St Helens was a constituency in the county of Lancashire, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was abolished in 1983, being split into St Helens North and St Helens South seats.
Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of St Helens.
1918–1983: The County Borough of St Helens.
Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberPartyNotes 1885 Henry Seton-Karr Conservative 1906 Thomas Glover Labour 1910 Rigby Swift Conservative 1918 James Sexton Labour 1931 Richard Austin Spencer Conservative 1935 William Albert Robinson Labour 1945 Hartley Shawcross Labour Resigned May 1958 1958 by-election Leslie Spriggs Labour 1983 constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Unionist: Rigby Swift Labour: James Sexton
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Labour: William RobinsonReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 Conservative: S J Hill
Election in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
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