St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held every four years. St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, which styles itself St Helens Borough Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of St Helens in Merseyside, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 48 councillors have been elected from 18 wards. Prior to the 2022 boundary changes, elections were held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. [1]

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Council elections

Summary of the council composition after each council election, click on the year for full details of each election.

Year Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Green Party Independent OthersNotes
1973 3608010
1975 30113010
1976 26117010
1978 24120000
1979 27018000
1980 43011000New ward boundaries increased seats from 45 to 54. [2]
1982 41211000
1983 41211000
1984 41211000
1986 4509000
1987 4428000
1988 [3] 4068000
1990 [4] 38106000
1991 [5] 34155000
1992 [6] 33156000
1994 [7] 33145002
1995 [8] 40103001 Liberal (1989)
1996 [9] 4491000
1998 [10] 42102000
1999 [11] 37143000
2000 [12] 35154000
2002 [13] 33155001 Socialist Labour
2003 [14] 33156000
2004 [15] 24186000New ward boundaries reduced seats from 54 to 48. [16]
2006 [17] 23196000
2007 [18] 21206010
2008 [19] 23196000
2010 [20] 28155000
2011 [21] 3594000
2012 [22] 4053000
2014 [23] 4233000
2015 4233000
2016 4233000
2018 [24] 4133010
2019 [24] 3743220
2021 3543330
2022 2942670New ward boundaries and change to elections every four years. [1]

‡Includes Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party pre-1988.

Borough result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; [25] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Marshalls Cross by-election 21 January 1999 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Newton West by-election 21 January 1999 Labour Liberal Democrats
Thatto Heath by-election 21 January 1999 Labour Labour
Marshalls Cross by-election 19 September 2002 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Rainford by-election 23 November 2006 Conservative Conservative
Parr by-election 12 March 2009 Labour Labour
Rainhill by-election 12 March 2009 Labour Labour
Moss Bank by-election 16 July 2009 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Billinge and Seneley Green by-election 14 October 2010 Labour Labour
Haydock by-election 2 December 2010 Labour Labour
Windle by-election 2 May 2013 Labour Labour
Billinge and Seneley Green by-election 28 November 2013 Labour Labour
Thatto Heath Green by-election 21 January 2016 Labour Labour
Moss Bank by-election 20 October 2022 Labour Labour
Windle by-election 4 July 2024 Labour Labour
Blackbrook by-election 12 December 2024 Labour Reform UK
Sutton South East by-election 3 April 2025 Liberal Democrats Reform UK

References

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