St Helens South and Whiston (UK Parliament constituency)

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St. Helens South and Whiston
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
North West England - St Helens South and Whiston constituency.svg
Boundary of St Helens South and Whiston in North West England
County Merseyside
Electorate 70,937 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Eccleston, Lea Green, Prescot, Rainhill, St Helens, Sutton, Thatto Heath, Whiston
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Marie Rimmer (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from St Helens South,
Knowsley South (part)

St. Helens South and Whiston is a constituency created in 2010 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Marie Rimmer of the Labour Party. [n 1]

Contents

History

Creation

Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for England expanded and renamed the St Helens South seat, covering the south of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens and three wards of the Knowsley borough which were in the neighbouring seat of Knowsley South (abolished).

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to minor boundary changes, with parts of Whiston and Cronton ward being included in the new constituency of Widnes and Halewood , first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election. [2]

Results of the winning party

The area has been held by the Labour Party since the 1935 election (including predecessor seats).

This seat's first MP was Shaun Woodward who had been MP for St Helens South from 2001 to 2010. He had first been elected to Parliament in 1997 as the Conservative MP for Witney, defecting to Labour in 1999. He was succeeded by Marie Rimmer at the 2015 election.The 2015 result made the seat the 24th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. [3]

Results of other parties

The 2015 general election saw (with 11.3%) more than the national average swing (+9.5%) to UKIP (narrowly placed third). Labour's candidate won more than fivefold those votes, scoring 59.8%.

The Liberal Democrats came second in 2010 with 22.2% of the vote; this has gradually declined and by the 2024 general election they came in sixth with 5.8%. Reform UK were runners-up in 2024, having increased its vote to 18.3% from 10.6% in 2019 (as the Brexit Party). The Conservatives were relegated to fourth place in 2024 by independent candidate James Tasker. [4]

Turnout

Turnout has ranged from 53.3% (2024) to 66.9% (2017).

Boundaries

St Helens South and Whiston (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

2010-2024

The following electoral wards:

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:

Following a local government boundary review in St Helens which came into effect in May 2022, [6] [7] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

The majority of the Whiston & Cronton ward - excluding the town centre of Whiston - was included in the new constituency of Widnes and Halewood.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [9] Party
2010 Shaun Woodward Labour
2015 Marie Rimmer Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: St Helens South and Whiston [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Rimmer [12] 18,919 49.7 −8.4
Reform UK Raymond Peters6,97418.3+7.7
Independent James Tasker4,24411.2N/A
Conservative Emma Ellison3,0578.0–13.3
Green Terence Price [13] 2,6427.0+2.6
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer [14] 2,1995.8+0.1
Majority11,94531.4–6.6
Turnout 38,12053.3–10.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: St Helens South and Whiston [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Rimmer 29,457 58.5 ―9.3
Conservative Richard Short10,33520.5―1.3
Brexit Party Daniel Oxley5,35310.6New
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer2,8865.7+1.7
Green Kai Taylor2,2824.5+1.8
Majority19,12238.0―8.0
Turnout 50,31363.6―3.3
Labour hold Swing ―4.0
General election 2017: St Helens South and Whiston [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Rimmer 35,879 67.8 +8.0
Conservative Ed McRandal11,53621.8+5.9
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer2,1014.0―1.7
UKIP Mark Hitchen1,9533.7―10.3
Green Jess Northey1,4172.7―1.9
Majority24,34346.0+2.1
Turnout 52,88666.9+4.6
Labour hold Swing +1.1
General election 2015: St Helens South and Whiston [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Rimmer 28,950 59.8 +6.9
Conservative Gillian Keegan 7,70715.9―1.9
UKIP John Beirne6,76614.0+11.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer2,7375.7―16.5
Green James Chan2,2374.6New
Majority21,24343.9+13.2
Turnout 48,39762.3+3.2
Labour hold Swing +4.4
General election 2010: St Helens South and Whiston [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaun Woodward* 24,364 52.9 ―2.7
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer10,24222.2―6.6
Conservative Val Allen8,20917.8+5.7
BNP James Winstanley2,0404.4New
UKIP John Sumner1,2262.7+0.8
Majority14,12230.7―3.9
Turnout 46,08159.1+5.9
Labour hold Swing +1.9
*Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer. 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.

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