Election for the constituency of St Helens South and Whiston on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of St Helens South and Whiston, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Labour hold by Marie Rimmer with a majority of 24,343 - 46.0% - on a turnout of 66.9%.

An electorate of 79,036, having a valid vote count of 52,886 and an invalid vote count of 79.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
RIMMER, Marie Lab 35,879 67.8% 8.0%
MCRANDAL, Ed Con 11,536 21.8% 5.9%
SPENCER, Brian LD 2,101 4.0% -1.7%
HITCHEN, Mark UKIP 1,953 3.7% -10.3%
NORTHEY, Jess Green 1,417 2.7% -1.9%

The writ for this election was issued on 3 May 2017.

Result declared at 02:04 on 9 June 2017. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.