# 1963 Edinburgh Corporation election

An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 7 May 1963, 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, 1963 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Progressives | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52.2 | 36.0 | 46,392 |
| Labour | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43.5 | 39.6 | 50,991 |
| Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 4.3 | 21.5 | 27,742 |
| Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3,023 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 518 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 117 |

## Ward Results

Broughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Melville Dinwiddie | 2,527 | |
| | Liberal | Violet Macinnes | 1,287 | |
| | Labour | Robert W. Irvine | 1,271 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,240 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.97 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Calton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Josephine M. Dickson | 2,497 | |
| | Labour | Philip S. Wood | 2,271 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 226 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.84 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Central Leith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John A. Chrichton | 3,032 | |
| | Liberal | Alastair S. Buchanan | 915 | |
| | Communist | Theodore C. Taylor | 125 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,317 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.90 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Colinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Maurice F. Ferry | 3,888 | |
| | Labour | Harold Hauxwell | 2,835 | |
| | Liberal | John E. Henderson | 1,411 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,053 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.27 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Corstorphine :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Mary R. Murray | 4,187 | |
| | Liberal | Thomas M. Frew | 2,681 | |
| | Labour | Chrisina S. Guest | 987 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,506 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.34 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Craigentinny :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alexander Sutherland | 3,916 | |
| | Progressives | Harold Oppenheim | 2,794 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,122 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.59 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Craigmillar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Russell A. Fox | 2,392 | |
| | Communist | Michal D'Arcy | 132 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,260 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26.42 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
George Square :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | John F. Stewart | 1,884 | |
| | Liberal | John G. Gray | 1,592 | |
| | Labour | Eva Gibbons | 663 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 292 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.18 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Gorgie-Dalry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas McGregor | 2,676 | |
| | Liberal | James L. McBeath | 1,742 | |
| | Independent | Ian G. Haxton | 117 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 934 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.36 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Holyrood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Owen Hand | 1,814 | |
| | Liberal | Arthur C. Fiddler | 900 | |
| | Communist | John Ashton | 71 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 914 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.42 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Liberton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James W. Kerr | 4,907 | |
| | Progressives | Brenda A. W. Pope | 2,981 | |
| | Liberal | George Carse | 1,038 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,926 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.93 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Merchiston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Thomas Morgan | 2,606 | |
| | Liberal | James R. Dalrymple | 2,183 | |
| | Labour | Sylvia Renilson | 915 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 423 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.69 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Morningside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Arthur G. Ingham | 3,749 | |
| | Liberal | Margaret A. M. Mackay | 1,488 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,261 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.41 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Murrayfield-Cramond :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Hugh Macpherson | 4,162 | |
| | Labour | James Renilson | 1,838 | |
| | Liberal | Ronald McNeill | 1,402 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2324 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.15 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Hilda Morton | 3,549 | |
| | Unionist | Graeme H. Menzies | 3,023 | |
| | Labour | John McEwan | 1,469 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 526 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.96 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
Pilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James M. R. Durkin | 4,129 | |
| | Liberal | Cyril Huxtabie | 1,419 | |
| | Communist | Charles McManus | 190 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,710 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.01 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Portobello :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Kenneth W. Borthwick | 3,687 | |
| | Labour | Phyllis Herriot | 2,989 | |
| | Liberal | Keith Milton | 1,181 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 698 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,857 | |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
Sighthill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Wallace | 3,151 | |
| | Liberal | Judith Steel | 1,546 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,905 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.11 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
South Leith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alexander Burton | 3,935 | |
| | Progressives | Peter Heatly | 3,185 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 750 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.53 |
| | Labour gain from Progressives | Labour gain from Progressives | Labour gain from Progressives | Labour gain from Progressives |
St. Andrews :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | Robert McLaughlin | 1,608 | |
| | Labour | Hugh M. W. Kinnear | 750 | |
| | Liberal | Robert E. Henderson | 631 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 858 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27.67 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
St. Bernards :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | David A. Adamson | 3,634 | |
| | Labour | Ian McLaughlan | 1,702 | |
| | Liberal | Marion M. Ritchie | 1,518 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,932 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.42 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |
St. Giles :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James McInally | 1,974 | |
| | Liberal | William Wilson | 1,171 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.70 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
West Leith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressives | John Scott | 3,003 | |
| | Labour | Sarah F. Skinner | 1,375 | |
| | Liberal | Peter E. Taylor | 1,003 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,628 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.47 |
| | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold | Progressives hold |