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1907 Aberdeen Corporation election

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1907 Aberdeen Corporation election

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11 out of 34 seats of City of Aberdeen Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Independent Labour Repr. Cmte.
Seats won 11 0
Seats after 34 0
Seat change 0 0
Popular vote 2,242 341
Percentage 86.8% 13.2%

Composition of Corporation after the election

An election to the Aberdeen Corporation was held on 5 November 1907, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. 11 of the corporation's 34 seats were up for election, although only 2 were contested.

This election saw the first municipal contests in Aberdeen with a candidate supported by the Aberdeen Labour Representation Committee (LRC). While unaffiliated with the national body that had formed in 1900, this local group was modeled and named the same. The LRC consisted of the Aberdeen United Trades Council, the local branches of the Social Democratic Federation and the Independent Labour Party, and the Working Women's Political Association, a local women's suffrage group which later folded into a branch of the Women's Social and Political Union. The group was originally formed to contest the 1907 Aberdeen South by-election.[1]

Ward results

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Rosemount
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent John Newton (incumbent) 492 59.1
Labour Repr. Cmte. John Croll 341 40.9
Majority 151
Turnout
Independent hold
St. Clement
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Charles G. Esson 943 53.9
Independent Alexander Thomson 807 46.1
Majority 136
Turnout
Independent hold

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References

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  1. ^ "The Representation of South Aberdeen". The Press and Journal. 28 December 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ "The Elections: Results of the Polls". The Press and Journal. 6 November 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Municipal Elections". The Herald (Glasgow). 6 November 1907. p. 11. Retrieved 10 December 2023.