An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 4 May 1965, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election.
After the election Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 35 Progressives, 33 Labour councillors, and 2 Liberal. The Progressives gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control.
Aggregate results Edinburgh Corporation election, 1965[ 1] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Progressives 13 1 0 1 56.5 57.5 55,018 Labour 9 0 0 39.1 27.9 31,214 Liberal 0 0 1 1 4.3 12.9 13,030 Communist 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 1,025 SNP 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 677
Ward Results Location of Broughton ward Broughton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Gottleb A. Theurer 2,718 Liberal Violet MacInnes 1,590 Majority 1,128 Turnout 33.82 Progressives hold
Location of Calton ward Calton Party Candidate Votes % Labour James S. Cook 2,393 Progressives Victor J. Symes 2,241 Majority 152 Turnout 41.15 Labour hold
Location of Central Leith ward Central Leith Party Candidate Votes % Labour Ewen G. Bethuse 2,391 Communist Theodore C. Taylor 157 Majority 2,234 Turnout 22.21 Labour hold
Location of Colinton ward Location of Corstorphine ward Corstorphine Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Fred Ford 3,979 Liberal Thomas M. Frew 3,158 Majority 821 Turnout 43.1 Progressives hold
Location of Craigentinny ward Craigentinny Party Candidate Votes % Labour George Drummond 3,171 Progressives Douglas B. Harvey 2,178 Majority 993 Turnout 36.18 Labour hold
Location of Craigmillar ward Location of George Square ward George Square[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives William Simpson-Bell 2,303 Liberal Kenneth D. A. Johnston 1,123 Majority 1,171 Turnout 32.01 Progressives hold
Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward Gorgie-Dalry Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Florence A. R. Strachan 2,355 Liberal George F. Smith 1,195 Communist Charles Cumming 275 Majority 1,160 Turnout 27.27 Progressives hold
Location of Holyrood ward Location of Liberton ward Liberton[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Murdo R. M. Mackenzie Unopposed Labour hold
Location of Merchiston ward Merchiston[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Liberal Robert L. Smith 2,696 Progressives Clive F. Murphy 2,422 Labour Sylvia D. Renilson 845 Majority 274 Turnout 51.99 Liberal hold
Location of Morningside ward Morningside[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives John Fitzpatrick 4,217 SNP Harrison M. Robertson 677 Majority 3,540 Turnout 36.73 Progressives hold
Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward Murrayfield-Cramond[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Robert M. Knox 5,334 Labour James H, Renilson 1,936 Liberal Marion M. Ritchie 901 Majority 3,398 Turnout 43.76 Progressives hold
Location of Newington ward Newington[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Eric M. Kean 4,134 Liberal Margaret J, Workman 2,367 Labour Eva Gibbons 1,169 Majority 1,767 Turnout 46.94 Progressives gain from Liberal
Location of Pilton ward Location of Portobello ward Portobello[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Alfred W. Hunt 5,119 Labour Phyllis Herriot 3,437 Majority 1,682 Turnout 47.51 Progressives hold
Location of Sighthill ward Sighthill[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour James Ross Unopposed Labour hold
Location of South Leith South Leith[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Walter S. Dalgleish 2,941 Progressives Thomas S. Ramage 2,780 Majority 161 Turnout 42.34 Labour hold
Location of St Andrews ward St. Andrews[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Lawrence S. Miller 2,857 Labour Christina S. Guest 704 Majority 1,353 Turnout 27.00 Progressives hold
Location of St Bernards ward St. Bernards[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Winifred E. Donaldson 4,258 Labour David Millar 1,527 Majority 2,731 Turnout 32.80 Progressives hold
Location of St Giles ward St. Giles[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Margaret B. Smith Unopposed Labour hold
Location of West Leith ward West Leith Party Candidate Votes % Progressives John Scott 3,468 Labour Shelia K. Murray 1,756 Majority 1,712 Turnout 44.32 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 1965. p. 11. Retrieved 2 February 2020 .