An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 2 May 1967, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 24 were up for election; two in Liberton and St. Andrew's wards, and one in every other ward.
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25 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation 35 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the election, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 37 Progressives, 29 Labour councillors, 2 Conservatives, and 1 Liberal. The Progressives increased their majority to five seats.
Aggregate results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Progressives | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56.0 | 44.4 | 50,655 | ||
Labour | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28.1 | 32,084 | |||
Conservative | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 7,588 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 11,772 | ||||
SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 8,870 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3,045 |
Ward Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Leonard A. Bailey | 2,464 | ||
Liberal | Eric W. Hall | 1,603 | ||
Labour | Ian R. Hoy | 1,154 | ||
Majority | 861 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Catherine B. M. Filsell | 5,327 | ||
Labour | James E. Boyack | 1,886 | ||
Majority | 3441 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Barbara Woodburn | 1,472 | ||
SNP | Mary G. Thomson | 1,377 | ||
Communist | Theodore C. Taylor | 153 | ||
Majority | 95 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Victor J. Symes | 2,223 | ||
Labour | Philip S. Wood | 2,023 | ||
Majority | 200 | |||
Progressives gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Rupert Speyer | 3,682 | ||
Liberal | Thomas M. Frew | 2,122 | ||
SNP | William W. Neil | 1,696 | ||
Majority | 1,560 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phyllis Herriot | 1,857 | ||
Conservative | Geraldine R. Johnston | 293 | ||
Majority | 1,564 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | John Kane | 2,842 | ||
Communist | Geraldine R. Johnston | 2,534 | ||
Majority | 308 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | James Slack | 1,803 | ||
Labour | George Foulkes | 788 | ||
Liberal | Fiona M. Cowles | 602 | ||
Majority | 1,015 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald M. Swanson | 1,988 | ||
Progressives | Mary A. M. Hislop | 1,463 | ||
Liberal | Raymond T. Barker | 689 | ||
Majority | 525 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Patrick Rogan | 1,307 | ||
Conservative | Anthony H. Lester | 702 | ||
Liberal | Robert E. Bell | 540 | ||
Majority | 605 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | David M. Burnside | 3,801 | ||
Labour | Peter Wilson | 3,047 | ||
SNP | William T. Telford | 2,726 | ||
Labour | Eva Gibbons | 2,402 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | ||||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Mauricde Heggie | 2,920 | ||
Liberal | Joyce Shein | 2,325 | ||
Majority | 595 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Nansi H. Mansbridge | 4,017 | ||
SNP | Ian A. Macdonald | 832 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Glen | 510 | ||
Labour | John C. Campbell | 396 | ||
Majority | 3,185 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Robert M. Knox | 5,712 | ||
Labour | Thomas H. Greig | 1,705 | ||
Majority | 4,007 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | G. Hedderwick | 4,498 | ||
Liberal | J. Grahamslaw | 1,283 | ||
Labour | D. E. S. Truman | 1,175 | ||
Majority | 3,215 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Magnus J. Williamson | 1,975 | ||
SNP | William Thomason | 1,509 | ||
Communist | Charles McManus | 358 | ||
Majority | 466 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Archibald D. Jameson | 3,380 | ||
SNP | Adam A. D. Hare | 1,494 | ||
Labour | Ronald D. M. Brown | 997 | ||
Majority | 1,886 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Isobella O. M. Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Thomas S. Ramage | 2,430 | ||
Labour | Anne K. R. Simpson | 2,234 | ||
SNP | Douglas S. Walker | 1,181 | ||
Majority | 196 | |||
Progressives gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Ronald R. Duff | 2,144 | ||
Progressives | Craig H. Richards | 1,067 | ||
Progressives | Roger O. S. Miller | 850 | ||
SNP | Francis C. Yeoman | 781 | ||
Labour | Gavid Kennedy | 599 | ||
Labour | Ernest Arden | 552 | ||
Conservative gain from Progressives | ||||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | John Millar | 3,105 | ||
Liberal | William Murray | 2,098 | ||
Labour | Christopher Harvie | 1,256 | ||
Majority | 1,007 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Charles R. Stuart | 1,166 | ||
Conservative | George T. Edwards | 941 | ||
Majority | 225 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressives | Margaret B. A. Ross | 4,030 | ||
Labour | Ian M. Christie | 1,232 | ||
Majority | 2,798 | |||
Progressives hold |