
	SNP	T. J. D. MacDonald	1228	27.90
Majority			1946	44.21
Turnout			4402	40.15
	Progressives hold		Swing

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1968. p. 8.

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