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.Council elections 2017: Canal ward moving from deprivation to regeneration, Evening Times, 3 April 2017
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 ElectionCouncillors2007Kieran Wild(Greens)Ellen Hurcombe(Labour)Jim MacKechnie(Labour)Billy McAllister(SNP/Independent)2012 Chris Kelly(Labour)Helen Stephen(Labour)20162017 Allan Gow(SNP)Gary Gray(Labour)Robert Mooney(Labour)Jacqueline McLaren(SNP)2022Fiona Higgins(Labour)
Election results 2022 election 2022 Glasgow City Council election
2017 election 2017 Glasgow City Council election
2012 election 2012 Glasgow City Council election
2007 election 2007 Glasgow City Council election
See also Wards of Glasgow
References
External links Listed Buildings in Canal Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings