St Helens North (UK Parliament constituency)

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St. Helens North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
North West England - St Helens North constituency.svg
Boundary of St Helens North in North West England
County Merseyside
Electorate 76,082 (2023) [1]
Major settlements St Helens, Billinge, Earlestown, Haydock, Newton-le-Willows and Rainford
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament David Baines (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from St Helens, Newton, Ince, Ormskirk and Huyton [2]

St. Helens North is a constituency [n 1] created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by the Labour Party's David Baines since 2024. [n 2]

Contents

Boundaries

St Helens North (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens wards of Billinge and Seneley Green, Blackbrook, Broad Oak, Haydock, Moss Bank, Newton East, Newton West, Rainford, and Windle.

2010–2022: As above, subject to changes in the local authority ward structure, with Parr replacing Broad Oak, Newton East renamed Newton, and Newton West becoming Earlestown.

2022–present: Following a further local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022, [3] [4] the Newton and Earlestown wards reverted back to Newton-le-Willows East and Newton-le-Willows West respectively. The constituency now comprises the following wards of the Borough of St Helens:

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged. [6]

The constituency is one of two covering the Metropolitan Borough, the other being St Helens South and Whiston. It includes the north of the town of St Helens, and Billinge, Seneley Green, Earlestown, Blackbrook, Haydock, Newton-le-Willows and Rainford.

History

Results of the winning party

The constituency was created in 1983, primarily replacing parts of the St Helens and Newton constituencies, both of which had been held by the Labour Party since 1935. Candidates fielded by Labour have won this seat at every general election – except for 1983, by an absolute majority. Their vote share ranged from 47.9% (1983) to 64.9% (1997).

The constituency was first won by the former Newton MP John Evans and from 1997 to 2015 by David Watts, a former council leader. His successor was Connor McGinn. In December 2022, McGinn was suspended by the Labour Party but continued to sit as an independent MP until he stood down at the 2024 general election, when the seat was won by Labour's David Baines.

Opposition parties

The Conservative Party have fielded the runner-up candidate in every election except 2005 (Liberal Democrats) and 2024 (Reform UK). Neither the Liberal Democrats nor the Green candidate won 5% of the vote in 2015 to retain their deposits. The third place in 2015 was taken by the UKIP candidate, Smith, who narrowly gained more than the national average swing through a swing of 10.4%. [n 3] In 2017, all three of these parties lost their deposit. In 2019, the Brexit Party won 11.3% of the vote, which it doubled to 22.5% in 2024, standing under its new name of Reform UK.

Turnout

Turnout has ranged from 77.4% in 1992 to 52.7% in 2001.

Constituency profile

The seat includes the large town of St Helens, noted by visitors for its successful rugby league side and the nearby horseracing racecourse at Haydock Park. Despite these prominent sports venues, workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 4.7% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian , which was close to the Greater Manchester and Merseyside average but higher than the regional average of 4.4%. [7]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] Party
1983 John Evans Labour
1997 Dave Watts Labour
2015 Conor McGinn Labour
2022 Independent
2024 David Baines Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: St Helens North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Baines 21,284 52.6 +0.3
Reform UK Malcolm Webster9,11522.5+11.2
Conservative Jayne Rear4,50711.1−15.5
Green Daniel Thomas3,4958.6+4.5
Liberal Democrats Pat Moloney1,7994.4−1.2
English Constitution Joe Greenhalgh2740.7New
Majority12,16930.1+4.4
Turnout 40,47453.6−8.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: St Helens North [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Conor McGinn 24,870 52.3 −11.4
Conservative Joel Charles12,66126.6−0.5
Brexit Party Malcolm Webster5,39611.3New
Liberal Democrats Pat Moloney2,6685.6+3.0
Green David Van Der Burg1,9664.1+1.7
Majority12,20925.7−10.9
Turnout 47,56162.9−3.1
Labour hold Swing −5.4
General election 2017: St Helens North [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Conor McGinn 32,012 63.7 +6.7
Conservative Jackson Ng13,60627.1+7.5
UKIP Peter Peers2,0974.2−10.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Morrison1,2872.6−1.8
Green Rachel Parkinson1,2202.4−1.4
Majority18,40636.6−0.8
Turnout 50,22266.0+4.5
Labour hold Swing −0.4
General election 2015: St Helens North [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Conor McGinn 26,378 57.0 +5.3
Conservative Paul Richardson9,08719.6−2.7
UKIP Ian Smith6,98315.1+10.4
Liberal Democrats Denise Aspinall2,0464.4−15.8
Green Elizabeth Ward1,7623.8New
Majority17,29137.4+8.0
Turnout 46,25661.5+1.7
Labour hold Swing +4.0
General election 2010: St Helens North [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Watts 23,041 51.7 −8.2
Conservative Paul Greenall9,94022.3+3.4
Liberal Democrats John Beirne8,99220.2−1.1
UKIP Gary Robinson2,1004.7+1.7
Socialist Labour Stephen Whatham4831.0New
Majority13,10129.4−6.2
Turnout 44,55659.8+2.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: St Helens North [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Watts 22,329 56.9 −4.2
Liberal Democrats John Beirne8,36721.3+3.7
Conservative Paul Oakley7,41018.9+0.1
UKIP Sylvia Hall1,1653.0New
Majority13,96235.6−6.7
Turnout 39,27157.8+5.1
Labour hold Swing −4.0
General election 2001: St Helens North [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Watts 22,977 61.1 −3.8
Conservative Simon Pearce7,07618.8+1.5
Liberal Democrats John Beirne6,60917.6+4.9
Socialist Labour Stephen Whatham9392.5+0.8
Majority15,90142.3−5.3
Turnout 37,60152.7−16.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: St Helens North [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Watts 31,953 64.9 +7.0
Conservative Pelham Walker8,53617.3−11.2
Liberal Democrats John Beirne6,27012.7−0.4
Referendum David Johnson1,2762.6New
Socialist Labour Ron Waugh8331.7New
UKIP Richard Rubin3630.7New
Majority23,41747.6+18.2
Turnout 49,23168.9−8.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1992: St. Helens North [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Evans 31,930 57.9 +4.2
Conservative Brendan Anderson15,68628.5+1.2
Liberal Democrats John Beirne7,22413.1−6.0
Natural Law Anne Lynch2870.5New
Majority16,24429.4+3.0
Turnout 55,12777.4+1.1
Labour hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: St Helens North [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Evans 28,989 53.7 +5.8
Conservative Melinda Libby14,72927.3−3.1
Liberal Neil Derbyshire10,30019.1−2.6
Majority14,26026.4+8.9
Turnout 54,01876.3+1.8
Labour hold Swing +4.4
General election 1983: St Helens North [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Evans 25,334 47.9
Conservative Anthony Rhodes16,07530.4
Liberal Neil Derbyshire11,52521.7
Majority9,25917.5
Turnout 52,93474.5
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ↑ UKIP's swing nationally was +9.5% in 2015

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "'St Helens North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. ↑ LGBCE. "St Helens | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "The St Helens (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
  5. ↑ "New Seat Details - St Helens North". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  7. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  8. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
  9. ↑ St Helens North
  10. ↑ "Statement of persons nominated" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "St Helens North parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "St Helens North". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  20. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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