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 2020 emissions
per person
per km2
Domestic
Industry
Transport
Commercial
Public Sector
Agriculture
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 | 79% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 76% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 74% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 71% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 71% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Burnley Borough Council | 71% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 71% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 71% | No | 2040 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Dundee City Council | 70% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 70% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
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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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 71% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Dundee City Council | 68% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 65% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Stevenage Borough Council | 64% | No | 2030 | June 12, 2019 |
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | 63% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 1, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 63% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Torbay Council | 62% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 60% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Torfaen County Borough Council | 60% | Yes | No target | June 25, 2019 |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 60% | No | 2040 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
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% | Yes | 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 |
Liverpool City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 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 | 97% | No | 2040 | March 5, 2019 |
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council | 95% | No | 2037 | July 16, 2019 |
Pendle Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Peterborough City Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 92% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | No | 2040 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 91% | No | 2030 | April 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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Leeds City Council | 98% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Three Rivers District Council | 96% | No | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Aberdeen City Council | 96% | Yes | 2045 | No |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Thanet District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council is a Metropolitan District, with powers over:
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Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/st-helens-metropolitan-borough-council/ [Accessed 1 Apr 2023].