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