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]

Councillors

Term		Councillor[2]	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[3]

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

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2010: Linacre[4]

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

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