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

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

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

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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