St Helens North (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°29′10″N 2°42′50″W / 53.486°N 2.714°W / 53.486; -2.714
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St. Helens North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of St. Helens North in Merseyside
Outline map
Location of Merseyside within England
CountyMerseyside
Electorate75,688 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsSt Helens, Billinge, Earlestown, Haydock, Newton-le-Willows and Rainford
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentConor McGinn (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromSt Helens, Newton, Ince, Ormskirk and Huyton[2]

St. Helens North is a

David Watts.[n 2]

Boundaries

Map
Map of current boundaries

1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens wards of Billinge and Seneley Green, Blackbrook, Broad Oak, Haydock, Moss Bank, Newton East, Newton West, Rainford, and Windle.

2010–2022: As above, subject to changes in the local authority ward structure, with Parr replacing Broad Oak, Newton East renamed Newton, and Newton West becoming Earlestown.

2022–present: Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022,[3][4] the Newton and Earlestown wards reverted back to Newton-le-Willows East and Newton-le-Willows West respectively.

The constituency is one of two covering the Metropolitan Borough, the other being St Helens South and Whiston. It includes the north of the town of St Helens, and Billinge, Seneley Green, Earlestown, Blackbrook, Haydock, Newton-le-Willows and Rainford.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency (based on the ward structure which existed on 1 December 2020) will be unchanged from the next general election (due by January 2025).[5]

Following the 2022 local government boundary review, the constituency will now comprise the following wards of the Borough of St Helens from the next general election:

Billinge & Seneley Green; Blackbrook; Haydock; Moss Bank; Newton-le-Willows East; Newton-le-Willows West; Rainford; Windle; and a very small part of Sutton South East.[6]

History

Results of the winning party

The 2015 result made the seat the 42nd-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.

David Watts
, a former council leader. As to the predominantly-contributing two seats to the present division, St Helens has been won by the party since 1935 and so too Newton. The party's two successive candidates for MP have won an absolute majority (plurality) of the votes since 1987 (inclusive).

Opposition parties

The

UKIP candidate, Smith, who narrowly gained more than the national average swing through a swing of 10.4%.[n 3]

Turnout

Turnout has ranged from 77.4% in 1992 to 52.7% in 2001.

Constituency profile

The seat includes the large town of

Haydock Park. Despite these prominent sports venues, workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 4.7% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian, which was close to the Greater Manchester and Merseyside average but higher than the regional average of 4.4%.[8] With the exception of the Conservative area of Rainford
, virtually every other ward in the seat is safely Labour.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[9] Party
1983 John Evans Labour
1997
Dave Watts
 Labour
2015 Conor McGinn Labour
2022 Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: St Helens North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Baines[10]
Liberal Democrats Pat Moloney[11]
Reform UK Malcolm Webster[12]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: St Helens North[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Conor McGinn 24,870 52.3 ―11.4
Conservative Joel Charles 12,661 26.6 ―0.5
Brexit Party
 Malcolm Webster 5,396 11.3 New
Liberal Democrats Pat Moloney 2,668 5.6 +3.0
Green David Van Der Burg 1,966 4.1 +1.7
Majority 12,209 25.7 ―10.9
Turnout 47,561 62.9 ―3.1
Labour hold Swing ―5.4
General election 2017: St Helens North[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Conor McGinn 32,012 63.7 +6.7
Conservative Jackson Ng 13,606 27.1 +7.5
UKIP Peter Peers 2,097 4.2 ―10.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Morrison 1,287 2.6 ―1.8
Green Rachel Parkinson 1,220 2.4 ―1.4
Majority 18,406 36.6 ―0.8
Turnout 50,222 66.0 +4.5
Labour hold Swing ―0.4
General election 2015: St Helens North[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Conor McGinn 26,378 57.0 +5.3
Conservative Paul Richardson 9,087 19.6 ―2.7
UKIP Ian Smith 6,983 15.1 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Denise Aspinall 2,046 4.4 ―15.8
Green Elizabeth Ward 1,762 3.8 New
Majority 17,291 37.4 +8.0
Turnout 46,256 61.5 +1.7
Labour hold Swing +4.0
General election 2010: St Helens North[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
David Watts
 		23,041 51.7 ―8.2
Conservative Paul V. Greenall 9,940 22.3 +3.4
Liberal Democrats John L. Beirne 8,992 20.2 ―1.1
UKIP Gary Robinson 2,100 4.7 +1.7
Socialist Labour Stephen Whatham 483 1.0 New
Majority 13,101 29.4 ―6.2
Turnout 44,556 59.8 +2.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: St Helens North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
David Watts
 		22,329 56.9 ―4.2
Liberal Democrats John L. Beirne 8,367 21.3 +3.7
Conservative Paul J. Oakley 7,410 18.9 +0.1
UKIP Sylvia Hall 1,165 3.0 New
Majority 13,962 35.6 ―6.7
Turnout 39,271 57.8 +5.1
Labour hold Swing ―4.0
General election 2001: St Helens North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
David Watts
 		22,977 61.1 ―3.8
Conservative Simon Pearce 7,076 18.8 +1.5
Liberal Democrats John L. Beirne 6,609 17.6 +4.9
Socialist Labour Stephen Whatham 939 2.5 +0.8
Majority 15,901 42.3 ―5.3
Turnout 37,601 52.7 ―16.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: St Helens North[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
David Watts
 		31,953 64.9 +7.0
Conservative Pelham J.C. Walker 8,536 17.3 ―11.2
Liberal Democrats John L. Beirne 6,270 12.7 ―0.4
Referendum David Johnson 1,276 2.6 New
Socialist Labour Ron Waugh 833 1.7 New
UKIP Richard D. Rubin 363 0.7 New
Majority 23,417 47.6 +18.2
Turnout 49,231 68.9 ―8.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1992: St. Helens North[21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Evans 31,930 57.9 +4.2
Conservative Brendan Anderson 15,686 28.5 +1.2
Liberal Democrats John L. Beirne 7,224 13.1 ―6.0
Natural Law Anne Lynch 287 0.5 New
Majority 16,244 29.4 +3.0
Turnout 55,127 77.4 +1.1
Labour hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: St Helens North[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Evans 28,989 53.7 +5.8
Conservative Melinda Libby 14,729 27.3 ―3.1
Liberal Neil Derbyshire 10,300 19.1 ―2.6
Majority 14,260 26.4 +8.9
Turnout 54,018 76.3 +1.8
Labour hold Swing +4.4
General election 1983: St Helens North[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Evans 25,334 47.9
Conservative Anthony Rhodes 16,075 30.4
Liberal Neil Derbyshire 11,525 21.7
Majority 9,259 17.5
Turnout 52,934 74.5
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. borough constituency
    (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. first past the post
    system of election at least every five years.
  3. ^ UKIP's swing nationally was +9.5% in 2015

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. ^ "'St Helens North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. ^ LGBCE. "St Helens | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  4. ^ "The St Helens (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
  5. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  6. ^ "New Seat Details - St Helens North". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  8. ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  9. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
  10. ^ "David Baines 'honoured' to be Labour's St Helens North candidate". St Helens Star. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  12. ^ "St Helens North Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Statement of persons nominated" (PDF).
  14. ^ "St Helens North parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  15. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  16. ^ "St Helens North". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  17. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  22. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  23. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  24. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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