Post by arw51 on Mar 31, 2022 12:44:55 GMT
Results 1945-1973
I have finally uploaded all the Scottish Burgh results which were extracted from the Glasgow Herald. These has been supplemented from results contained in The Scotsman for those years that have been published in the BNA. Although fairly comprehensive, there are quite a few gaps that need to be filled. We are lucky that the two papers mentioned, attempted to record all the Scottish results but delays in the counting of votes or the inability to get hold of the results meant that some were never recorded. There are also many examples where nominations indicated a contest which did not take place because candidate withdrew resulting in no election being held. The Glasgow Herald is a great resource, however, some of the copies were blurred in parts so the information was unreadable. I have made a note where this is the case. There is also a lot of missing detail concerning the political labels of candidates. At this point it is difficult to know if party politics was ignored at local levels or the press did not ask/record such details. This problems is mostly related to the smaller Burghs but is not always the case.
There are also a lot of missing results for Burghs referred to as 'Fishing Burghs'. I am no expert on Scottish municipal elections but from what I have gleaned the elections were held on a different date. From what I understand, because fishing fleet crews spent days/weeks away during the election timetable, these were held when the men were at home. Prior to 1949 the elections seemed to occur in December. From 1949 onwards they seemed to have been held in April. I have not been able to identify which were the 'fishing Burghs' and wether the list was a fluid one. If someone has more information about this I would be pleased to hear from you.
Elections for Scotland were held on a different date from those in England & Wales. From 1945 they were held on the first Tuesday of the month.
Timetable of Scottish Elections:-
1945 - 6th November 1946 - 5th November 1947 - 4th November 1949 - 3rd May 1950 - 2nd May 1951 - 1st May
1952 - 6th May 1953 - 5th May 1954 - 4th May 1955 - 3rd May 1956 - 1st May 1957 - 7th May 1958 - 6th May
1959 - 5th May 1960 - 3rd May 1961 - 2nd May 1962 - 1st May 1963 - 7th May 1964 - 5th May 1965 - 4th May
1966 - 3rd May 1967 - 2nd May 1968 - 7th May 1969 - 6th May 1970 - 5th May 1971 - 4th May 1972 - 2nd May
1973 - 1st May
As I unploaded the Scottish Results, I became aware of the number of visitors accessing them. Up to 50+ visitors at times. With this amount of interest I would be pleased if anyone who has municipal elections results to share could get in touch and help with this project. If anyone can help with the provision of results, missing details or corrections it would be great to hear from you. Hopefully, more of the English Borough results will be included in the months ahead. I am currently working on the year 1894 and have extracted results for England and Wales from 1894-1972. If you need anything to help your research please get in contact. Again, if you could contribute you would be welcome to help us to create and improve this unique data base.
Finally, much thanks must go to Swanarcadian who created the index for the Glasgow Herald making the results much easier to find. If you are looking for results prior to 1945 I would refer you to this index. Thanks also to members who have generously added to the database.
I have finally uploaded all the Scottish Burgh results which were extracted from the Glasgow Herald. These has been supplemented from results contained in The Scotsman for those years that have been published in the BNA. Although fairly comprehensive, there are quite a few gaps that need to be filled. We are lucky that the two papers mentioned, attempted to record all the Scottish results but delays in the counting of votes or the inability to get hold of the results meant that some were never recorded. There are also many examples where nominations indicated a contest which did not take place because candidate withdrew resulting in no election being held. The Glasgow Herald is a great resource, however, some of the copies were blurred in parts so the information was unreadable. I have made a note where this is the case. There is also a lot of missing detail concerning the political labels of candidates. At this point it is difficult to know if party politics was ignored at local levels or the press did not ask/record such details. This problems is mostly related to the smaller Burghs but is not always the case.
There are also a lot of missing results for Burghs referred to as 'Fishing Burghs'. I am no expert on Scottish municipal elections but from what I have gleaned the elections were held on a different date. From what I understand, because fishing fleet crews spent days/weeks away during the election timetable, these were held when the men were at home. Prior to 1949 the elections seemed to occur in December. From 1949 onwards they seemed to have been held in April. I have not been able to identify which were the 'fishing Burghs' and wether the list was a fluid one. If someone has more information about this I would be pleased to hear from you.
Elections for Scotland were held on a different date from those in England & Wales. From 1945 they were held on the first Tuesday of the month.
Timetable of Scottish Elections:-
1945 - 6th November 1946 - 5th November 1947 - 4th November 1949 - 3rd May 1950 - 2nd May 1951 - 1st May
1952 - 6th May 1953 - 5th May 1954 - 4th May 1955 - 3rd May 1956 - 1st May 1957 - 7th May 1958 - 6th May
1959 - 5th May 1960 - 3rd May 1961 - 2nd May 1962 - 1st May 1963 - 7th May 1964 - 5th May 1965 - 4th May
1966 - 3rd May 1967 - 2nd May 1968 - 7th May 1969 - 6th May 1970 - 5th May 1971 - 4th May 1972 - 2nd May
1973 - 1st May
As I unploaded the Scottish Results, I became aware of the number of visitors accessing them. Up to 50+ visitors at times. With this amount of interest I would be pleased if anyone who has municipal elections results to share could get in touch and help with this project. If anyone can help with the provision of results, missing details or corrections it would be great to hear from you. Hopefully, more of the English Borough results will be included in the months ahead. I am currently working on the year 1894 and have extracted results for England and Wales from 1894-1972. If you need anything to help your research please get in contact. Again, if you could contribute you would be welcome to help us to create and improve this unique data base.
Finally, much thanks must go to Swanarcadian who created the index for the Glasgow Herald making the results much easier to find. If you are looking for results prior to 1945 I would refer you to this index. Thanks also to members who have generously added to the database.