Canal (ward)

Canal (Ward 16) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.[2] Since its creation in 2007 it has returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[3] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed and the ward decreased in population, but continued to return four councillors.

Canal

Aerial view looking west over Milton which forms a large proportion of the Canal ward (2012)
Area14.40 km2 (5.56 sq mi)
Population25,000 (2015)[1]
• Density1,736/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG4, G21, G22, G23
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
Canal Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Boundaries

Located in the north of Glasgow, the ward includes Possilpark and Milton as well as Ruchill, Firhill, Hamiltonhill, Parkhouse, Lambhill, Port Dundas and part of Cowlairs, consisting of the streets to the west of the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line railway tracks which form the ward's eastern boundary (the exception is a small section of the Colston neighbourhood on the eastern side of the tracks which is included to Canal ward; however, this area is further divided with everything north of Colston Road belonging to the adjoining town of Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire). The west boundary is the Port Dundas branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal, which gives the ward its name.[4]

The 2017 changes added more territory west of the main canal (which was previously the boundary but now lies mostly within the ward), taking in the Cadder neighbourhood from the Maryhill/Kelvin ward, along with a large area around Balmore Road which is almost uninhabited. In contrast, the more densely populated North Kelvinside neighbourhood was reassigned to the Hillhead ward.

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Kieran Wild
(Greens)		 Ellen Hurcombe
(Labour)		 Jim MacKechnie
(Labour)		 Billy McAllister
(SNP)
2012 Chris Kelly
(Labour)		 Helen Stephen
(Labour)
2017 Allan Gow
(SNP)		 Gary Gray
(Labour)		 Robert Mooney
(Labour)		 Jacqueline McLaren
(SNP)

Election Results

2007
Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election
Canal - 4 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
SNP Billy McAllister[lower-alpha 1] 29.15 2,514                
Labour Ellen Hurcombe[lower-alpha 2] 22.74 1,961                
Labour Jim MacKechnie[lower-alpha 3] 12.23 1,055 1,118 1,247 1,263 1,274 1,288 1,333 1,393 1,692
Green Kieran Wild 8.15 703 793 797 809 819 887 929 1,115 1,157
Liberal Democrats Norman Fraser 6.81 587 651 658 673 693 711 814 861 905
Labour Haleema Malik[lower-alpha 4] 6.71 579 608 631 637 644 653 673 729  
Solidarity Angela McCormick 4.93 425 544 553 567 584 648 660    
Conservative David E Ledgerwood 3.92 338 358 361 368 451 453      
Scottish Socialist Kirsteen Redpath 2.03 175 222 224 231 235        
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) Brian Brown 2.24 193 214 217 225          
Independent James Cruickshank 1.09 94 119 120            
Electorate: 22,344   Valid: 8,624   Spoilt: 264   Quota: 1,725   Turnout: 39.78%
    1. Returning councillor for Milton single-member ward.
    2. Returning councillor for Ashfield single-member ward.
    3. Returning councillor for North Kelvin single-member ward.
    4. Returning councillor for Firhill single-member ward.
    • On 27 March 2012, Cllr Ellen Hurcombe resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent.

    2012
    Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election
    Canal - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789101112
    Labour Chris Kelly 29.61% 1,869                      
    SNP Billy McAllister (incumbent) 22.83% 1,441                      
    Labour Helen Stephen 14.89% 940 1,424                    
    Green Kieran Wild (incumbent) 9.27% 585 596 601 622 623 634 667 724 767 797 846 1,159
    SNP Gavin Roberts 8.44% 533 547 696 708 709 715 735 747 758 775 813  
    Socialist Labour Jim Berrington 4.29% 271 289 293 310 311 313 342 345 351 372    
    Scottish Unionist Brian Brown 3.91% 247 254 256 261 275 278 290 292 332      
    Conservative Margaret Walker 2.34% 148 151 151 154 157 160 160 184        
    Liberal Democrats Caroline Johnston 1.84% 116 119 121 126 126 127 129          
    TUSC Angela McCormick 1.70% 107 113 116 121 122 127            
    Glasgow First Fay Dornan 0.54% 34 36 38 41 43              
    Scottish Unionist Graham Nicholls 0.33% 21 24 25 27                
    Electorate: 23,679   Valid: 6,312   Spoilt: 255   Quota: 1,263   Turnout: 27.73 %
      • On 24 April 2016 SNP Cllr Billy McAllister resigned from the party and became an Independent, claiming that the SNP leadership were intolerant to free speech.[5]
      • On 21 November 2016, Labour Cllr Chris Kelly resigned from the council to take up a politically restricted position at HMRC. No by-election was called due to the resignation's proximity to the May 2017 elections.

      2017
      Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election
      Canal - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      SNP Allan Gow 29.93% 1,727
      Labour Gary Gray 25.54% 1,474
      SNP Jacqueline McLaren 12.48% 720 1,187
      Labour Robert Mooney 8.98% 518 526 747 749 755 769 778 792 889 1,015 1,195
      Conservative Esme Clark 8.84% 510 516 529 529 531 538 556 561 583 636
      Independent Billy McAllister (incumbent) 5.39% 311 332 343 346 353 359 371 389 449
      Green Andrew Smith 4.77% 275 297 304 315 320 339 343 367
      TUSC Angela McCormick 1.07% 62 69 77 78 84 87 94
      UKIP Stuart Maskell 1.11% 64 67 73 73 73 74
      Liberal Democrats Calum Shepherd 0.97% 56 57 61 62 63
      Independent Amjad Mirza 0.94% 54 56 60 60
      Electorate: 19,137   Valid: 5,771   Spoilt: 327   Quota: 1,155   Turnout: 31.9%
        • On 13th February 2022 Labour Cllr Gary Gray tragically died. No by-election was held due to proximity to the May 2022 local government elections

        See also

        References
        1. City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 16 - Canal, Glasgow City Council
        2. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
        3. Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
        4. Council elections 2017: Canal ward moving from deprivation to regeneration, Evening Times, 3 April 2017
        5. "Glasgow SNP councillor quits "Stalinist" party". HeraldScotland.
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