Everything about St Helens Borough totally explained
The
Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a
metropolitan borough of
Merseyside,
England. It is named after its largest town,
St Helens, though covers a much wider area which includes the settlements of
Newton-le-Willows,
Earlestown,
Haydock,
Rainhill,
Eccleston,
Clock Face,
Billinge and
Rainford.
Creation
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 and
Rainford, and parts of
Billinge-and-Winstanley and
Ashton-in-Makerfield urban districts, along with part of
Whiston Rural District, all from the
administrative county of
Lancashire.
Between 1974 and 1986 the borough council shared functions with Merseyside County Council. The functions of this body were in part devolved to the boroughs and in part transferred to ad hoc agencies.
Neighbouring districts
The borough borders the borough of
Knowsley, within Merseyside, in the south-west, the
West Lancashire district of Lancashire in the north, the
Greater Manchester borough of Wigan in the north-east, and to the south the unitary authorities of
Warrington and
Halton.
Representation
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 Democrats and the Conservative Party. Labour had been in power since 1 April 1974 following the first elections to the shadow council in 1973.
Parliamentary constituencies
» See also: List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside
Further Information
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