St Helens North (UK Parliament constituency)

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St Helens North Borough constituency

St Helens North shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	David Watts
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Merseyside
EP constituency:	North West England

St Helens North is a 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.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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

Following a review by the Boundary Commission for England, at the next general election the constituency will undergo subtle boundary changes, in order to match the modified ward boundaries introduced in the borough in 2004.

[edit] History

The constituency was created in 1983, primarily replacing parts of the St Helens and Newton constituencies. It is a safe seat for the Labour Party, having being held by them since its creation, first by the former Newton MP John Evans, then from 1997 by David Watts, a former leader of St Helens council.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1983 – 1997: John Evans, Labour
1997 – present: David Watts, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: St Helens North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Watts	22,329	56.9	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Beirne	8,367	21.3	+3.7
	Conservative	Paul Oakley	7,410	18.9	+0.1
	UK Independence	Sylvia Hall	1,165	3.0	+3.0
Majority			13,962	35.6
Turnout			39,271	57.8	+5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.0

General Election 2001: St Helens North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Watts	22,977	61.1	-3.8
	Conservative	Simon Pearce	7,076	18.8	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Beirne	6,609	17.6	+4.8
	Socialist Labour	Stephen Whatham	939	2.5	+0.8
Majority			15,901	42.3
Turnout			37,601	52.7	-16.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne \| Barrow and Furness \| Birkenhead \| Blackburn \| Blackpool North and Fleetwood \| Blackpool South \| Bolton North East \| Bolton South East \| Bolton West \| Bootle \| Burnley \| Bury North \| Bury South \| Carlisle \| Chorley \| City of Chester \| Copeland \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Crosby \| Denton and Reddish \| Eccles \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Halton \| Heywood and Middleton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley North and Sefton East \| Knowsley South \| Leigh \| Liverpool Garston \| Liverpool Riverside \| Liverpool Walton \| Liverpool Wavertree \| Liverpool West Derby \| Makerfield \| Manchester Blackley \| Manchester Central \| Manchester Gorton \| Morecambe and Lunesdale \| Oldham East and Saddleworth \| Oldham West and Royton \| Pendle \| Preston \| Rossendale and Darwen \| Salford \| South Ribble \| St Helens North \| St Helens South \| Stalybridge and Hyde \| Stockport \| Stretford and Urmston \| Wallasey \| Warrington North \| Warrington South \| Weaver Vale \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral South \| Wirral West \| Workington \| Worsley \| Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West \| Congleton \| Eddisbury \| Fylde \| Lancaster and Wyre \| Macclesfield \| Penrith and The Border \| Ribble Valley \| Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle \| Hazel Grove \| Manchester Withington \| Rochdale \| Southport \| Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Labour (3) \| Conservative (3) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| UKIP (1)