Borough of St Helens | |
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Coordinates: 53°27′14″N 2°44′46″W / 53.454°N 2.746°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | North West |
Ceremonial county | Merseyside |
City region | Liverpool |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Named for | St Helens |
Administrative HQ | St Helens Town Hall |
Government | |
• Type | Metropolitan borough |
• Body | St Helens Borough Council |
• Executive | Leader and cabinet |
• Control | Labour |
• Leader | Anthony Burns (L) |
• Mayor | Jeannette Banks (2024/2025) |
• MPs | |
Area | |
• Total | 53 sq mi (136 km2) |
• Rank | 174th |
Population (2022)[4] | |
• Total | 184,728 |
• Rank | 111th |
• Density | 3,510/sq mi (1,355/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
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ISO 3166 code | GB-SHN |
GSS code | E08000013 |
Website | sthelens |
The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a local government district with borough status in Merseyside, North West England. The borough is named after its largest settlement, St Helens, but also includes neighbouring towns and villages such as Earlestown, Rainhill, Eccleston, Clock Face, Haydock, Billinge, Garswood, Rainford and Newton-le-Willows.
The Metropolitan Borough Council is made up of 48 councillors, three representing each of the 16 wards.[6]