May 5 is set to be a pivotal day for the future of St Helens borough.
Despite Liverpool elections not going ahead this year, candidates will on that day stand for election in local councils across the region -including St Helens. This year's elections bring in many changes in the way people will vote, and where they will do it.
Following a review by the independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England of St Helens' ward boundaries, residents may find they are voting in a different ward, at a different polling station and for a different number of councillors this time. After public consultation, the boundaries of several wards have been altered in a bid to ensure councillors equally represent about the same number of people per ward.
