St Helens Council

St Helens Council
Third of council elected three years out of four
Coat of Arms of St Helens
Type
Type	Metropolitan district
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor of St Helens	Cllr Janet Johnson, Labour since 16 May 2019
Leader of the Council	Cllr David Baines, Labour since 22 May 2019
Deputy Leader	Cllr Seve Gomez-Aspron, Labour
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr Teresa Sims, Liberal Democrats
Chief Executive	Kath O'Dwyer since 9 March 2020
Structure
Seats	48 councillors[1]
Political groups	Labour: 34 seats   Liberal Democrat: 4 seats   Conservative : 3 seats   Independent : 4 seats   Green: 3 seats
Joint committees	Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority Merseyside Police and Crime Panel
Elections
Voting system	Multiple member first-past-the-post
Last election	6 May 2021
Meeting place
St Helens Town Hall
Website
www.sthelens.gov.uk

St Helens Council, also known as St Helens Borough Council, and 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.^[2]

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, which already previously possessed borough status, then came to be known as St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council.^{[citation needed]}

Political control[]

Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[3]

References[]

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