St Helens South and Whiston

Old parliamentary constituency

This constituency no longer exists. Please select one of the replacement constituencies below

In June 2024, this constituency was replaced by two new constituencies:

St Helens South and Whiston

Covers approximately 89% of this old constituency’s population, and 86% of this old constituency’s area.

Widnes and Halewood

Covers approximately 8% of this old constituency’s population, and 13% of this old constituency’s area.

MP profiles

Date elected

7th May 2015

Public opinion

Would be less favourable towards the Conservative Party if they chose to weaken climate policies

78%

69.1% national average

Support nuclear energy

55%

57.4% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

44%

51.9% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

86%

84.2% national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

18%

24.2% national average

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

35%

31.6% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

23%

23.7% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

45%

37.6% national average

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 72% 72.5%
Net disagree 9% 8.7%
Strongly agree 34% 33.8%
Partly agree 38% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 19% 18.7%
Partly disagree 6% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 3% 2.7%

Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis

44%

41.6% national average

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

29%

26.7% national average

Oppose Net Zero

11%

12.7% national average

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 58% 58.8%
Net disagree 19% 17.7%
Strongly agree 25% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 33% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 24% 23.5%
Somewhat disagree 11% 10.6%
Strongly disagree 8% 7.2%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 54% 57.4%
Should not be a priority 46% 42.6%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

31%

28.8% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

45%

40.0% national average

Place

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0-9 11.7% 11.8%
Ages 10-19 10.9% 11.5%
Ages 20-29 12.2% 12.9%
Ages 30-39 12.9% 13.3%
Ages 40-49 12.2% 12.6%
Ages 50-59 14.5% 13.7%
Ages 60-69 11.5% 10.8%
Ages 70-79 9.1% 8.5%
Ages 80+ 5.3% 5.0%

Air pollution

This area National average
Benzene 0.4% 0.3%
NO2 12.6% 9.7%
NOX 16.8% 13.1%
Ozone 1.6% 2.1%
PM10 13.0% 11.5%
PM2.5 7.4% 6.5%
SO2 2.8% 1.5%

Country of the UK

England

Estimated child poverty

37.2%

29.4% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
African 0.4% 2.2%
Any other ethnic group 0.4% 1.4%
Arab 0.2% 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.0% 0.9%
Caribbean 0.1% 0.9%
Chinese 0.4% 0.7%
English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 92.7% 76.5%
Gypsy or Irish Traveller 0.1% 0.1%
Indian 0.7% 2.8%
Irish 0.6% 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7% 1.5%
Other Black 0.1% 0.4%
Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.3% 0.7%
Other White 2.2% 5.7%
Pakistani 0.2% 2.4%
Roma 0.1% 0.2%
White and Asian 0.3% 0.8%
White and Black African 0.3% 0.4%
White and Black Caribbean 0.3% 0.8%

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Socio-economic status

This area National average
Full-time students 5.4% 7.4%
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations 9.0% 12.9%
Intermediate occupations 12.6% 11.5%
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations 18.8% 19.9%
Lower supervisory and technical occupations 6.4% 5.5%
Never worked / long-term unemployed 10.7% 8.5%
Routine occupations 15.9% 12.2%
Semi-routine occupations 13.5% 11.5%
Small employers and own account workers 7.7% 10.6%

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of CAFOD parishes

1

1.4 national average

Number of CAFOD schools

9

2.3 national average

Number of Friends of the Earth local action groups

0

1.2 national average

Number of Hope For The Future trained constituents

1

0.2 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

0

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

0

2.4 national average

Number of Women’s Institute groups