Edinburgh Corporation election, 1936

Map showing election results by ward.

An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 3 November 1936, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. The election took place midst an increasingly sectarian political climate, with hardline Protestant and anti-Catholic political parties being on the rise in Glasgow and Edinburgh in the 1930s. The Protestant Action Society; Edinburgh's far-right Protestant grouping which had inspired a sectarian riot the previous year, won 31% of the vote and got 5 new members elected.^[1] The PAS had won 24% in the previous years election.^[2]

In Glasgow in 1933 a similarly strong showing by that city's insurgent protestant party had split the Moderate vote, allowing in a Labour council for the first time in Glasgow's history. In contrast, despite the PAS's strong showing in Edinburgh, the dominant Progressives enjoyed such overwhelming majority over Labour that the PAS could hardly dent it. Labour, in turn, were relegated to third place.^[3]

Edinburgh Corporation at the time was made up of 71 members, of whom 69 were elected. Following the election the Corporation was composed of 46 Progressives/Moderates, 15 Labour, 8 Protestant Action, and 2 independents.^[4]

Turnout was 111,841, or 49.3%.^[4]

Aggregate results

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1936^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Progressives	14	0				39.15%	43,788
	Labour	5	1	2	1		29.25%	32,709
	Protestant Action	5	5	0	5		26.64%	29,797
	Independent	2	2	0	2		4.21%	4,704
	Tennants Association						0.43%	479
	Ind. Labour Party						0.20%	222
	Revolutionary Socialists						0.10%	115
	B.S.I.S.L.P.						0.02%	27

Ward Results

Canongate 2 seats Electorate: 10,343^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Esta Henry	2793	25.27
	Protestant Action	James Leitch	2503	22.64
	Labour	John Gibson	2150	19.45
	Progressives	Alexander Thomson (incumbent)	1918	17.35
	Labour	Alexander H. Paton	1468	13.28
	Ind. Labour Party	James H. Moore	222	2.01
Majority
Turnout			5,527	53.92
	Independent gain from Progressives		Swing
	Protestant Action gain from Labour		Swing

South Leith Electorate: 15,996^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant Action	James C. Trainer	4825
	Progressives	George Mackie	2486
	Labour	William D. Mitchell	1495
	Revolutionary Socialists	Thomas Tait	115
	B.S.I.S.L.P.	Robert Gillespie	27
Majority			2139
Turnout				54.05
	Protestant Action gain from Progressives		Swing

References

↑ Page 51, Protestant Political Parties: A Global Survey
↑ http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/gavin-bowd-reveals-some-uncomfortable-truths-in-fascist-scotland-1-2881250
↑ Smyth, James J. "Resisting labour: Unionists, Liberals, and Moderates in Glasgow Between the Wars" (PDF). The Historical Journal (Cambridge University Press): 397. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 "Scottish Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 4 November 1936. p. 14.

Elections in Edinburgh

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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

General Elections	1997 2001 2005 2010 2015

Referendums	2005

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