Houses Unicameral Founded 1 April 1974 | Term limits None | |
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Type Metropolitan district council of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens New session started 8 May 2014 (Municipal year 2014/2015) Leader Barrie Grunewald, Labour
Since 2015 | ||
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Merseyside and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in St Helens. It is a constituent council of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
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History
The current local authority was first elected in 1973, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens on 1 April 1974. The council gained borough status, entitling it to be known as St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council.
Political control
Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties: