# 1955 Aberdeen Corporation election

An election to the Aberdeen Corporation was held on 3 May 1955, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. 12 of the corporation's 37 seats were up for election, although only 8 were contested.
This election maintained the status quo of the last few years, with no seats changing hands and a further decrease in turnout resulting in another record low. The day before the election, David Sinclair Hay, councilor for Torry, resigned from the Labour Party and declared he would be sitting the rest of his term as an Independent.

## Ward results

Cairncry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | R. S. Lennox (incumbent) | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ferryhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | J. T. L. Parkinson (incumbent) | 2,268 | 59.22 |
| | Labour | Ellen M. Williamson | 1,562 | 40.78 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 706 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,830 | 36.95 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Holburn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Arnold M. Burns | 1,890 | 70.18 |
| | Labour | Christopher L. Kinnaird | 803 | 29.82 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,087 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,693 | 26.95 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Rosemount :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Pat Mitchell (incumbent) | 1,891 | 67.03 |
| | Aberdeen Municipal Unionist Party | R. M. Eyres | 606 | 21.48 |
| | Scottish Self-Government | June Murray | 324 | 11.49 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,224 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,821 | 31.33 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Rubislaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | J. A. Mackie (incumbent) | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Ruthrieston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | F. Magee (incumbent) | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
St. Andrews :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Colin MacIver (incumbent) | 1,646 | 91.04 |
| | Communist | Andrew Smith | 162 | 8.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,484 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,808 | 18.34 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
St. Clements :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John A. Grieg | 1,861 | 80.35 |
| | Communist | James M. Aberdein | 266 | 11.49 |
| | Scottish Self-Government | G. F. Watt | 189 | 8.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,595 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,316 | 23.27 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
St. Machar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | J. M. Graham (incumbent) | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
St. Nicholas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | G.R. M'Intosh (incumbent) | 1,492 | 72.32 |
| | Scottish Self-Government | F. Conn | 571 | 27.68 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 921 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,063 | 17.79 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Torry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Norman Hogg (incumbent) | 1,578 | 82.19 |
| | Scottish Self-Government | T. W. Crockett | 342 | 17.81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,236 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,920 | 18.43 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Woodside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rev. J. P. Crosgrove (incumbent) | 1,674 | 48.48 |
| | Progressives | T. Murdoch | 1,512 | 43.79 |
| | Scottish Self-Government | W. C. Inglis | 267 | 7.73 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,453 | 31.41 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |