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An election to the Aberdeen Corporation was held on 5 November 1907, alongsidemunicipal 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 AberdeenLabour 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 theAberdeen United Trades Council, the local branches of theSocial Democratic Federation and theIndependent Labour Party, and the Working Women's Political Association, a local women's suffrage group which later folded into a branch of theWomen's Social and Political Union. The group was originally formed to contest the1907 Aberdeen South by-election.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | John Newton (incumbent) | 492 | 59.1 | |
| Labour Repr. Cmte. | John Croll | 341 | 40.9 | |
| Majority | 151 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | Charles G. Esson | 943 | 53.9 | |
| Independent | Alexander Thomson | 807 | 46.1 | |
| Majority | 136 | |||
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