Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
St Helens is a
Metropolitan Borough in
Merseyside,
North West England. It is named after the main town,
St Helens. Other settlements in the Metropolitan Borough include
Newton-le-Willows[
1],
Earlestown[
2],
Haydock,
Rainhill,
Eccleston,
Clock Face,
Billinge and
Rainford.
The Metropolitan Borough was formed on
April 1,
1974 as a merger of the former
County Borough of
St Helens, along with the
urban districts of
Haydock,
Newton-le-Willows[
3] and
Rainford, and parts of
Billinge-and-Winstanley and
Ashton-in-Makerfield urban districts, along with part of
Whiston Rural District. Between 1974 and 1986 the Borough was a lower level authority in The County of Merseyside. The top level authority was the Merseyside County Council. The functions of this body were in part develoved to the boroughs and in part transferred to ad hoc agencies. The County was not abolished and continues to exist with a Lord Lieutenant.On 17 May 2006, following local elections held on 4 May, the political control of the Council changed from the Labour Party to a coalition formed by the Liberal Democratic Party and the Conservative Party. Labour had been in power from the formation of the Council in 1974.
:''See also:
List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside*
St Helens North*
St Helens South*
St Helens Celebrity News*
St. Helens MBC*
Earlestown Historical Website*
Newton-le-Willows Historical Website
