Borough of St Helens
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Merseyside
Traditional county:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 221st 136.38 km²
Admin. HQ:	St Helens
ONS code:	00BZ
Demographics
Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density	Ranked 86th 176,700 1,296 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Liberal Democrat/Conservative Coalition
MPs:	David Watts, Shaun Woodward

St Helens is a Metropolitan Borough in Merseyside, North West England. It is named for its main town, St Helens. Other settlements in the borough include Newton-le-Willows[1],Earlestown[2], Haydock, Rainhill, Eccleston, Clock Face, Billinge and Rainford. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ... The BOGUS regions, also known as BOGUS FASCIST SCOTTISH Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity in England. ... North West England is one of the regions of England. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England. ... The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country of England into around 40 regions. ... Lancashire is a county and duchy palatine in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... St Helens is a town in the metropolitan county of Merseyside in North-West England, and traditionally part of Lancashire. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. ... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... Liberal democracy is a form of representative democracy where elected representatives that hold the decision power are moderated by a constitution that emphasizes protecting individual liberties and the rights of minorities in society, such as freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of religion, the right to private property and privacy... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... David Leonard Watts (born 26 August 1951) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Shaun Anthony Woodward (born October 26, 1958, Bristol) is a British politician, and Labour Member of Parliament for St Helens South. ... A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England. ... North West England is one of the regions of England. ... St Helens is a town in the metropolitan county of Merseyside in North-West England, and traditionally part of Lancashire. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Earlestown Town Hall The Viaduct seen from the Sankey Valley Country Park Detail of the viaduct from third arch Earlestown forms the western part of the former urban district of Newton-le-Willows, but is now in St Helens Metropolitan Borough, Merseyside, England. ... Haydock is a village in St Helens, Merseyside, England. ... Rainhill is a suburb of St Helens, Merseyside, England. ... Eccleston is a Civil Parish and historic township within the Metroplitan Borough of St Helens,Merseyside. ... Clock Face is an area of St. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and Metropolitan Borough of St Helens,formed in 1974, both incorporated parts of Billinge and Winstanley. ... Rainford is a village in North West England, just north of the town of St Helens in Merseyside. ...

The Metropolitan Borough was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the former county borough of St Helens, along with the urban districts of Haydock, Newton-le-Willows[3] and Rainford, and parts of Billinge-and-Winstanley and Ashton-in-Makerfield urban districts, along with part of Whiston Rural District. Between 1974 and 1986 the Borough was a lower level authority in The County of Merseyside. The top level authority was the Merseyside County Council. The functions of this body were in part develoved to the boroughs and in part transferred to ad hoc agencies. The County was not abolished and continues to exist with a Lord Lieutenant. On 17 May 2006, following local elections held on 4 May, the political control of the Council changed from the Labour Party to a coalition formed by the Liberal Democratic Party and the Conservative Party. Labour had been in power from the formation of the Council in 1974. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... St Helens is a town in the metropolitan county of Merseyside in North-West England, and traditionally part of Lancashire. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... Haydock is a village in St Helens, Merseyside, England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Rainford is a village in North West England, just north of the town of St Helens in Merseyside. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and Metropolitan Borough of St Helens,formed in 1974, both incorporated parts of Billinge and Winstanley. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Whiston Rural District was an administrative area in Lancashire, North West England, created in 1894 and abolished in 1974. ...

Parliamentary constituencies

See also: List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside

• St Helens North
• St Helens South

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External Links

• St Helens Celebrity News
• St. Helens MBC
• Earlestown Historical Website
• Newton-le-Willows Historical Website

Metropolitan Boroughs of Merseyside

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