# 1967 Edinburgh Corporation election

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.
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

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1967 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| 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

Broughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Leonard A. Bailey | 2,464 | |
| | Liberal | Eric W. Hall | 1,603 | |
| | Labour | Ian R. Hoy | 1,154 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 861 | |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Calton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Catherine B. M. Filsell | 5,327 | |
| | Labour | James E. Boyack | 1,886 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3441 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Central Leith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Barbara Woodburn | 1,472 | |
| | SNP | Mary G. Thomson | 1,377 | |
| | Communist | Theodore C. Taylor | 153 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Colinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Victor J. Symes | 2,223 | |
| | Labour | Philip S. Wood | 2,023 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 200 | |
| | Progressives gain from Labour | Progressives gain from Labour | Progressives gain from Labour | Progressives gain from Labour |
Corstorphine :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Rupert Speyer | 3,682 | |
| | Liberal | Thomas M. Frew | 2,122 | |
| | SNP | William W. Neil | 1,696 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,560 | |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Craigentinny :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Phyllis Herriot | 1,857 | |
| | Conservative | Geraldine R. Johnston | 293 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,564 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Craigmillar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Kane | 2,842 | |
| | Communist | Geraldine R. Johnston | 2,534 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 308 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
George Square :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | James Slack | 1,803 | |
| | Labour | George Foulkes | 788 | |
| | Liberal | Fiona M. Cowles | 602 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,015 | |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Gorgie-Dalry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Donald M. Swanson | 1,988 | |
| | Progressives | Mary A. M. Hislop | 1,463 | |
| | Liberal | Raymond T. Barker | 689 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 525 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Holyrood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patrick Rogan | 1,307 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony H. Lester | 702 | |
| | Liberal | Robert E. Bell | 540 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 605 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Liberton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David M. Burnside | 3,801 | |
| | Labour | Peter Wilson | 3,047 | |
| | SNP | William T. Telford | 2,726 | |
| | Labour | Eva Gibbons | 2,402 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Merchiston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Mauricde Heggie | 2,920 | |
| | Liberal | Joyce Shein | 2,325 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 595 | |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Morningside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Nansi H. Mansbridge | 4,017 | |
| | SNP | Ian A. Macdonald | 832 | |
| | Liberal | Thomas Glen | 510 | |
| | Labour | John C. Campbell | 396 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,185 | |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Murrayfield-Cramond :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Robert M. Knox | 5,712 | |
| | Labour | Thomas H. Greig | 1,705 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,007 | |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | G. Hedderwick | 4,498 | |
| | Liberal | J. Grahamslaw | 1,283 | |
| | Labour | D. E. S. Truman | 1,175 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,215 | |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Pilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Magnus J. Williamson | 1,975 | |
| | SNP | William Thomason | 1,509 | |
| | Communist | Charles McManus | 358 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 466 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Portobello :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Archibald D. Jameson | 3,380 | |
| | SNP | Adam A. D. Hare | 1,494 | |
| | Labour | Ronald D. M. Brown | 997 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,886 | |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Sighthill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Isobella O. M. Stewart | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
South Leith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Thomas S. Ramage | 2,430 | |
| | Labour | Anne K. R. Simpson | 2,234 | |
| | SNP | Douglas S. Walker | 1,181 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 196 | |
| | Progressives gain from Labour | Progressives gain from Labour | Progressives gain from Labour | Progressives gain from Labour |
St. Andrews (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 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 | Conservative gain from Progressives | Conservative gain from Progressives | Conservative gain from Progressives |
| Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
St. Bernards :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | John Millar | 3,105 | |
| | Liberal | William Murray | 2,098 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Harvie | 1,256 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,007 | |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
St. Giles :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Charles R. Stuart | 1,166 | |
| | Conservative | George T. Edwards | 941 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 225 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
West Leith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Margaret B. A. Ross | 4,030 | |
| | Labour | Ian M. Christie | 1,232 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,798 | |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |