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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Lisa Rand

Row over deputy leader's properties continues with new allegation

A new complaint has been submitted about the deputy leader of Sefton Council amid allegations he failed to declare a property that he owns.

The house in question, at 12 Cookson Road in Bootle, was bought by Cllr John Fairclough in 2017 and is jointly owned with a relative.

The deputy leader and Linacre ward councillor had not declared his ownership of the property in the council register of interests – although after a complaint was submitted last week the register was then updated to include the property.

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