St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Third of council elected three years out of four
Coat of Arms of St Helens
Type
Type	Metropolitan district council of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1 April 1974
New session started	8 May 2014 (Municipal year 2014/2015)
Leadership
Leader	Barrie Grunewald, Labour Since 2015
Mayor of St Helens	David Banks Since 18 May 2016
Structure
Seats	48 councillors
Joint committees	Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority Merseyside Police and Crime Panel
Labour	42 / 48
Conservatives	3 / 48
Lib Dems	3 / 48
Elections
Voting system	Multiple member first-past-the-post
Last election	7 May 2015
Next election	2016
Meeting place
St Helens Town Hall
Website
www.sthelens.gov.uk

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Merseyside and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in St Helens. It is a constituent council of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.^[1]

History

The current local authority was first elected in 1973, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens on 1 April 1974. The council gained borough status, entitling it to be known as St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council.

Political control

Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

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