election and as of the 2014 election the council was composed of the following councillors: Following the 2022 local elections, the composition of St Helens Council was as follows: Parish councils St Helens is also served by several parish councils. Their activity is much reduced in the modern borough, but are still active in the communities and are recognised by the Borough Council as they may "undertake many duties such as street lighting, managing cemeteries, allotments, commons, village halls, war memorials and markets etc". St Helens Council lists the parish councils as: Billinge Parish Council Bold Parish Council Eccleston Parish Council Rainford Parish Council Rainhill Parish Council Seneley Green Parish Council Windle Parish Council Demography Christianity is the main religion in St Helens Borough. At the 2001 census this was reported at around 87%. This made St Helens the "most Christian town in Britain" at that time. St Helens also had second fewest people (out of 376 local authorities) that actively described themselves as having no religion at all. There is very little ethnic minority representation in St Helens, amongst the lowest levels in the country. 98.84% of the St Helens population described itself as White British in 2001. The largest ethnic minority in St Helens in 2001 was recorded as Indian with 409. By 2006, the otherwise transient gypsy and traveller community have overtaken that number and are now considered to "make up the largest identifiable ethnic minority group in St Helens". Education Primary schools The Borough of St Helens has one nursery school, one infant school, one junior school, fifty-two primary schools and one independent school for pupils aged 3-16. Performance in the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 SATs has been consistently above national averages over the past 5 years. Schools for children with special educational needs There are three SEN schools in St Helens - Penkford, Mill Green and Lansbury Bridge. Secondary schools The Borough of St Helens has one independent and nine maintained secondary schools: Cowley International College De La Salle School Hope Academy Outwood Academy Haydock Rainford High School Rainhill High School St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy St Cuthbert's Catholic High School The Sutton Academy Tower College Further education The town has seven educational institutions offering post-16 education in: Cowley International College, Rainford High Technology College, Rainhill High School and Sixth Form Centre, The Sutton Academy, Hope Academy - (all 11-18 secondary