An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 3 May 1966, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election.
After the election, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 36 Progressives, 33 Labour councillors, and 1 Liberal. The Progressives increased their majority to three seats.
Aggregate results Edinburgh Corporation election, 1966[ 1] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Progressives 14 1 0 1 60.9 43.6 42,397 Labour 9 0 0 39.1 41.7 40,581 Liberal 0 0 1 1 0.0 10.0 9,751 Conservative 0 0 0 0.0 3.5 3,363 SNP 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 661 Communist 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 515
Ward Results Location of Broughton ward Broughton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Melville Dinwiddie Unopposed Progressives hold
Location of Calton ward Calton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Josephine M. Dickson 2,571 Labour Charles R. Stuart 2,489 Majority 82 Progressives hold
Location of Central Leith ward Central Leith Party Candidate Votes % Labour John A. Crichton 2,182 Progressives Victor J. Syme 591 SNP Mary G. Thomson 262 Communist Theodore C. Taylor 40 Majority 1,591 Labour hold
Location of Colinton ward Colinton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Maurice F. Ferry 4,911 Labour Eva Gibbons 2,301 Majority 2,610 Progressives hold
Location of Corstorphine ward Corstorphine Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Mary Robertson Murray 4,280 Liberal Margaret K. Taylor 2,788 Majority 1,422 Progressives hold
Location of Craigentinny ward Craigentinny Party Candidate Votes % Labour Alexander Sutherland 3,396 Progressives Rupert Spoyer 1,924 Majority 1,472 Labour hold
Location of Craigmillar ward Craigmillar Party Candidate Votes % Labour Russell A. Fer 2,723 Communist Michael d'Arcy 298 Majority 2,425 Labour hold
Location of George Square ward George Square[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Clive F. Murphy 2,266 Labour George Foulkes 1,084 Majority 1,182 Progressives hold
Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward Gorgie-Dalry Party Candidate Votes % Labour Thomas McGregor 2,596 Liberal George F. Smith 1,139 Majority 1,457 Labour hold
Location of Holyrood ward Location of Liberton ward Liberton[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Frederick M. Lawson 4,453 Conservative James S. Gordon 2,862 Majority 1,591 Labour hold
Location of Merchiston ward Merchiston[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Thomas Morgan 3,171 Liberal Bethia L. Howden 2,025 Majority 1,146 Progressives hold
Location of Morningside ward Morningside[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives John Bateman Unopposed Progressives hold
Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward Murrayfield-Cramond[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Hugh Macpherson 5,294 Labour David Millar 2,040 Majority 3,254 Progressives hold
Location of Newington ward Newington[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives John D. Kidd 3,605 Liberal Hilda S. Morton 3,232 Labour Donald E. S. Truman 1,405 Majority 373 Progressives gain from Liberal
Location of Pilton ward Pilton[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Robert W. Irvine 2,977 Progressives Anthony H. Lester 643 SNP George B. Stewart 399 Communist Charles McManus 133 Majority 2,334 Labour hold
Location of Portobello ward Portobello[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Kenneth W. Borthwick 3,776 Labour Ronald D. M. Brown 1,897 Majority 1,879 Progressives hold
Location of Sighthill ward Sighthill[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour William Wallace 3,922 Progressives Richard K. Aitken 1,172 Labour hold
Location of South Leith South Leith[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Shelia King Murray 3,077 Progressives Thomas S. Ramage 2,719 Majority 358 Labour hold
Location of St Andrews ward St. Andrews[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Robert McLaughlin 1,664 Labour Phyllis Herriot 772 Majority 892 Progressives hold
Location of St Bernards ward St. Bernards[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour David A. Adamson Unopposed Labour hold
Location of St Giles ward St. Giles[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour James McInally Unopposed Labour hold
Location of West Leith ward West Leith Party Candidate Votes % Progressives William R. W. Lyle 3,810 Labour Henry D. Crawford 1,638 Majority 2,177 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 . 5 May 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 2 February 2020 .