St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council elections
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One third of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 48 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.[1]
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
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Labour | 1973 - 2004 |
No overall control | 2004 - 2010 |
Labour | 2010 - present |
Council elections
Summary of the council composition after each council election, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2004 election reducing the number of seats by 6.[3]
Year | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Conservative | Independent | Socialist Labour | Liberal | Others |
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1988[4] | 40 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1990[5] | 38 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1991[6] | 34 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992[7] | 33 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1994[8] | 33 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1995[9] | 40 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1996[10] | 44 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998[11] | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999[12] | 37 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000[13] | 35 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002[14] | 33 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2003[15] | 33 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004[3] | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006[16] | 23 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007[17] | 21 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008[18] | 23 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010[19] | 28 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011[20] | 35 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012[21] | 40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014[22] | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Borough result maps
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2002 results map
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2004 results map
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2006 results map
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2008 results map
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2010 results map
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2011 results map
By-election results
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[23] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
By-election | Date | Incumbent party | Winning party | ||
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Marshalls Cross by-election | 21 January 1999 | Liberal Democrat | Liberal Democrat | ||
Newton West by-election | 21 January 1999 | Labour | Liberal Democrat | ||
Thatto Heath by-election | 21 January 1999 | Labour | Labour | ||
Marshalls Cross by-election | 19 September 2002 | Liberal Democrat | Liberal Democrat | ||
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 Democrat | Liberal Democrat | ||
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 | ||
References
- ↑ "Standing as a Candidate". St. Helens Council. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "St Helens". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- 1 2 "St Helens council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "The gains and losses: Council election results in full". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1988.
- ↑ "Local election results". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1990.
- ↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
- ↑ "Local election results 1992". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1992.
- ↑ "Metropolitan Districts - Local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1994. p. 9.
- ↑ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.
- ↑ "Complete list of results - Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1996. p. 8.
- ↑ "Local Elections results". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
- ↑ "How the nations voted - Election". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
- ↑ "St Helens". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "Local Elections: Town keeps it in the family". Liverpool Echo. NewsBank. 3 May 2002.
- ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "Local elections: St Helens". BBC News Online. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "Results - Election 2007". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
- ↑ "St Helens". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "St Helens". BBC News Online. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "Vote 2012". BBC News Online. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ Hughes, Lorna (24 May 2014). "Labour increases majority as UKIP fails to make major inroads - St Helens". Liverpool Echo. NewsBank.
- ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 21 February 2015.