An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 1 May 1962, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election.
After the election Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 34 Progressives, 30 Labour councillors, and 5 Liberals. The Progressives lost their overall majority on the council.
Aggregate results Edinburgh Corporation election, 1962[ 1] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 11 1 0 1 47.8 38.5 47,559 Progressives 9 0 4 4 37.5 36.3 44,757 Liberal 3 3 0 3 13.0 21.5 26,579 Unionist 0 0 0 0.0 2.7 3,281 Communist 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 929 Union Movement 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 929
Ward Results Location of Broughton ward Broughton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Gottleb A. Theurer 1,839 Liberal Violet MacInnes 1,833 Majority 6 Turnout 28.94 Progressives hold
Location of Calton ward Calton Party Candidate Votes % Labour James S. Cook 2,135 Progressives Josephine M. Dickson 2,120 Majority 15 Turnout 36.80 Labour gain from Progressives
Location of Central Leith ward Central Leith Party Candidate Votes % Labour Ewen G. Bethune 2,970 Progressives Lindsay Wilkie 1,185 Communist Theodore C. Taylor 193 Majority 1,785 Turnout 34.66 Labour hold
Location of Colinton ward Colinton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Herbert A. Brechin 4,089 Progressives Maurice F. Ferry 3,795 Labour Harold Fauxwell 2,409 Labour Sylvia Dorothy Renilson 2,297 Majority 394 Turnout 36.99 Progressives hold Progressives hold
Location of Corstorphine ward Corstorphine Party Candidate Votes % Liberal Ronald S. Grant 3,658 Progressives David Kyles 3,361 Majority 297 Turnout 45.16 Liberal gain from Progressives
Location of Craigentinny ward Craigentinny Party Candidate Votes % Labour George Drummond 3,992 Progressives Henry Dundas 1,946 Majority 2,046 Turnout 39.93 Labour hold
Location of Craigmillar ward Location of George Square ward George Square[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives William Simpson-Bell 1,859 Liberal John G. Gray 1,744 Labour Owen Hand 832 Majority Turnout Progressives hold
Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward Gorgie-Dalry Party Candidate Votes % Labour Florence A. R. Strachan 3,038 Progressives William W. Gilmour 1,463 Communist Irene Swan 176 Majority 1,575 Turnout 32.65 Labour hold
Location of Holyrood ward Location of Liberton ward Liberton[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour M. Mackenzie 4,849 Progressives Enid Fraser 3,237 Majority 1,612 Turnout 40.69 Labour hold
Location of Merchiston ward Merchiston[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Liberal Robert L. Smith 2,939 Progressives Vera M. Carmichael 2,222 Majority 717 Turnout 44.50 Liberal gain from Progressives
Location of Morningside ward Morningside[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives John Fitzpatrick 3,439 Liberal James B. Crossland 2,010 Majority 1,429 Turnout 41.05 Progressives hold
Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward Murrayfield-Cramond[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Robert M. Knox 3,176 Liberal Melville MacIntyre 2,364 Labour John Keddie 1,399 Majority 812 Turnout 41.60 Progressives hold
Location of Newington ward Newington[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Liberal William G. Henderson 3,363 Unionist D. Drummond-Young 3,281 Labour John M. Simpson 1,140 Majority 82 Turnout 47.85 Liberal gain from Progressives
Location of Pilton ward Location of Portobello ward Portobello[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Alfred H. Hunt 2,928 Labour Robert G. Blanche 2,414 Liberal John M. Farquhar 2,058 Majority 514 Turnout 40.58 Progressives hold
Location of Sighthill ward Location of South Leith South Leith[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Walter S. Dalgleish 3,859 Progressives Eric Walker Hall 3,153 Majority 706 Turnout 51.19 Labour hold
Location of St Andrews ward St. Andrews[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Lawrence S. Miller 1,907 Labour Anna F. Flockhart 930 Union Movement Stanley E. Wallace 280 Majority 977 Turnout 28.56 Progressives hold
Location of St Bernards ward St. Bernards[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Rhoda E. Paul 3,362 Liberal Marion M. Ritchie 1,931 Labour Ian McLauchlan 1,788 Majority 1,431 Turnout 40.19 Progressives hold
Location of St Giles ward St. Giles[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Margaret B. Smith 2,052 Progressives Brenda A. W. Pope 959 Majority 1,093 Turnout 23.74 Labour hold
Location of West Leith ward
References ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald . 2 May 1962. p. 11. Retrieved 24 January 2020 .
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