Edinburgh Corporation election, 1972

Results by ward.

An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 2 May 1972, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election.^[1]

Following the election, with two by-elections pending, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 33 Labour councillors, 21 Progressives, 9 Conservatives, and 5 Liberals. Labour did particularly well in the 1972 municipal elections across Scotland, and this was also the case in Edinburgh, where the party came close to gaining control of the council for the first time, controlling 33 of the councils 68 seats. The Liberals, with 5 seats, held the balance of power in the new council.^[1] Following the election Edinburgh corporation would elect her first Labour Lord Provost; Jack Kane.^[2]

The election also witnessed the continuation of the decline of the Progressives, who lost 5 seats.^[1]

Turnout was 42.1%.

Aggregate results

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1972[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	5	0	5
	Progressives	5	0	5	5
	Conservative	4	2	2
	Liberal	2	1	0	1
	Independent	1	0	1	1
	SNP	0	0	0
	Communist	0	0	0

References

Elections in Edinburgh
Edinburgh Corporation	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
City of Edinburgh District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992
Lothian Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994
City of Edinburgh Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017
General Elections	1997 2001 2005 2010 2015
Referendums	2005