St. Helens South and Whiston
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of St. Helens South and Whiston in Merseyside for the 2010 general election
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Location of Merseyside within England
CountyMerseyside
Electorate78,612 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsEccleston, Lea Green, Prescot, Rainhill, St Helens, Sutton, Thatto Heath, Whiston
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentMarie Rimmer (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromSt 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]

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

Map
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

Election Member[8] Party
2010 Shaun Woodward Labour
2015 Marie Rimmer Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: St Helens South and Whiston[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Rimmer 29,457 58.5 ―9.3
Conservative Richard Short 10,335 20.5 ―1.3
Brexit Party Daniel Oxley 5,353 10.6 New
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer 2,886 5.7 +1.7
Green Kai Taylor 2,282 4.5 +1.8
Majority 19,122 38.0 ―8.0
Turnout 50,313 63.6 ―3.3
Labour hold Swing ―4.0
General election 2017: St Helens South and Whiston[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Rimmer 35,879 67.8 +8.0
Conservative Ed McRandal 11,536 21.8 +5.9
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer 2,101 4.0 ―1.7
UKIP Mark Hitchen 1,953 3.7 ―10.3
Green Jess Northey 1,417 2.7 ―1.9
Majority 24,343 46.0 +2.1
Turnout 52,886 66.9 +4.6
Labour hold Swing +1.1
General election 2015: St Helens South and Whiston[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Rimmer 28,950 59.8 +6.9
Conservative Gillian Keegan 7,707 15.9 ―1.9
UKIP John Beirne 6,766 14.0 +11.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer 2,737 5.7 ―16.5
Green James Chan 2,237 4.6 New
Majority 21,243 43.9 +13.2
Turnout 48,397 62.3 +3.2
Labour hold Swing +4.4
General election 2010: St Helens South and Whiston[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaun Woodward* 24,364 52.9 ―2.7
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer 10,242 22.2 ―6.6
Conservative Val Allen 8,209 17.8 +5.7
BNP James Winstanley 2,040 4.4 New
UKIP John Sumner 1,226 2.7 +0.8
Majority 14,122 30.7 ―3.9
Turnout 46,081 59.1 +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.

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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