Coordinates: 53°29′10″N 2°42′50″W / 53.486°N 2.714°W
| St Helens North Borough constituency |
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| 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.
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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.
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.
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | John Evans | Labour | |
| 1997 | David Watts | Labour | |
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Beirne | ||||
| Labour | David Watts | ||||
| General Election 2005: St Helens North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Watts | 22,329 | 56.9 | -4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Beirne | 8,367 | 21.3 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | Paul Oakley | 7,410 | 18.9 | +0.1 | |
| UKIP | Sylvia Hall | 1,165 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,962 | 35.6 | |||
| Turnout | 39,271 | 57.8 | +5.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: St Helens North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Watts | 22,977 | 61.1 | -3.8 | |
| Conservative | Simon Pearce | 7,076 | 18.8 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | ||||
References
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