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]
The name Linacre derives from Middle English līn ('flax') and aker ('field'), thus once denoting a place associated with a flax-field. [2]
Term | Councillor [3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1993–Present | John Fairclough | Labour Party | |
1994–Present | Gordon Friel | Labour Party | |
1996–Present | Brenda O'Brien | Labour Party |
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 | ||||
The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974, by the amalgamation of the county boroughs of Bootle and Southport, the municipal borough of Crosby, the urban districts of Formby and Litherland, and part of West Lancashire Rural District. It consists of a coastal strip of land on the Irish Sea which extends from Southport in the north to Bootle in the south, and an inland part to Maghull in the south-east, bounded by the city of Liverpool to the south, the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley to the south-east, and West Lancashire to the east.
Bootle is a constituency which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Peter Dowd of the Labour Party.
Orrell is the name given to a residential area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is not to be confused with Orrell Park which is a separate neighbouring area.
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Netherton and Orrell is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the southern part of the locality of Netherton, and all of the area of Orrell. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 12,653.
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Victoria is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the locality of Great Crosby. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 13,252.
Church is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the localities of Seaforth and Waterloo. The population of the ward as taken at the 2011 census was 12,068.
Meols is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the localities of Churchtown and Crossens in the north end of the town of Southport. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 12,425.
St. Oswald is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the northern part of the locality of Netherton. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 11,849.
Litherland is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the southern part of the locality of Litherland. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 11,231.
Ford is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the northern part of the locality of Litherland and all of Ford.
Molyneux is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Sefton Central Parliamentary constituency that covers the localities of Aintree, Melling, Waddicar and the southern part of Maghull. The population of the ward as at the 2011 census was 12,763.
Sudell is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Sefton Central Parliamentary constituency that covers the eastern part of the town of Maghull including the village of Kennessee Green. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 12,681.
Norwood is an area and Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the localities of Blowick and Highpark in the town of Southport.
Cambridge is a electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It is in the Southport Parliamentary constituency which covers the locality of Marshside in the town of Southport.
Dukes is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the western part of the localities of Birkdale and Hillside in the town of Southport. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 13,333.
Derby is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the area of the town of Bootle centred on the Derby park for which the ward is named after. The population taken at the 2011 census was 12,360.
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.
Coordinates: 53°27′04″N2°59′51″W / 53.4512°N 2.9975°W