Edinburgh Corporation election, 1936

An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held in 1936. The election took place midst an increasingly sectarian political climate, with hardline Protestant and anti-Catholic political parties being on the rise in Glasgow and Edinburgh in the 1930s. The Protestant Action Society; Edinburgh's far-right Protestant grouping which had inspired a sectarian riot the previous year, won 31% of the vote and got 9 members elected.^[1] The PAS had won 24% in the previous years election.^[2]

In Glasgow in 1933 a similarly strong showing by that city's insurgent protestant party had split the Moderate vote, allowing in a Labour council for the first time in Glasgow's history. In contrast, despite the PAS's strong showing in Edinburgh, the dominant Progressives enjoyed such overwhelming majority over Labour that the PAS could hardly dent it. Labour, in turn, were relegated to third place.^[3]

Aggregate results

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1936
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Progressives (Scotland)
	Protestant Action Society	9	6	0	6		31		7
	Labour
	Independent

References

Elections in Edinburgh Edinburgh Corporation 1936 City of Edinburgh District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Lothian Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1994 City of Edinburgh Council 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 General Elections 1997 2001 2005 2010 Referendums 2005