Canal (ward)

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Canal Ward (2017) within Glasgow
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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]
•  Density 1,736/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
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Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GLASGOW
Postcode district G4, G21, G22, G23
Dialling code 0141
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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.

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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

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Kieran Wild
(Greens)		Ellen Hurcombe
(Labour)		Jim MacKechnie
(Labour)		Billy McAllister
(SNP/
Independent)
2012 [5] Chris Kelly
(Labour)		Helen Stephen
(Labour)
2016
2017 [6] Allan Gow
(SNP)		Gary Gray
(Labour)		Robert Mooney
(Labour)		Jacqueline McLaren
(SNP)
2022 [7] Fiona Higgins
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

Canal − 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
SNP Allan Gow (incumbent)25.41,470         
Labour Fiona Higgins23.51,363         
Independent Brian Land12.8746760 770 779 793 798 831 875 877  
Labour Robert Mooney (incumbent)11.9690698 851 871 888 899 1,036 1,087 1,089 1,418
SNP Jacqueline McLaren (incumbent)8.8512733 739 743 761 976 979 1,172  
Scottish Green Seonad Mairi Hoy5.6322344 351 367 377 399 410    
Conservative Maria Wells5.2299300 305 316 321 322     
SNP Sandra Watson3.9226251 252 256 268      
Alba Martin Lawson Olu-Osagie1.79699 100 103       
Liberal Democrats Scott Simpson1.26869 74        
Electorate: 19,686  Valid: 5,792  Spoilt: 346  Quota: 1,159  Turnout: 31.2%  

    Source: [8] [9]

    2017 election

    2017 Glasgow City Council election

    Canal - 4 seats [6]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011
    SNP Allan Gow29.93%1,727
    Labour Gary Gray25.54%1,474
    SNP Jacqueline McLaren12.48%7201,187
    Labour Robert Mooney8.98%518526 747 749 755 769 778 792 889 1,015 1,195
    Conservative Esme Clark8.84%510516 529 529 531 538 556 561 583 636
    Independent Billy McAllister (incumbent)5.39%311332 343 346 353 359 371 389 449
    Scottish Green Andrew Smith4.77%275297 304 315 320 339 343 367
    TUSC Angela McCormick1.07%6269 77 78 84 87 94
    UKIP Stuart Maskell1.11%6467 73 73 73 74
    Liberal Democrats Andrew Chamberlain0.97%5657 61 62 63
    Independent Amjad Mirza0.94%5456 60 60
    Electorate: 19,137  Valid: 5,771  Spoilt: 327  Quota: 1,155  Turnout: 31.9%  

      2012 election

      2012 Glasgow City Council election

              Canal - 4 seats [5]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456789101112
              Labour Chris Kelly [lower-alpha 1] 29.61%1,869           
              SNP Billy McAllister (incumbent) [lower-alpha 2] 22.83%1,441           
              Labour Helen Stephen14.89%9401,424          
              Scottish Green Kieran Wild (incumbent)9.27%585596 601 622 623 634 667 724 767 797 846 1,159
              SNP Gavin Roberts8.44%533547 696 708 709 715 735 747 758 775 813  
              Socialist Labour Jim Berrington4.29%271289 293 310 311 313 342 345 351 372   
              Scottish Unionist Brian Brown3.91%247254 256 261 275 278 290 292 332    
              Conservative Margaret Walker2.34%148151 151 154 157 160 160 184     
              Liberal Democrats Caroline Johnston1.84%116119 121 126 126 127 129      
              TUSC Angela McCormick1.70%107113 116 121 122 127       
              Glasgow First Fay Dornan0.54%3436 38 41 43        
              Scottish Unionist Graham Nicholls0.33%2124 25 27         
              Electorate: 23,679  Valid: 6,312  Spoilt: 255  Quota: 1,263  Turnout: 27.73 %  
                1. ↑ On 21 November 2016, 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. [10]
                2. ↑ McAllister resigned from the SNP and became an independent in April 2016, claiming that party leadership were intolerant to free speech. [11]

                    2007 election

                    2007 Glasgow City Council election

                                                  2007 Council election: Canal [3]
                                                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                                  123456789
                                                  SNP Billy McAllister [lower-alpha 1] 29.152,514        
                                                  Labour Ellen Hurcombe [lower-alpha 2] †††††††††††22.741,961        
                                                  Labour Jim MacKechnie [lower-alpha 3] 12.231,0551,118 1,247 1,263 1,274 1,288 1,333 1,393 1,692
                                                  Scottish Green Kieran Wild8.15703793 797 809 819 887 929 1,115 1,157
                                                  Liberal Democrats Norman Fraser6.81587651 658 673 693 711 814 861 905
                                                  Labour Haleema Malik [lower-alpha 4] 6.71579608 631 637 644 653 673 729  
                                                  Solidarity Angela McCormick4.93425544 553 567 584 648 660   
                                                  Conservative David E Ledgerwood3.92338358 361 368 451 453    
                                                  Scottish Socialist Kirsteen Redpath2.03175222 224 231 235     
                                                  Scottish Unionist Brian Brown2.24193214 217 225      
                                                  Independent James Cruickshank1.0994119 120       
                                                  Electorate: 22,344  Valid: 8,624  Spoilt: 264  Quota: 1,725  Turnout: 39.78%  
                                                    1. ↑ Outgoing councillor for Milton single-member ward.
                                                    2. ↑ Outgoing councillor for Ashfield single-member ward.
                                                    3. ↑ Outgoing councillor for North Kelvin single-member ward.
                                                    4. ↑ Outgoing councillor for Firhill single-member ward.

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                                                                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. 1 2 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. 1 2 "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
                                                                6. 1 2 "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
                                                                7. ↑ "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.[ permanent dead link ]
                                                                8. ↑ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 16 Canal". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
                                                                9. ↑ "Candidate votes per stage Ward 16 Canal". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
                                                                10. ↑ "Glasgow's balance of power on knife-edge as Labour member Chris Kelly quits politics". The Herald. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
                                                                11. ↑ "Glasgow SNP councillor quits "Stalinist" party". The Herald. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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