Cannock Chase (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cannock Chase
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Cannock Chase (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
West Midlands - Cannock Chase constituency.svg
Boundary of Cannock Chase in West Midlands region
County Staffordshire
Population97,462 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 75,582 (2023) [2]
Major settlements Cannock, Hednesford, Rugeley
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Josh Newbury (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Cannock and Burntwood, Mid Staffordshire

Cannock Chase is a constituency [n 1] in Staffordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Josh Newbury of the Labour Party. [n 2]

Contents

Boundaries

1997–2010: The District of Cannock Chase, and the District of South Staffordshire ward of Huntington.

2010–present: The District of Cannock Chase.

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies left the boundaries unchanged. [3]

The constituency contains three towns, Cannock, Rugeley, and Hednesford, with several pit villages, and the Chase itself situated between Hednesford and Rugeley. Since 2010 the seat has broadly the same boundaries as the 1974–1983 seat of Cannock.

Prior to 1997, Cannock and Hednesford were part of the Cannock and Burntwood constituency, while Rugeley was part of the Mid Staffordshire constituency. Between 1997 and 2010 the village of Huntington was part of the constituency though it was part of South Staffordshire local government district.

History

Created for the 1997 election, the seat has since become a bellwether. The Labour Party held the seat for 13 years until Aidan Burley of the Conservative Party was elected at the 2010 general election with a large 14% swing, which was the second largest Labour to Conservative swing at that election. Amanda Milling, who was elected in the next election, subsequently held the seat and increased the Conservative majority in both 2015 and 2017. In 2019, the Conservative majority increased to nearly 20,000 votes. However, the seat was regained by Labour in their landslide victory in the 2024 general election, taking the seat from the Conservatives after 14 years on a 25% swing; it became the largest majority in percentage terms (42.9%) to be overturned in that election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] [5] Party
1997 Tony Wright [n 3] Labour
2010 Aidan Burley Conservative
2015 Amanda Milling Conservative
2024 Josh Newbury Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Cannock Chase [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Josh Newbury 15,671 36.5 +11.1
Conservative Amanda Milling 12,54629.2–39.1
Reform UK Paul Allen11,57026.9N/A
Green Andrea Muckley2,1375.0−1.3
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Jewkes1,0292.4N/A
Majority3,1257.3N/A
Turnout 42,95355.8–5.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +25.1

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Cannock Chase [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Milling 31,636 68.3 +13.3
Labour Anne Hobbs11,75725.4–12.0
Green Paul Woodhead2,9206.3+4.6
Majority19,87942.9+25.5
Turnout 46,31361.9–2.3
Conservative hold Swing +12.7
General election 2017: Cannock Chase
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Milling 26,318 55.0 +10.8
Labour Paul Dadge17,92737.4+3.7
UKIP Paul Allen2,0184.2–13.3
Green Paul Woodhead8151.7–0.2
Liberal Democrats Nat Green7941.7–1.0
Majority8,39117.4+6.9
Turnout 47,87264.2+1.0
Conservative hold Swing +3.5
General election 2015: Cannock Chase [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Milling [10] 20,811 44.2 +4.1
Labour Janos Toth [10] 15,88833.7+0.6
UKIP Grahame Wiggin [11] 8,22417.5+14.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Jackson [12] 1,2702.7–14.3
Green Paul Woodhead [13] 9061.9New
Majority4,92310.5+3.5
Turnout 47,09963.2+2.1
Conservative hold Swing +1.7
General election 2010: Cannock Chase [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aidan Burley 18,271 40.1 +10.1
Labour Susan Woodward15,07633.1–17.9
Liberal Democrats Jon Hunt7,73217.0+3.0
BNP Terence Majorowicz2,1684.8New
UKIP Malcolm McKenzie1,5803.5–1.6
Independent Ron Turville3800.8New
Get Snouts Out The TroughRoy Jenkins2590.6New
Independent Mike Walters930.2New
Majority3,1957.0N/A
Turnout 45,55961.1+3.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +14.0

The vote share change in 2010 comes from the notional, not actual, 2005 results because of the boundary change (loss of Huntington).

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Cannock Chase [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Wright 22,139 51.3 –4.8
Conservative Ian Collard12,91229.9–0.2
Liberal Democrats Jenny Pinkett5,93413.80.0
UKIP Roy Jenkins2,1705.0New
Majority9,22721.4–4.6
Turnout 43,15557.4+2.0
Labour hold Swing –2.3
General election 2001: Cannock Chase [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Wright 23,049 56.1 +1.3
Conservative Gavin Smithers12,34530.1+2.9
Liberal Democrats Stewart Reynolds5,67013.8+5.1
Majority10,70426.0–1.6
Turnout 41,06455.4–17.0
Labour hold Swing –0.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Cannock Chase [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Wright 28,705 54.8
Conservative John Backhouse14,22727.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Kirby4,5378.7
Referendum Peter Froggatt1,6633.2
New LabourWilliam Hurley1,6153.1
Socialist Labour Mick Conroy1,1202.1
Monster Raving Loony Melvyn Hartshorne4991.0
Majority14,47827.6
Turnout 52,36672.4
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ↑ Tony Wright, a Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee (1999 to 2010), was the Labour MP for Cannock Chase from 1997 to 2010, and for Cannock and Burntwood from 1992 to 1997. He announced in 2008 that he would not stand at the 2010 general election, citing ill-health. [6]

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