1961 Midlothian County Council election

1961 Scottish local government election

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, eight Moderates, and one Communist.

Aggregate results

Midlothian County Council election, 1961
Contested Seats
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	30	4	1	3	76.92	54.84	5,038
Moderates	8	1	4	3	20.51	36.66	3,368
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

Currie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Sinclair	641	50.08
	Moderates	S. C. Black	639	49.92
Majority			2	0.16
Turnout			1,280
	Labour hold

Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Moderates	R. D. R. Dundas	352	52.1
	Labour	A. Walker	323	47.8
Majority			29	2.3
Turnout			675
	Moderates gain from Labour

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

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

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