Canal (ward)

Canal
Canal Ward (2017) within Glasgow
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
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UK
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Glasgow

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.

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/
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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SNP Allan Gow (incumbent) 25.4 1,470                  
Labour Fiona Higgins 23.5 1,363                  
Independent Brian Land 12.8 746 760 770 779 793 798 831 875 877  
Labour Robert Mooney (incumbent) 11.9 690 698 851 871 888 899 1,036 1,087 1,089 1,418
SNP Jacqueline McLaren (incumbent) 8.8 512 733 739 743 761 976 979 1,172    
Scottish Green Seonad Mairi Hoy 5.6 322 344 351 367 377 399 410      
Conservative Maria Wells 5.2 299 300 305 316 321 322        
SNP Sandra Watson 3.9 226 251 252 256 268          
Alba Martin Lawson Olu-Osagie 1.7 96 99 100 103            
Liberal Democrats Scott Simpson 1.2 68 69 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[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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 Andrew Chamberlain 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%  

2012 election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

Canal – 4 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Labour Chris Kelly[a] 29.61% 1,869                      
SNP Billy McAllister (incumbent)[b] 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 %  
  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.[11]
  2. ^ McAllister resigned from the SNP and became an independent in April 2016, claiming that party leadership were intolerant to free speech.[12]

2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Canal[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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 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. ^ 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.

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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
  6. ^ "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. ^ "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Glasgow's balance of power on knife-edge as Labour member Chris Kelly quits politics". The Herald. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Glasgow SNP councillor quits "Stalinist" party". The Herald. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2021.