Election 97

St Helens South

Current MP Gerry Bermingham
Conservative 97 6,628
Labour 97 30,367
LibDem 97 5,919
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 179
Elected party
St Helens South

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency St Helens South
Conservative 92 12,263
Labour 92 30,572
LibDem 92 6,961
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 304
Elected party Labour

This is slightly the more strongly Labour of the two St Helens seats. It contains the bulk of this tough working-class industrial town and, unlike its neighbour, St Helens North, it contains no Tory wards. St Helens is a town of fixed and traditional tastes, conservative with a small 'c' and Labour with a big 'L'. Sitting MP Gerry Birmingham's large five-figure majority seems secure.


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