Midlothian County Council election, 1961

The administrative county of Midlothian (1889–1974), shown within northern Britain.

Elections to Midlothian County Council were held on 10 May 1961. Midlothian was one of the four divisions that made up the historic region of Lothian in Scotland. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 established Midlothian as an administrative county, governed by a County Council.

The county was divided into 39 electoral divisions, each of which returned one member. In 1961 there were contests in 16 of these.

Following the election the council was composed of 30 Labourites, 8 Moderates, and a single Communist.^[1]

Aggregate results

Midlothian County Council election, 1961^[1] Contested Seats
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	30	4	1	3	76.92	54.84	5038
	Moderates	8	1	4	3	20.51	36.66	3368
	Communist	1	0	0		2.56	3.56	327
	Independent	0	0	0		0	2.88	265
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0	2.05	188

Results by division

Limefield & Parkhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. G. Rankine	299
	Independent Labour	A. Dickson	188
Majority			111
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Polbeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Hartley	343
	Communist	J. McArthur	327
Majority			16
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Newbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs Elizabeth Dickson	200
	Moderates	H. Gibson	178
Majority			22
Turnout
	Labour gain from Moderates		Swing

Currie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Sinclair	641	50.08
	Moderates	S. C. Black	639	49.92
Majority			2
Turnout			1280
	Labour hold		Swing

Glencorse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderates	Sir I. H. Maxwell Inglis	342
	Labour	J. McCarron	89
Majority			253
Turnout
	Moderates hold		Swing

Kirkhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderates	J. Jardin	224
	Labour	J. Bolton	187
Majority			37
Turnout
	Moderates hold		Swing

Bilston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Delaney	289
	Moderates	D. Ferguson	158
Majority			131
Turnout
	Labour gain from Moderates		Swing

Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderates	R. D. R. Dundas	352
	Labour	A. Walker	323
Majority			29
Turnout
	Moderates gain from Labour		Swing

Inveresk West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. K. Horsburgh	306
	Moderates	T. Wright	201
Majority			105
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Inveresk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. White	424
	Independent	P. Smith	88
	Labour	Gillan (Incumbent)	69
Majority			336
Turnout
	Labour gain from Labour		Swing

Newbattle First
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Anderson	493
	Moderates	S. B. Syme	170
Majority			323
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Newbattle Second
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderates	A. Aikman	311
	Labour	J. McGuff	226
	Independent	J. McFarlane	52
Majority			85
Turnout
	Moderates hold		Swing

Arniston Second
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. M. Gaynor	416
	Independent	T. Kerr	125
Majority			291
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorebridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Burnside	246
	Moderates	J. S. Aytoun	213
Majority			33
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Borthwick & Temple
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs Mary W. Samuel	292
	Moderates	J. Waugh	282
Majority			10
Turnout
	Labour gain from Moderates		Swing

Crichton & Fala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moderates	C. H. K. Corsar	298
	Labour	J. Duncan	195
Majority			103
Turnout
	Moderates hold		Swing

West Calder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1 2 "Labour Gain 4 Seats in Midlothian". The Glasgow Herald. 11 May 1961. p. 11.

Notes

Council elections in Midlothian

Midlothian Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012

Lothian Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1985 1990 1994 Abolished

(1960 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1961 (→ 1962)

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