Linacre (ward)
Linacre is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the area of the town of Bootle historically known as Linacre and which contains Bootle centre, the New Strand Shopping Centre, and Gladstone Dock. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 12,305.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The name Linacre derives from Middle English līn ('flax') and aker ('field'), thus once denoting a place associated with a flax-field.[2]
Election results
[edit]Elections of the 2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Cllr John Fairclough | 1758 | 82% | ||
| UKIP | Robin-Micheal Thompson | 191 | 9% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Anderson | 110 | 5% | ||
| Conservative | Thomas James Moylan | 93 | 4% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2152 | 28% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gordon Friel | 2699 | 69% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Eileen Elizabeth Smith | 543 | 14% | ||
| UKIP | Paul Andrew Nuttall | 457 | 12% | ||
| Conservative | Alistair McNeill | 211 | 5% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3910 | 49% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Ward population 2011". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ed. by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, 4 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), III, p. 1592 [s.v. Linacre]; ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4.
- ^ "Sefton Council". Modgov.sefton.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Sefton Council". Modgov.sefton.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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