# Canal (ward)

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. 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.
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 | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Kieran Wild (Greens) | | Ellen Hurcombe (Labour) | Jim MacKechnie (Labour) | Billy McAllister (SNP/ Independent) |
| 2012 | Chris Kelly (Labour) | Kieran Wild (Greens) | Helen Stephen (Labour) | | | Billy McAllister (SNP/ Independent) |
| 2016 | Chris Kelly (Labour) | Kieran Wild (Greens) | Helen Stephen (Labour) | | | Billy McAllister (SNP/ Independent) |
| 2017 | | Allan Gow (SNP) | Gary Gray (Labour) | Robert Mooney (Labour) | Jacqueline McLaren (SNP) |
| 2022 | Fiona Higgins (Labour) | Allan Gow (SNP) | | Robert Mooney (Labour) | Jacqueline McLaren (SNP) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election
Canal − 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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% ||||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Glasgow City Council election
Canal – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | 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 | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | 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 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.
* ↑ McAllister resigned from the SNP and became an independent in April 2016, claiming that party leadership were intolerant to free speech.

### 2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election
2007 Council election: Canal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | SNP | Billy McAllister | 29.15 | 2,514 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ellen Hurcombe††††††††††† | 22.74 | 1,961 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim MacKechnie | 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 | 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% |||||||||||||
* ↑ Outgoing councillor for Milton single-member ward.
* ↑ Outgoing councillor for Ashfield single-member ward.
* ↑ Outgoing councillor for North Kelvin single-member ward.
* ↑ Outgoing councillor for Firhill single-member ward.