St Helens South and Whiston (UK Parliament constituency)

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St. Helens South and Whiston
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of St. Helens South and Whiston in Merseysidefor the 2010 general election
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Location of Merseyside within England
County Merseyside
Electorate 78,612 (December 2010) [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

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

Contents

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

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 a neighbouring seat.

Results of the winning party

The area has been held by the Labour Party since the 1945 election (including predecessor seats), and part since 1935. 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%.

Turnout

Turnout has risen from 59.1% to 62.3%

Boundaries

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

The boundaries have not changed to date.

Its electoral wards are:

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Following boundary changes in the Borough of Knowsley, the majority of the Whiston & Cronton ward - excluding the town centre of Whiston - will be included in the new constituency of Widnes and Halewood.

Following a local government boundary review in St Helens which came into effect in May 2022 [5] [6] , the constituency will now comprise the following from the next general election:

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] Party
2010 Shaun Woodward Labour
2015 Marie Rimmer Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: St Helens South and Whiston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer [9]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: St Helens South and Whiston [10]
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 [11]
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 [12] [13]
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 [14] [15]
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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References

  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "North West | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  5. ↑ LGBCE. "St Helens | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "The St Helens (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
  7. ↑ "New Seat Details - St Helens South and Whiston". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
  9. ↑ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack . Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "Statement of persons nominated" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "St Helens South & Whiston 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 South & Whiston". 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. ↑ "BBC News | Election 2010 | Constituency | St Helens South & Whiston". news.bbc.co.uk.

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