1955 Aberdeen Corporation election

1955 Aberdeen Corporation election

← 1954 May 3, 1955 (1955-05-03) 1956 →
12 out of 37 seats of City of Aberdeen Council 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	25.42%
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Progressives Independent Seats won 7 5 0 Seats after 20 16 1 Seat change 0 0 0 Popular vote 10,616 7,561 0 Percentage 50.78% 36.17% 0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Scottish Self-Government Aberdeen Municipal Unionist Party Communist Seats won 0 0 0 Seats after 0 0 0 Seat change 0 0 0 Popular vote 1,693 606 428 Percentage 8.10% 2.90% 2.05%
Composition of Corporation after the election

An election to the Aberdeen Corporation was held on 3 May 1955, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. 12 of the corporation's 37 seats were up for election, although only 8 were contested.

This election maintained the status quo of the last few years, with no seats changing hands and a further decrease in turnout resulting in another record low.^[1] The day before the election, David Sinclair Hay, councilor for Torry, resigned from the Labour Party and declared he would be sitting the rest of his term as an Independent.^[2]