Linacre (ward)

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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]

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Etymology

The name Linacre derives from Middle English līn ('flax') and aker ('field'), thus once denoting a place associated with a flax-field. [2]

Councillors

TermCouncillor [3] Party
1993–Present John Fairclough Labour Party
1994–Present Gordon Friel Labour Party
1996–Present Brenda O'Brien Labour Party

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2011: Linacre [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cllr John Fairclough175882%
UKIP Robin-Micheal Thompson1919%
Liberal Democrats Colin Anderson1105%
Conservative Thomas James Moylan934%
Majority
Turnout 215228%
Labour hold Swing
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2010: Linacre [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Friel269969%
Liberal Democrats Eileen Elizabeth Smith54314%
UKIP Paul Andrew Nuttall 45712%
Conservative Alistair McNeill2115%
Majority
Turnout 391049%
Labour hold Swing

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Linacre is a word deriving from Middle English līn ('flax') and aker ('field'), thus originally denoting places associated with a flax-field. It is also found as a surname originating as a name given to people from places called Linacre.

References

  1. "Ward population 2011". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. 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.
  3. "Sefton Council". Modgov.sefton.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  4. "Sefton Council". Modgov.sefton.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  5. "Sefton Council". Modgov.sefton.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

Coordinates: 53°27′04″N2°59′51″W / 53.4512°N 2.9975°W / 53.4512; -2.9975