Councillor Jeanette Banks

Councillor Jeanette Banks and her family were born and raised in St Helens. She lived in Haydock throughout her formative years, attending St James Primary School and Newton-le-Willows Grammar School. She is married to Councillor David Banks who will be her Consort during her term of office.

Councillor Banks has spent most of her working days in the borough, firstly in St Helens and Providence Hospitals, then at the Department of Work and Pensions in Earlestown. Following that, she worked in Liverpool for 12 years in the Lourdes Hospital before moving into education - taking up a post at St Aelred's Catholic High School in Newton-le-Willows before moving to St Helens College as a lecturer and programme leader in the computing department.

First elected to the council in 2011, Councillor Banks has represented Haydock and now Moss Bank, having held a number of senior positions including cabinet portfolios for education and health, as well as Mayoress in 2015-16.

Councillor Banks has always taken an active role in the community, continuing her school governor duties at both the Federation of St Mary's Catholic Schools and Lyme Community Primary School in Newton-le-Willows - and is also a Eucharistic Minister at St Patrick's Church.

 

Inviting the Mayor 

If you wish to invite the Mayor to an event, it's important that early contact is made with the Mayor's Office to check the Mayor's availability. 

Please email susanfrayne@sthelens.gov.uk, call 01744 673289 or write to Mayor's Secretary, St Helens Borough Council, PO Box 512, St Helens, WA10 9JX.

Alternatively, you can complete our online request form.

Request the Mayor's attendance

Once a request has been received, you will be contacted by the Mayor's Secretary who will then progress your request.

 

Mayor's Charity Appeal 2024-2025

The Mayor, Councillor Jeanette Banks has chosen to support the St Helens Young Carers Centre, based in Cotham Street in St Helens Town Centre, during her 2024-25 term of office.

St Helens Young Carers Centre supports young carers across the borough aged from 6 to 21.

Research from April 2024 from The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that young unpaid carers in St Helens can expect to spend as much as nine and a half years of their lives in the role.

Nationally the figure is an average of almost eight years, and it is just over five years for teenage boys who are unpaid carers. The Carers Trust said the "alarming figures" showed how women and girls were "disproportionately shouldering the pressures of caring".

Anyone wishing to support the Mayor's Appeal can do so by sending donations directly to the Mayor's Secretary as per the following details -

Mayor's Secretary                                                                                                                                   
Democratic Services
St Helens Borough Council
PO Box 512
St.Helens
Merseyside, WA10 9JX
Tel:  01744 673289

Cheques should be made payable to 'The Mayor's Appeal Fund'.