Canal (ward)

Canal
Canal
	Aerial view looking west over Milton which forms a large proportion of the Canal ward (2012)
Area	14.40 km2 (5.56 sq mi)
Population	25,000 (2015)
• Density	1,736/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G4, G21, G22, G23
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
	List of places UK Scotland Glasgow

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

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.^[3]

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	rowspan=2; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color" \|	Kieran Wild (Greens)	rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Ellen Hurcombe (Labour)	rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Jim MacKechnie (Labour)	rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Billy McAllister (SNP)
2012	Chris Kelly (Labour)	Kieran Wild (Greens)	Helen Stephen (Labour)					Billy McAllister (SNP)
2017	rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Allan Gow (SNP)	Gary Gray (Labour)	Robert Mooney (Labour)	Jacqueline McLaren (SNP)

Election Results

2007

Canal - 4 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Billy McAllister^[a]	29.15	2,514
	Labour	Ellen Hurcombe^[b]	22.74	1,961
	Labour	Jim MacKechnie^[c]	12.23	1,055	1,118	1,247	1,263	1,274	1,288	1,333	1,393	1,692
	Scottish 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^[d]	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%

^ Returning councillor for Milton single-member ward.
^ Returning councillor for Ashfield single-member ward.
^ Returning councillor for North Kelvin single-member ward.
^ Returning councillor for Firhill single-member ward.

On 27 March 2012, Cllr Ellen Hurcombe resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent.

2012

Canal - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Labour	Chris Kelly	29.61%	1,869
	SNP	Billy McAllister (incumbent)	22.83%	1,441
	Labour	Helen Stephen	14.89%	940	1,424
	Scottish 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.^[4]
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

Canal - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	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
	Scottish 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%

References

^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 16 - Canal, Glasgow City Council
^ ^a ^b Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
^ Council elections 2017: Canal ward moving from deprivation to regeneration, Evening Times, 3 April 2017
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External links

Listed Buildings in Canal Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings

[4] Returning councillor for Milton single-member ward.

[5] Returning councillor for Ashfield single-member ward.

[6] Returning councillor for North Kelvin single-member ward.

[7] Returning councillor for Firhill single-member ward.

[1] City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 16 - Canal, Glasgow City Council

[ateale-2] Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[3] Council elections 2017: Canal ward moving from deprivation to regeneration, Evening Times, 3 April 2017

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