Metropolitan Borough of St Helens

Borough of St Helens
Metropolitan borough
St Helens Town Hall
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Latin: Ex Terra Lucem, lit. 'From the Earth, Light'[1]
St Helens shown within Merseyside
Coordinates: 53°27′14″N 2°44′46″W / 53.454°N 2.746°W / 53.454; -2.746
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 [2]
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	St Helens Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	Labour
• Leader	David Baines (L)
• Mayor	Lynn Clarke
• MPs	Conor McGinn (L) Marie Rimmer (L)
Area [3]
• 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) [5]
• Ethnic groups	List 96.5% White 1.4% Asian 1.1% Mixed 0.4% Black 0.6% other
Religion (2021) [5]
• Religion	List 62.3% Christianity 31.2% no religion 0.7% Islam 0.3% Hinduism 0.3% Buddhism 0.0% Judaism 0.0% Sikhism 0.4% other 4.7% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	L WA WN
Dialling codes	0151 01744 01925 01942
ISO 3166 code	GB-SHN
GSS code	E08000013
Website	sthelens.gov.uk

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]