An election to Edinburgh Corporation was held on 4 May 1971, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the council's 68 seats, 23 were up for election.[1]
Following the election, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 28 Labour councillors, 27 Progressives, 9 Conservatives, 3 Liberals, and 2 independents. The SNP was wiped off the council after lost all five of the seats it was defending.[1]
Following the election, the Progressives and Conservative coalition retained controlled of the council with a majority of three seats.
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An election to Edinburgh Corporation was held on 4 May 1971 alongside municipal elections across Scotland Of the council s 68 seats 23 were up for election 1 1971 Edinburgh Corporation election 1970 4 May 1971 1971 05 04 1972 23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation35 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Jack KaneParty Labour Progressives ConservativeLast election 21 31 6Seats before 21 32 7Seats won 10 8 4Seats after 28 27 9Seat change 7 5 2Popular vote 53 439 33 906 22 147Percentage 42 7 27 1 17 7 Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Frederick ChalmersParty Liberal Independent SNPLast election 2 2 7Seats before 2 2 5Seats won 1 0 0Seats after 3 2 0Seat change 1 5Popular vote 9 409 N A 5 481Percentage 7 5 N A 4 4 Results by ward Council control before electionNo overall control Council control after election No overall controlFollowing the election Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 28 Labour councillors 27 Progressives 9 Conservatives 3 Liberals and 2 independents The SNP was wiped off the council after lost all five of the seats it was defending 1 Following the election the Progressives and Conservative coalition retained controlled of the council with a majority of three seats A total of 125 045 residents voted Aggregate results EditEdinburgh Corporation election 1971 1 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes Labour 10 7 0 nbsp 7 43 5 42 7 53 439 Progressives 8 0 5 nbsp 5 34 8 27 1 33 906 Conservative 4 2 0 nbsp 2 17 4 17 7 22 147 Liberal 1 1 0 nbsp 1 4 3 7 5 9 409 SNP 0 0 5 nbsp 5 0 0 4 4 5 481 Communist 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 2 273 Protestant Action 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 2 217 Local Community 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 1 173Ward Results Edit nbsp Location of Broughton wardBroughton 1 Party Candidate Votes Progressives G A Theurer 2 407Labour R Cairns 1 784MajorityTurnout 34 08 Progressives hold nbsp Location of Calton wardCalton 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour J Anderson 1 874Conservative Margaret E S Houston 1 774MajorityTurnout 35 32 Labour gain from SNP nbsp Location of Central Leith wardCentral Leith 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour R Brown 2 210SNP F T Chalmers 714Conservative J Whyte 677Communist L Farquhar 26MajorityTurnout 32 81 Labour gain from SNP nbsp Location of Colinton wardColinton 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative J D MacLennan 3 568Labour R B Graham 3 475Progressives J Dalgleish 2 221SNP Joan B Crawford 955MajorityTurnout 41 86 Conservative gain from Progressives nbsp Location of Corstorphine wardCorstorphine 1 Party Candidate Votes Progressives F Ford 2 508Conservative T W Norrish 1 925Liberal D C E Gorrie 1 678Labour P R Wallington 1 436MajorityTurnout 42 32 Progressives hold nbsp Location of Craigentinny wardCraigentinny 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour G Drummond 3 731Conservative A Hogg 2 204Communist T Burns 108MajorityTurnout 40 06 Labour hold nbsp Location of Craigmillar wardCraigmillar 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour D H Brown 3 831SNP J Wallace 932MajorityTurnout 30 51 Labour hold nbsp Location of George Square wardGeorge Square 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative D F Alves 1 529Labour I R Hoy 1 141MajorityTurnout 26 51 Conservative gain from Progressives nbsp Location of Gorgie Dalry wardGorgie Dalry 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour Johan G W Buchanan 2 628Conservative J I Chisholm 1 452SNP E J Milne 756MajorityTurnout 35 41 Labour gain from SNP nbsp Location of Holyrood wardHolyrood 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour R F Cook 1 599Conservative D Christison 489SNP A McCallum 235Communist Angela Hopkinson 58MajorityTurnout 34 89 Labour gain from SNP nbsp Location of Liberton wardLiberton 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour P Wilson 6 923Conservative D J May 3 558MajorityTurnout 40 87 Labour hold nbsp Location of Merchiston wardMerchiston 1 Party Candidate Votes Liberal J F Lawrie 3 473Progressives T Morgan 2 461MajorityTurnout 50 42 Liberal gain from Progressives nbsp Location of Morningside wardMorningside 1 Party Candidate Votes Progressives R Lorimer 3 263Liberal N L Gordon 2 057MajorityTurnout 34 47 Progressives hold nbsp Location of Murrayfield Cramond wardMurrayfield Cramond 1 Party Candidate Votes Progressives H Macpherson 4 975Labour D M Henderson 2 475MajorityTurnout 34 08 Progressives hold nbsp Location of Newington wardNewington 1 Party Candidate Votes Progressives E M Kean 3 463Labour D F Renton 1 913Liberal J Grahamslaw 1 144SNP Christina MacWhirter 518MajorityTurnout 40 01 Progressives hold nbsp Location of Pilton wardPilton 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour Catherine T Nealon 4 609Conservative R Beattie 1 001MajorityTurnout 28 17 Labour hold nbsp Location of Portobello wardPortobello 1 Party Candidate Votes Progressives G Lerette 3 305Labour Mary Hutchinson 1 985MajorityTurnout 36 85 Progressives hold nbsp Location of St Andrews wardSt Andrews 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative D Drummond Young 1 566Labour R A Collett 915MajorityTurnout 33 24 Conservative hold nbsp Location of St Bernards wardSt Bernard s 1 Party Candidate Votes Progressives Winifred E Donaldson 3 326Labour R D Anderson 2 029Liberal C S Waterman 722Local Community J A Stevenson 173MajorityTurnout 34 47 Progressives hold nbsp Location of St Giles wardSt Giles 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour L M Christie 1 470Conservative J McConnell 388Progressives J McCann 365MajorityTurnout 24 15 Labour gain from SNP nbsp Location of Sighthill wardSighthill 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour J T Davies 4 444Conservative W R Scott 840SNP R Mackenna 632Progressives G D M Galbraith 605Liberal Pamela W King 335Communist W M Millar 81MajorityTurnout 38 84 Labour gain from Progressives nbsp Location of South LeithSouth Leith 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour A Ross 2 514Progressives A L Mackintosh 1 943SNP Mary G Thompson 739Protestant Action J R Maclean 217MajorityTurnout 42 32 Labour gain from Progressives nbsp Location of West Leith wardWest Leith 1 Party Candidate Votes Progressives A D Wilson 3 064Labour R Jeffreys Jones 1 629MajorityTurnout 41 94 Progressives holdReferences Edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z SNP lose all their seats in Edinburgh The Glasgow Herald 5 May 1971 p 10 Retrieved 18 January 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1971 Edinburgh Corporation election amp oldid 1170030971, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
