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[ 1] 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 Location of Broughton ward Broughton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Melville Dinwiddie 2,527 Liberal Violet Macinnes 1,287 Labour Robert W. Irvine 1,271 Majority 1,240 Turnout 39.97 Progressives hold
Location of Calton ward Calton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Josephine M. Dickson 2,497 Labour Philip S. Wood 2,271 Majority 226 Turnout 41.84 Progressives hold
Location of Central Leith ward Central Leith Party Candidate Votes % Labour John A. Chrichton 3,032 Liberal Alastair S. Buchanan 915 Communist Theodore C. Taylor 125 Majority 2,317 Turnout 33.90 Labour hold
Location of Colinton ward Colinton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Maurice F. Ferry 3,888 Labour Harold Hauxwell 2,835 Liberal John E. Henderson 1,411 Majority 1,053 Turnout 46.27 Progressives hold
Location of Corstorphine ward Corstorphine Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Mary R. Murray 4,187 Liberal Thomas M. Frew 2,681 Labour Chrisina S. Guest 987 Majority 1,506 Turnout 50.34 Progressives hold
Location of Craigentinny ward Craigentinny Party Candidate Votes % Labour Alexander Sutherland 3,916 Progressives Harold Oppenheim 2,794 Majority 1,122 Turnout 45.59 Labour hold
Location of Craigmillar ward Location of George Square ward George Square[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives John F. Stewart 1,884 Liberal John G. Gray 1,592 Labour Eva Gibbons 663 Majority 292 Turnout 38.18 Progressives hold
Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward Gorgie-Dalry Party Candidate Votes % Labour Thomas McGregor 2,676 Liberal James L. McBeath 1,742 Independent Ian G. Haxton 117 Majority 934 Turnout 33.36 Labour hold
Location of Holyrood ward Location of Liberton ward Liberton[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour James W. Kerr 4,907 Progressives Brenda A. W. Pope 2,981 Liberal George Carse 1,038 Majority 1,926 Turnout 43.93 Labour hold
Location of Merchiston ward Merchiston[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Thomas Morgan 2,606 Liberal James R. Dalrymple 2,183 Labour Sylvia Renilson 915 Majority 423 Turnout 49.69 Progressives hold
Location of Morningside ward Morningside[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Arthur G. Ingham 3,749 Liberal Margaret A. M. Mackay 1,488 Majority 2,261 Turnout 39.41 Progressives hold
Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward Murrayfield-Cramond[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Hugh Macpherson 4,162 Labour James Renilson 1,838 Liberal Ronald McNeill 1,402 Majority 2324 Turnout 43.15 Progressives hold
Location of Newington ward Newington[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Liberal Hilda Morton 3,549 Unionist Graeme H. Menzies 3,023 Labour John McEwan 1,469 Majority 526 Turnout 49.96 Liberal hold
Location of Pilton ward Location of Portobello ward Location of Sighthill ward Sighthill[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour William Wallace 3,151 Liberal Judith Steel 1,546 Majority 1,905 Turnout 33.11 Labour hold
Location of South Leith South Leith[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Alexander Burton 3,935 Progressives Peter Heatly 3,185 Majority 750 Turnout 52.53 Labour gain from Progressives
Location of St Andrews ward St. Andrews[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Robert McLaughlin 1,608 Labour Hugh M. W. Kinnear 750 Liberal Robert E. Henderson 631 Majority 858 Turnout 27.67 Progressives hold
Location of St Bernards ward St. Bernards[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives David A. Adamson 3,634 Labour Ian McLaughlan 1,702 Liberal Marion M. Ritchie 1,518 Majority 1,932 Turnout 39.42 Progressives hold
Location of St Giles ward Location of West Leith ward West Leith Party Candidate Votes % Progressives John Scott 3,003 Labour Sarah F. Skinner 1,375 Liberal Peter E. Taylor 1,003 Majority 1,628 Turnout 45.47 Progressives hold
References ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald . 8 May 1963. p. 11. Retrieved 1 February 2020 . (1962 ←)
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