This council declared a climate emergency on June 10, 2019.
“St Helens Borough Council is aspiring to achieve a zero-carbon target by 2040 and the Council are currently exploring a range of methods in order to achieve its aim.”
This council’s climate plans as of 20th September 2021 were assessed and scored by trained Climate Emergency UK volunteers, as part of the Council Climate Plan Scorecards project.
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council scored zero points in this assessment. This is because the council either didn’t have any published plans at the time of the assessment, or the plans didn’t qualify.
Section | St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 0% | 50% |
Section 1 Governance, development and funding | ||
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation | ||
Section 3 Commitment and integration | ||
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications | ||
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets | ||
Section 6 Co-benefits | ||
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion | ||
Section 8 Education, skills and training | ||
Section 9 Ecological emergency |
Total 2019 emissions
per person
per km2
Commercial
Domestic
Industry
Public Sector
Transport
Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy “subset dataset”, representing carbon dioxide emissions within the scope of influence of local authorities.
These councils are the most similar to St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in terms of emissions profile, deprivation, rural/urban population density, and geographical nearness. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 75% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 73% | No | No target | No |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 70% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
Thanet District Council | 68% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
North East Lincolnshire Council | 66% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 63% | No | No target | No |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 61% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
Gloucester City Council | 60% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 60% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Tees Valley Combined Authority | 59% | No | No target | No |
These councils are the most similar to St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in terms of their emissions profile, based on the latest data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Thanet District Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 75% | No | No target | No |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 67% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 62% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Pembrokeshire County Council | 61% | Yes | 2030 | May 9, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 59% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
North East Lincolnshire Council | 57% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Richmondshire District Council | 55% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Broxtowe Borough Council | 55% | Yes | 2027 | July 17, 2019 |
Torbay Council | 52% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
These councils grographically border or overlap with St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 29, 2020 |
Halton Borough Council | 97% | No | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 97% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Warrington Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in high deprivation, medium deprivation, and low deprivation neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Mansfield District Council | 96% | No | 2040 | March 5, 2019 |
Pendle Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Peterborough City Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | No | 2040 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 94% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 94% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Newport City Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council | 93% | No | 2037 | July 16, 2019 |
South Tyneside Council | 93% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in urban, rural, and highly rural neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Epsom and Ewell Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2035 | July 23, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 99% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 7, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 98% | No | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Three Rivers District Council | 97% | No | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Rossendale Borough Council | 97% | No | 2030 | Sept. 25, 2019 |
London Borough of Hillingdon | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 16, 2020 |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council is a Metropolitan District, with powers over:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2022). Climate Action Plan Explorer: St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council. Available at: http://data.climateemergency.uk/councils/st-helens-metropolitan-borough-council/ [Accessed 27 Jun 2022].