1968 Edinburgh Corporation election

1968 Edinburgh Corporation election

← 1967 7 May 1968 (1968-05-07) 1969 →
23 of the 69 seats to the Edinburgh Corporation 35 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Progressives SNP Labour Last election 34 2 5 Seats won 10 7 3 Seats after 34 8 3 Seat change 6 2 Popular vote 37,885 49,111 26,997 Percentage 26.9% 34.8% 19.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Conservative Liberal Independent Last election 2 1 1 Seats won 1 1 0 Seats after 3 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 13,715 9,105 N/A Percentage 9.7% 6.5% N/A
Results by ward.
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 7 May 1968, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 22 were up for election. Despite receiving the most votes of any single party, the SNP won only 7 seats. Unlike in Glasgow, the Progressives and Conservatives did not run on a joint ticket.^[1] Despite that however the parties only ran competing candidates in the Gorgie-Dalry ward.

Following the election Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 34 Progressives (including the Lord Provost), 21 Labour councillors, 8 SNP councillors, 3 Conservatives, 1 Liberal, and 1 independent. Following the election the Progressive/Conservative coalition controlled the council with a majority of 6.

No election was held in the Holyrood ward, where the sitting Labour councillor died the week before the election.

Turnout was 140,987.

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1968^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Progressives	10	0	0		45.45	26.87	37,885
	SNP	7	6	0	6	31.82	34.83	49,111
	Labour	3	0	2	2	13.64	19.15	26,997
	Conservative	1	1	0	1	4.55	9.72	13,715
	Liberal	1	0	0		4.55	6.46	9,105
	Communist	0	0	0		0	1.74	2,462
	Ind. Conservative	0	0	0		0	1.21	1,712