St Helens South and Whiston (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°26′53″N 2°43′52″W / 53.448°N 2.731°W

St. Helens South and Whiston
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of St. Helens South and Whiston in Merseyside for the 2010 general election.
Location of Merseyside within England.
County	Merseyside
Electorate	78,612 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Marie Rimmer (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	St Helens South, Knowsley South
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

St. Helens South and Whiston is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Merseyside, the Boundary Commission for England created this new constituency. It replaced the St Helens South seat, covering the south of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, but also includes three wards from the Knowsley borough.

The electoral wards forming the new constituency are:

• From Knowsley: Prescot East, Whiston North and Whiston South
• From St Helens: Bold, Eccleston, Rainhill, Sutton, Thatto Heath, Town Centre and West Park.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	2010	Shaun Woodward	Labour
	2015	Marie Rimmer	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: St Helens South and Whiston[3][4]
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 Democrat	Brian Spencer	2,737	5.7	−16.6
	Green	James Chan	2,237	4.6	+4.6
Majority			21,243	43.9	+13.3
Turnout			48,397	62.3	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

General Election 2010: St Helens South and Whiston[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaun Woodward*	24,364	52.9	−2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Spencer	10,242	22.2	−6.6
	Conservative	Val Allen	8,209	17.8	+5.7
	BNP	James Winstanley	2,040	4.4	+4.4
	UKIP	John Sumner	1,226	2.7	+0.8
Majority			14,122	30.6
Turnout			46,081	59.1	+5.9
	Labour hold		Swing	1.9

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside

Notes and references

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
3. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
4. "St Helens South & Whiston". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
5. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e38.stm