Cannock Chase District

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Cannock Chase District
Non-metropolitan district
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Cannock Chase, the landscape which gives its name to the district.
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Cannock Chase shown within Staffordshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region West Midlands
Non-metropolitan county Staffordshire
Status Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ Cannock
Incorporated1 April 1974
Government
 • TypeNon-metropolitan district council
 • BodyCannock Chase Council
 •  MP Amanda Milling
Area
 • Total30.5 sq mi (78.9 km2)
 • Rank219th (of 296)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total101,140
 • Rank239th (of 296)
 • Density3,300/sq mi (1,300/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
[1]
 •  Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
[1]
 •  Religion
List
Time zone UTC0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code 41UB (ONS)
E07000192 (GSS)
OS grid reference SK0200614806

Cannock Chase is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. It is named after and covers a large part of Cannock Chase, a designated Natural Landscape. The council is based in the town of Cannock. The district also contains the towns of Hednesford and Rugeley, as well as a number of villages and surrounding rural areas.

Contents

The district borders South Staffordshire to the west, the Borough of Stafford to the north, Lichfield District to the east, and the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall to the south.

History

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering two former districts plus a single parish from a third, which were all abolished at the same time: [3]

The new district was named Cannock Chase after the landscape and former royal forest which covers much of the area. [4]

Governance

Cannock Chase Council
Cannock Chase Council logo.svg
Type
Type
Leadership
Steve Thornley,
Labour
since 22 May 2024
Tony Johnson,
Labour
since 24 May 2023
Tim Clegg [lower-alpha 1]
since 1 June 2021 [5]
Structure
Seats36 councillors
Political groups
Administration (21)
  Labour (21)
Other parties (15)
  Conservative (10)
  Green (5)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
 2 May 2024
Next election
May 2026
Meeting place
Headquarters, Cannock Chase District Council - geograph.org.uk - 1991619.jpg
Civic Centre, Beecroft Road, Cannock, WS11 1BG
Website
www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk

Cannock Chase District Council, which styles itself "Cannock Chase Council", provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council. Much of the district is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government. [6] [7]

The council's logo is a deer, referencing the area's past as a royal hunting forest and the fact that deer are common in the area. A survey in 2022 found that the deer population was growing. [8]

Political control

Following the May 2024 local elections, the Council is being run by a Labour Majority Adminstration, led by Labour councillor Tony Johnson. [9]

The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: [10] [11]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1974–1982
No overall control 1982–1987
Labour 1987–2003
No overall control 2003–2012
Labour 2012–2019
No overall control 2019–2021
Conservative 2021–2023
No overall control 2023–2024
Labour 2024-present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2005 have been: [12]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Neil Stanley [13] Liberal Democrats pre-20058 May 2011
George Adamson Labour 25 May 201119 May 2021
Olivia Lyons Conservative 19 May 202124 May 2023
Tony Johnson Labour 24 May 2023

Composition

Following the 2024 election and a subsequent change of allegiance in September 2023, the composition of the council was: [14]

PartyCouncillors
Labour 21
Conservative 10
Green 5
Total36

The next election is due in 2026.

Elections

From 2002 (when the district's ward boundaries were last changed) up to May 2024, the council was comprised of 41 councillors representing 15 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with roughly a third of the council elected each time for a four-year term of office. Staffordshire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no district council elections. [15]

The new ward boundaries drawn up by the Local Boundary Commission for England came into effect from the May 2024 election, reducing the number of councillors to 36 and the number of wards to 12. [16]

The district covers the same area as the Cannock Chase (UK Parliament constituency). Until the 2010 general election the constituency also included the adjacent village of Huntington in South Staffordshire. From 2010 onwards the constituency has exactly the same boundaries as the district. [7]

Premises

The council is based at the Civic Centre on Beecroft Road in Cannock. [17] The building was purpose-built for the council between 1978 and 1981. [18]

Demography

According to data from the 2011 United Kingdom census, Cannock Chase has a population of 100,600, with 49,500 males and 51,100 females. 62.5% of the population is between the ages of 16–64, of which 88.7% is economically active, 11.2% above the West Midlands regional average. [19]

Media

In terms of television, the area is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central (West) broadcasting from Birmingham. Television signals are received the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter. [20]

Radio stations for the area are:

The Express & Star is the local newspaper that cover the district. [22]

Towns and parishes

Much of the district is covered by eight civil parishes. The exception is certain parts of Cannock, which are unparished. [7] The parish councils for Hednesford and Rugeley have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council". [23]

When the district was created in 1974 it only contained one parish, being Brindley Heath; the former Rugeley Urban District and Cannock Urban District were both unparished. In 1988 two parishes called Rugeley and Brereton were created covering the former Rugeley Urban District, and four parishes called Bridgtown, Cannock Wood, Heath Hayes and Wimblebury, and Norton Canes were created covering parts of the former Cannock Urban District. [24] The parish of Hednesford was subsequently created in 2000 from another part of the former Cannock Urban District. [25]

The parishes are:

Other areas and settlements include:

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References

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