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1968 Edinburgh Corporation election

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1968 Edinburgh Corporation election

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23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation
35 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Progressives SNP Labour
Last election 34 2 5
Seats won 10 7 3
Seats after 34 8 3
Seat change Steady Increase6 Decrease2
Popular vote 37,885 49,111 26,997
Percentage 26.9% 34.8% 19.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Independent
Last election 2 1 1
Seats won 1 1 0
Seats after 3 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady Steady
Popular vote 13,715 9,105 N/A
Percentage 9.7% 6.5% N/A

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 1968, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 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

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Edinburgh Corporation election, 1968[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Progressives 10 0 0 Steady 45.45 26.87 37,885
  SNP 7 6 0 Increase6 31.82 34.83 49,111
  Labour 3 0 2 Decrease2 13.64 19.15 26,997
  Conservative 1 1 0 Increase1 4.55 9.72 13,715
  Liberal 1 0 0 Steady 4.55 6.46 9,105
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0 1.74 2,462
  Ind. Conservative 0 0 0 Steady 0 1.21 1,712

Ward Results

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Location of Broughton ward
Broughton
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives A. Theurer 2,239
SNP C. MacDougall 2,042
Liberal E. W. Hall 819
Labour I. R. Hoy 744
Majority 197
Turnout 48.31
Progressives hold
Location of Calton ward
Calton
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP W. Thomson 1,671
Progressives A. D. Wilson 1,637
Labour S. Cook 1,196
Majority 34
Turnout 43.22
SNP gain from Labour
Location of Central Leith ward
Central Leith
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP F. T. Chalmers 1,898
Labour T. H. Greig 1,393
Progressives D. Valentine 706
Communist T. C. Taylor 86
Majority 505
Turnout 36.51
SNP gain from Labour
Location of Colinton ward
Colinton
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives D. M. Cameron 4,671
SNP A. Westwood 3,389
Labour R. D. M. Brown 1,450
Majority 1282
Turnout 48.71
Progressives hold
Location of Corstorphine ward
Corstorphine
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives F. Ford 3,689
SNP A. McCallum 2,982
Liberal Vera P. Heggie 1,795
Majority 707
Turnout 51.29
Progressives hold
Location of Craigentinny ward
Craigentinny
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour G. Drummond 2,627
SNP R. Anderson 2,566
Conservative Geraldine R. Johnston 1,586
Majority 61
Turnout 47.89
Labour hold
Location of Craigmillar ward
Craigmillar
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP R. Dalrymple 2,590
Labour D. F. Renton 2,081
Conservative D. R. Anderson 823
Communist M. D'Arcy 145
Majority 509
Turnout 40.0
SNP gain from Labour
Location of George Square ward
George Square[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives W. Simpson-Bell 1,601
SNP T. C. Bogle 1,331
Liberal P.L. Newman 630
Majority 270
Turnout 36.59
Progressives hold
Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward
Gorgie-Dalry
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP T. McCarron 2,088
Labour J. E. Boyack 1,591
Conservative M. Pirie 1,481
Progressives Miss Mar A. M. Hislop 511
Liberal R. T. Parker 140
Communist M. R. Currie 78
Majority 497
Turnout 44.02
SNP hold
Location of Liberton ward
Liberton[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour P. Wilson 4,290
SNP A. G. Symington 3,635
Conservative J. F. Doyle 3,259
Communist J. Ashton 195
Majority 655
Turnout 51.83
Labour hold
Location of Merchiston ward
Merchiston[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal R. L. Smith 2,803
Conservative B. A. Meek 1,800
SNP T. J. D. MacDonald 1,368
Majority 1003
Turnout 53.92
Liberal hold
Location of Morningside ward
Morningside[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives R. Lorimer 3,025
SNP Catherina Moore 1,748
Conservative Sir Alexander Giles 1,650
Majority 1,277
Turnout 6,423 50.16
Progressives hold
Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward
Murrayfield-Cramond[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives J. W. McKay 5,400
SNP R. A. Macdonald 3,181
Labour C. T. Harvie 1,281
Majority 2,219
Turnout 9,862 50.55
Progressives hold
Location of Newington ward
Newington[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives E. M. Kean 3,761
SNP G. W. Telford 2,745
Labour J. C. Campbell 985
Liberal J. Grahamslaw 909
Majority 1016
Turnout 53.37
Progressives hold
Location of Pilton ward
Pilton[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Catherina T. Nealon 2,913
SNP W. Thompson 2,724
Conservative R. Beattie 795
Communist C. McManus 147
Majority 189
Turnout 34.33
Labour hold
Location of Portobello ward
Portobello[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives A. W. Hunt 2,873
SNP R. G. Kelly 2,687
Labour D. H. Brown 869
Liberal G. H. T. Harvie 593
Majority 186
Turnout 51.74
Progressives hold
Location of Sighthill ward
Sighthill[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP G. D. M. Galbraith 3,621
Labour J. Ross 2,583
Liberal W. McLoed 533
Communist W. M. Millar 134
Majority 1,038
Turnout 45.35
SNP gain from Labour
Location of South Leith
South Leith[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Mary G. Thompson 2,320
Progressives L. Scott 1,922
Labour W. S. Dalgleish 1,708
Majority 398
Turnout 47.01
Progressives gain from Labour
Location of St Andrews ward
St. Andrews[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative D. Drummond-Young 1,661
SNP I. A. Macdonald 1,056
Labour I. L. Foggie 401
Majority 605
Turnout 39.19
Conservative gain from Progressives
Location of St Bernards ward
St. Bernard's[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives Winifred E. Donaldson 3,436
SNP W. K. Archibald 2,321
Liberal Joyce Shein 883
Ind. Conservative Elva G. Speyer 567
Majority 1,115
Turnout 42.78
Progressives hold
Location of St Giles ward
St. Giles[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP J. McCann 1,148
Labour P. S. Wood 885
Conservative D. B. Harvey 660
Majority 263
Turnout 27.03
SNP gain from Labour
Location of West Leith ward
West Leith
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressives J. Scott 2,925 71.87
Ind. Conservative A. H. Lester 1,145 28.13
Majority 1780 43.74
Turnout 4070 36.90
Progressives hold

References

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  1. ^ "We're all nationalists now". The Spectator Archive. 17 May 1968.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 8 May 1968. p. 12.