# 1964 Edinburgh Corporation election

An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 5 May 1964, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election.
After the election Edinburgh Corporation remained under No Overall Control, composed of 33 Progressives, 31 Labour councillors, and 5 Liberal.

## Aggregate results

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1964 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Progressives | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 60.9 | 45.8 | 59,003 |
| Labour | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34.8 | 39.1 | 51,498 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 17,023 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1,312 |

## Ward Results

Broughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Leonard Bailey | 2,949 | |
| | Liberal | Violet MacInnes | 1,593 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,356 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.56 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Calton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Philip Wood | 2,544 | |
| | Progressives | Daniel Buchanan | 2,450 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.09 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Central Leith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Barbara Woodburn | 3,056 | |
| | Progressives | Michael Doyle | 855 | |
| | Communist | Theodore Taylor | 141 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,201 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.29 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Colinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Catherine Filsell | 4,098 | |
| | Labour | Harold Hauxwell | 3,607 | |
| | Liberal | John Henderson | 1,016 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 491 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.5 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Corstorphine :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Harold Oppenheim | 4,523 | |
| | Liberal | Thomas Frew | 2,599 | |
| | Labour | David Millar | 1,633 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,924 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.27 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Craigentinny :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Marion Alexander | 4,563 | |
| | Progressives | John Bailey | 2,264 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,299 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.72 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Craigmillar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Kane | 2,865 | |
| | Communist | Michael D'Arcy | 124 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,741 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.54 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
George Square :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | James Slack | 2,109 | |
| | Liberal | John Gray | 1,632 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 477 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.38 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Gorgie-Dalry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Donald Swanson | 3,316 | |
| | Liberal | George Smith | 1,553 | |
| | Communist | Charles Cummings | 248 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,763 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.47 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Holyrood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patrick Rogan | 2,272 | |
| | Communist | John Ashton | 161 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,211 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27.86 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Liberton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Wilson | 5,708 | |
| | Liberal | Kenneth Johnston | 2,349 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.99 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Merchiston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Maurice Heggle | 3,471 | |
| | Labour | Sylvia Renilson | 1,259 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,212 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.35 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Morningside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Nansi Mansbridge | 4,183 | |
| | Liberal | Margaret Mackay | 1,267 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.1 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Murrayfield-Cramond :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | James McKay | 5,775 | |
| | Labour | James Renilson | 2,888 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,887 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,663 | 47.66 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | George Hedderwick | 4,162 | |
| | Liberal | Margaret Workman | 2,052 | |
| | Labour | Christina Guest | 1,770 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,110 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.57 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
Pilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Magnus Williamson | 4,937 | |
| | Communist | Charles McManus | 638 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,299 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.24 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Portobello :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Archibald Jameson | 4,383 | |
| | Labour | Phyllis Herriot | 4,018 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 365 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.41 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Sighthill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Isabella Stewart | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
South Leith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anne Simpson | 4,103 | |
| | Progressives | David McKay | 2,582 | |
| | Liberal | William Kerr | 1,521 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.13 |
| | Labour gain from Progressives | Labour gain from Progressives | Labour gain from Progressives | Labour gain from Progressives |
St. Andrews :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Craig Richards | 1,799 | |
| | Labour | James Merrilees | 951 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.88 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
St. Bernards :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | John Millar | 3,979 | |
| | Labour | Eva Gibbons | 2,243 | |
| | Liberal | John Kidd | 1,441 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1736 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.24 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
St. Giles :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Henderson | 2,322 | |
| | Progressives | William Sinclair | 906 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,416 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27.12 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
West Leith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Margaret Rose | 3,783 | |
| | Labour | Shelia Murray | 2,175 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,608 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.95 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |