St Helens South (UK Parliament constituency)
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| St Helens South Borough constituency |
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| St Helens South shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Shaun Woodward |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Merseyside |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
St Helens South 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is one of two covering the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, the other being St Helens North. It contains the southern part of the borough including the town centre of St Helens, the south of the town, and Rainhill.
Following recommendations made by the Boundary Commission for England, St Helens South has been replaced with a new St Helens South and Whiston constituency, which will include three wards from Knowsley borough.
[edit] History
The constituency was formed in 1983, and was represented by Labour's Gerry Bermingham from then until he stood down in 2001. He was replaced by Shaun Woodward, who had defected from the Conservatives to Labour in January 2000. Woodward was deemed unlikely to retain his Witney constituency in Oxfordshire as a Labour candidate (it was subsequently won by David Cameron), and was instead selected for this safe seat instead.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983 – 2001: Gerry Bermingham, Labour
- 2001 – present: Shaun Woodward, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: St Helens South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Shaun Woodward | 19,345 | 54.5 | +4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Spencer | 10,036 | 28.3 | +5.2 | |
| Conservative | Una Riley | 4,602 | 13.0 | -0.8 | |
| UK Independence | Malcolm Nightingale | 847 | 2.4 | +1.4 | |
| Socialist Labour | Michael Perry | 643 | 1.8 | -2.6 | |
| Majority | 9,309 | 26.2 | |||
| Turnout | 35,473 | 46.0 | -5.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: St Helens South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Shaun Woodward | 16,799 | 49.7 | -18.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Spencer | 7,814 | 23.1 | +9.7 | |
| Conservative | Lee Rotherham | 4,675 | 13.8 | -1.1 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Neil Thompson | 2,325 | 6.9 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Mike Perry | 1,504 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Bryan Slater | 336 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | Michael Murphy | 271 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | David Braid | 80 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,985 | 26.6 | |||
| Turnout | 33,804 | 51.4 | -15.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
