Linacre (ward)
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Linacre is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency. It covers the area of Bootle historically known as Linacre, including Bootle town centre, the New Strand Shopping Centre, and Gladstone Dock. According to the 2021 census, the ward had a population of 13,601.{{cite web |title=Ward population 2021 |url=https://censusdata.uk/e05000942-linacre/ |accessdate=23 April 2025 |website=UKcensusdata.com}} From the 2026 United Kingdom local elections, the ward will be renamed Bootle West, following minor boundary changes.{{Cite web |last=Council |first=Sefton |date=2024-10-02 |title=Local Government Boundary Review of Sefton |url=https://www.sefton.gov.uk/your-council/councillors-meetings-decisions/elections-in-sefton/local-government-boundary-review-of-sefton/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=www.sefton.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}
Etymology
The name Linacre derives from Middle English līn ('flax') and aker ('field'), thus once denoting a place associated with a flax-field.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}}.
Election results
=Elections of the 2020s=
{{Election box begin | title=Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2024: Linacre{{cite web|url=https://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=363 | title=Election results for Linacre, 2 May 2024 | date=2 May 2024 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joanne Williams
|votes = 1402
|percentage = 86%
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Charles Mellalieu
|votes = 134
|percentage = 8%
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|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Graham Campbell
|votes = 103
|percentage = 6%
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|votes = 1639
|percentage = 18%
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box begin | title=Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2023: Linacre{{cite web|url=https://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=323&V=0&RPID=0 | title=Election results for Linacre, 4 May 2023 | date=4 May 2023 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=John Fairclough|votes=1166|percentage=76%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Lily Davies|votes=139|percentage=9%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=John Philip Rice|votes=138|percentage=9%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Anne Clegg|votes=91|percentage=6%|change=}}
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{{Election box turnout||votes=1534|percentage=17%|change=}}
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=Elections of the 2010s=
{{Election box begin | title=Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2011: Linacre{{cite web|url=http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=39&RPID=3097131|title=Sefton Council|website=Modgov.sefton.gov.uk|date=5 May 2011 |accessdate=20 May 2016}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Fairclough
|votes = 1758
|percentage = 82%
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|party = UKIP
|candidate = Robin-Micheal Thompson
|votes = 191
|percentage = 9%
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Colin Anderson
|votes = 110
|percentage = 5%
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas James Moylan
|votes = 93
|percentage = 4%
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2152
|percentage = 28%
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box begin | title=Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2010: Linacre{{cite web|url=http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=11&RPID=1472870|title=Sefton Council|website=Modgov.sefton.gov.uk|date=6 May 2010 |accessdate=20 May 2016}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gordon Friel
|votes = 2699
|percentage = 69%
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Eileen Elizabeth Smith
|votes = 543
|percentage = 14%
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Paul Andrew Nuttall
|votes = 457
|percentage = 12%
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alistair McNeill
|votes = 211
|percentage = 5%
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3910
|percentage = 49%
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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References
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