Metropolitan Borough of St Helens

Borough of St Helens
Borough of St Helens
Metropolitan borough
	St Helens Town Hall
	Coat of arms
	Motto: Latin: Ex Terra Lucem, lit. 'From the Earth, Light'
	St Helens shown within Merseyside
	Coordinates: 53°27′14″N 2°44′46″W / 53.454°N 2.746°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county	Merseyside
City region	Liverpool
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named after	St Helens
Administrative HQ	St Helens Town Hall
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	St Helens Borough Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	Labour
• Leader	Anthony Burns (L)
• Mayor	Seve Gomez-Aspron (2025/2026)
• MPs	David Baines (L); Marie Rimmer (L);
Area
• Total	136 km2 (53 sq mi)
• Rank	174th
Population (2024)
• Total	188,861
• Rank	110th
• Density	1,385/km2 (3,590/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 96.5% White ; 1.4% Asian ; 1.1% Mixed ; 0.4% Black ; 0.6% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 62.3% Christianity ; 31.2% no religion ; 0.7% Islam ; 0.3% Hinduism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.0% Judaism ; 0.0% Sikhism ; 0.4% other ; 4.7% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	L; WA; WN;
Dialling codes	0151; 01744; 01925; 01942;
ISO 3166 code	GB-SHN
GSS code	E08000013
Website	sthelens.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a local government district with borough status in Merseyside, North West England. The borough is named after its largest settlement, St Helens. It is one of the six boroughs of the Liverpool City Region.