![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 out of 37 seats of City of Aberdeen Council 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turnout | 39.4%![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Composition of Corporation after the election |
An election to the Aberdeen Corporation was held on 2 May 1950, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. 12 of the corporation's 37 seats were up for election.
The election saw the Progressives regain one seat from Labour in the Gilcomston Ward and hold a one-seat majority on the council. The overall turnout for the election was 39.4%.[1][2][3]
Ward Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Gordon McIver | 2,433 | 72.8 | |
Labour | R. A. McIntyre | 908 | 27.2 | |
Majority | 1,525 | |||
Turnout | 37.8 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Fraser Macintosh (incumbent) | 1,754 | 72.4 | |
Communist | Robert Cooney | 667 | 27.6 | |
Majority | 1,087 | |||
Turnout | 51.2 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | J. S. G. Munro | 2,025 | 55.8 | |
Labour | Robert A. Raffan (incumbent) | 1,605 | 44.2 | |
Majority | 420 | |||
Turnout | 31.0 | |||
Progressives gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | W. D. Reid (incumbent) | 1,753 | 66.9 | |
Labour | A. M. Morrice | 869 | 33.1 | |
Majority | 884 | |||
Turnout | 38.3 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | W. D. Swinney (incumbent) | 3,143 | 77.1 | |
Labour | J. D. Burgoyne | 931 | 22.9 | |
Majority | 2,212 | |||
Turnout | 43.4 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | John F. Hall (incumbent) | 4,165 | 87.8 | |
Labour | Charles G. Gribble | 581 | 12.2 | |
Majority | 3,584 | |||
Turnout | 52.8 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | T. Scott Sutherland (incumbent) | 4,636 | 79.9 | |
Labour | Frank Brand | 1,165 | 20.1 | |
Majority | 3,471 | |||
Turnout | 42.1 | |||
Progressives hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. K. Park (incumbent) | 1,745 | 81.5 | |
Communist | James Dick | 396 | 18.5 | |
Majority | 1,350 | |||
Turnout | 27.9 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert G. Brechin (incumbent) | 3,027 | 53.1 | |
Progressives | Dr. Gilbert Hamilton | 2,357 | 41.3 | |
Communist | Stanley Simpson | 318 | 5.6 | |
Majority | 670 | |||
Turnout | 35.0 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John M. Graham (incumbent) | 1,355 | 58.4 | |
Progressives | R. M. Eyres | 965 | 41.6 | |
Majority | 390 | |||
Turnout | 39.9 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. C. Ritchie (incumbent) | 2,289 | 59.7 | |
Progressives | A. M. Burns | 1,545 | 40.3 | |
Majority | 744 | |||
Turnout | 35.3 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressives | Patrick Mitchell | 3,630 | 49.0 | |
Labour | Norman Hogg | 3,280 | 44.3 | |
Communist | Archibald Lennox | 493 | 6.7 | |
Majority | 350 | |||
Turnout | 38.6 | |||
Progressives hold |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Socialists Lose Control in Aberdeen". The Press and Journal. 3 May 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Aberdeen Moderates Regain Control". The Herald (Glasgow). 3 May 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ a b Ware, L.; Rallings, C.; Thrasher, M. (2006). "British Local Election Database, 1889-2003". beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk. doi:10.5255/ukda-sn-5319-1. Retrieved 11 June 2023.