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The Commission is carrying out an electoral review of St Helens Borough Council. 

The aim of the electoral review is to recommend ward boundaries that mean each councillor represents approximately the same number of voters.  

We also aim to ensure that the ward boundaries reflect the interests and identities of local communities, as well as promoting effective local government.  

To achieve these aims, we need to re-draw ward boundaries across St Helens. You can find out more about the review below. 

Review Dates

 

  Date From: Date To:
Consultation on warding arrangements 25 August 2020 02 November 2020
Consultation on draft recommendations 02 February 2021 12 April 2021
Final recommendations 29 June 2021  
Latest Information

Recommendations become law

The St Helens (Electoral Changes) Order 2021, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new electoral arrangements in St Helens, was made on 15 December 2021.

New ward arrangements for St Helens Borough Council have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections in May 2022.

The Order for St Helens Borough Council can be viewed through the following link.

The Order refers to a map which can be viewed here.

Previous Steps

On 26 October 2021, The St Helens (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 was laid in draft in Parliament.

The draft order, if made, would give effect to the final recommendations that were consulted on during the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s review of electoral arrangements in St Helens and published on 29 June 2021.

The draft order will be laid in Parliament for a period of 40 sitting days. Parliament can either accept or reject our recommendations. If accepted, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the next scheduled elections for St Helens Borough Council in May 2022.

The draft order can be viewed here.

The draft order refers to a map which can be viewed here.

On 29 June 2021, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in St Helens Borough Council. 

We have now completed our electoral review of St Helens.  

As a result of our final recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils:  

To view an interactive map of the final recommendations, visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, and search by area or postcode. A non-interactive image of the new ward boundaries is also available.

The changes we have proposed must now be approved by Parliament.  

A draft Order - the legal document which brings into force our recommendations - will now be laid before Parliament.  

The draft Order will provide for the new electoral arrangements for St Helens Borough Council to come into effect at the local elections in 2022. 

Opinion Survey 

We would be grateful if you could please spare some time to participate in our online survey. The survey seeks feedback on the review processes and procedures, to identify improvements that can be made.  

*This data has been derived by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) from the OS OpenData Boundary-Line product during the course of its electoral review of this authority. Its use is governed by the terms of the OS OpenData Licence Agreement. The data is provided in good faith by the LGBCE and is provided for information purposes only. It should not be used for canvassing or other purpose that might give the user any commercial gain. 

The consultation on the Commission’s draft recommendations for St Helens Borough Council closed on 12 April 2021. 

Listed below are the submissions we received: 

Councillors:  

Parish and Town Councils: 

Local Residents: 

Anonymous: 

 

If you have any feedback regarding our review process then click here. 

The consultation on warding arrangements for St Helens Borough Council closed on 12 April 2021.

On 02 February 2021, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of St Helens Borough Council. 

From 02 February to 12 April, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for St Helens Borough Council.  

As a result of our draft recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils:

To view an interactive map of the draft recommendations, visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the proposed ward boundaries is also available.  

You can make a submission to the St Helens electoral review:  

  1. through our consultation area,  
  1. by e-mailing [email protected], or 
  1. writing to the following address: 

Review Officer (St Helens) 

LGBCE

PO Box 133

Blyth

NE24 9FE

 

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.  

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under. 

The consultation on the warding arrangements for St Helens Borough Council closed on 02 November 2020. 

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Political Groups: 

Councillors: 

Local Organisations: 

Local Residents: 

The consultation on warding arrangements for St Helens Borough Council closed on 02 November 2020. 

From 25, August 2020 to 2, November 2020, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward boundaries should be in St Helens Borough Council.

The Commission is minded to recommend St Helens Borough Council should have 48 councillors in the future. 

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across St Helens to help it to produce new ward boundaries to accommodate 48 councillors.

For more information, see our:

To view an interactive map of the existing warding boundaries, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available.

 

You can make a submission to the St Helens Borough Council electoral review:

  1. through our consultation area, 
  2. by e-mailing [email protected], or
  3. writing to the following address:

 

The Review Officer St Helens)

LGBCE c/o Cleardata

Innovation House

Coniston Court

Riverside Business Park

Blyth

NE24 4RP

 

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.

For a quick guide on how to propose a pattern of wards click here.

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.

As part of the initial stages of the review, we consulted with St Helens Borough Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.

We received 1 submission on council size:

The Commission is minded to recommend that 48 councillors should serve St Helens Borough Council in the future. There is no change from the current number of councillors.

Previous Reviews

The Boundary Committee for England (BCFE) began reviewing the electoral arrangements of St Helens on 4 December 2001.

The Order implementing The Electoral Commission's decision on the final recommendations of this review can be viewed on Her Majesty's Stationery Office's website. The current boundaries of the electoral wards and divisions can be viewed on Ordnance Survey's election maps website. Parish warding is not shown on the election maps website. It can be seen on the mapping from the Committee's final recommendations below; any modifications are listed in the Explanatory Note at the back of the Order.

Final recommendations, published on 25 March 2003.

Map 1 Existing wards in St Helens;

Map 2 Our final recommendations for St Helens;

Map A1 illustrates, in outline form, the proposed ward boundaries within the borough and indicates the areas which are shown in more detail on the large maps;

Large map 1, Large map 2, Large map 3, Large map 4,: the large maps illustrate the existing and proposed warding arrangements for St Helens;

Draft recommendations, published on 3 September 2002.

Map 1 Existing wards in St Helens;

Map 2 The Commission's draft recommendations for St Helens;

Map A1 illustrates, in outline form, the proposed ward boundaries within the borough and indicates the areas which are shown in more detail on the large maps;

Large map 1 , Large map 2 , Large map 3 and Large map 4 : the large maps illustrate the existing and proposed warding arrangements for St Helens;