There will be 17 seats on St Helens Council to be contested overall across 16 wards. Labour is seeking to keep a grip on power while opposition parties and independent candidates are aiming to make inroads into the majority. A total of 48 councillors make up the council, three in each ward but two seats are vacant – one in the Windle ward and one in Earlestown. Therefore, currently, there are 46 councillors with 34 Labour; four Liberal Democrats; three Conservatives; three independents and two Greens. Key issues in the campaign have included St Helens’ post-Covid recovery and the row over the Local Plan and release of green belt land for development.
Local elections 2021: St Helens politicians make their pitch
Here is what they are promising in the 2021 local elections on Thursday, May 6
16:55, 28 APR 2021
Labour currently controls 14 of the 16 seats up for election this year in St Helens (Image: Photo by Andrew Teebay)
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St Helens goes to the polls in just over one week to elect 16 councillors in local elections being held on May 6.