Summary

St Helens local elections 2016

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  • Council leader Barrie Grunewald will be aiming to hold on to his Rainhill seat which he won with a majority of 1,403 in 2012.
  • In Sutton former political allies John Beirne and former council leader Brian Spencer go head to head.
  • In Parr another former mayor Andy Bowden is seeking re-election and the former leader of St Helens Conservatives Wally Ashcroft is standing in Windle once again with his wife Nancy in Blackbrook.
  • Last May Labour, which has 42 of the 48 seats, comfortable held on to the 15 seats it was defending with 57 per cent of the vote.

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