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June 2021Summary Report
The full report and detailed maps:www.consultation.lgbce.org.uk
www.lgbce.org.uk
St Helens CouncilFinal Recommendations on the new electoral
arrangements
Who we are ● The Local Government Boundary Commission
for England is an independent body set up by Parliament.
● We are not part of government or any political party.
● We are accountable to Parliament through a committee of MPs chaired by the Speaker of the House of Commons.
● Our main role is to carry out electoral reviews of local authorities throughout England.
Electoral reviewAn electoral review examines and proposes new electoral arrangements for a local authority, including:
● The total number of councillors representing the council’s voters (‘council size’).
● The names, number and boundaries of wards ● The number of councillors for each ward
Why St Helens? ● The Commission has a legal duty to carry out an
electoral review of each council in England ‘from time to time’.
● St Helens Council has not been reviewed since 2003 and the Commission has therefore decided that it should review St Helens in advance of the elections in 2022.
Our proposals ● St Helens Council currently has 48 councillors.
Based on the evidence we received, we recommend that 48 councillors should serve the council in the future.
● We believe our final recommendations meet our statutory criteria to:1. Deliver electoral equality for voters2. Reflect community interests and identities3. Promote effective and convenient local
government
Our Recommendations
The table lists all the wards we are proposing as part of our final recommendations along with the number ofvoters in each ward. The table also shows the electoral variances for each of the proposed wards which tellsyou how we have delivered electoral equality. Finally, the table includes electorate projections for 2026 so youcan see the impact of the recommendations for the future.
Ward name Number of councillors
Electorate (2019)
Number of electors per councillor
Variance from
average %
Electorate (2026)
Number of electors per councillor
Variance from
average %
Billinge & Seneley Green
3 8,689 2,896 -1% 9,051 3,017 0%
Blackbrook 3 8,406 2,802 -4% 8,642 2,881 -5%
Bold & Lea Green 3 8,624 2,875 -2% 8,940 2,980 -1%
Eccleston 3 8,622 2,874 -2% 8,798 2,933 -3%
Haydock 3 8,648 2,883 -1% 8,879 2,960 -2%
Moss Bank 3 8,405 2,802 -4% 8,583 2,861 -5%
Newton-le-Willows East
3 9,492 3,164 8% 9,767 3,256 8%
Newton-le-Willows West
3 9,345 3,115 7% 9,603 3,201 6%
Parr 3 8,610 2,870 -2% 8,695 2,898 -4%
Peasley Cross & Fingerpost
1 2,798 2,798 -4% 2,784 2,784 -8%
Rainford 2 6,564 3,282 12% 6,905 3,452 14%
Rainhill 3 9,422 3,141 7% 9,641 3,214 7%
Sutton North West 2 5,091 2,546 -13% 5,537 2,769 -8%
Sutton South East 2 5,257 2,629 -10% 5,757 2,878 -5%
Thatto Heath 3 9,506 3,169 8% 9,836 3,279 9%
St Helens Town Centre
2 5,310 2,655 -9% 5,507 2,753 -9%
West Park 3 9,021 3,007 3% 9,176 3,059 1%
Windle 3 8,571 2,857 -2% 8,712 2,904 -4%
Totals 48 140,381 144,813 –
Averages 2,925 – 3,017 –
Summary of our recommendations
We have considered all the submissions we receivedduring our consultation on our draft recommendations.
The final recommendations propose that St Helens shouldhave 48 councillors, the same as there are now.
St Helens should have 18 wards, an increase of 2. Theboundaries of most of the existing wards should change.
The 48 councillors should represent 13 three-councillorwards, four two-councillor wards, and one one-councillor ward across the borough.
An outline of the proposals is shown in the map to theright. A detailed report on the recommendations andinteractive mapping is available on our website at:www.lgbce.org.uk.
Find out more at consultation.lgbce.org.uk:
● view the map of our recommendations down to street level. ● zoom into the areas that interest you most. ● read the full report of our recommendations. ● find more guidance on the review process
Stage of Review Description
25 August 2020 - 2 November 2020
Public consultation on warding arrangments
2 February 2021-12 April 2021
Public consultation on draft recommendations
29 June 2021 Publication of final recommendations
May 2022
Subject to parliamentary
approval - implementation of
new arrangements at local
elections
Overview of final recommendations for St Helens CouncilView this map online and explore it in more detail at: consultation.lgbce.org.uk
Follow the review on Twitter: @LGBCE
If you are viewing this page online, click on the map to go straight to our interactive consultation area.
Contains OrdnanceSurvey data ©Crown copyrightand databaserights 2020