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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 th...

Ballot box THIS year's local elections in St Helens will see several independent candidates running once again. There are currently three independent councillors at the town hall, who are not affiliated to a political party. Independent candidates have risen in prominence in recent years, especially in Rainhill ward, which has seen independents elected at the last two elections, with James Tasker and Donna Greaves displacing the Labour incumbents in 2018 and 2019. Here is what some of the independent candidates standing in 2021 said to the Star about the campaign and the issues they a...

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) Get the best St Helens news with our newsletter dedicated to the townInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up Now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribing...

Street drinking could be banned in Leek, Biddulph and Cheadle (Image: Getty Images) Want Stoke-on-Trent news emailed to you direct from our journalists? Sign up to our newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice People caught street drinking in parts of the Moorlands could be slapped with £100 on-the-spot fines. The public sp...