Election for the constituency of St Helens South and Whiston on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of St Helens South and Whiston, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

Labour hold by Marie Rimmer with a majority of 19,122 - 38.0% - on a turnout of 63.6%.

An electorate of 79,061, having a valid vote count of 50,313 and an invalid vote count of 129.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
RIMMER, Marie Lab 29,457 58.5% -9.3%
SHORT, Richard Con 10,335 20.5% -1.3%
OXLEY, Daniel BRX 5,353 10.6% -
SPENCER, Brian LD 2,886 5.7% 1.8%
TAYLOR, Kai Green 2,282 4.5% 1.9%

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 02:43 on 13 December 2019. 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.