Cannock and Burntwood

Cannock and Burntwood
Former constituency for the House of Commons
County	Staffordshire
Major settlements	Cannock
1983–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Cannock and Lichfield and Tamworth [1]
Replaced by	Cannock Chase, Lichfield

Cannock and Burntwood was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created at the 1983 general election. Its territory was taken from two abolished constituencies: 68.3% from Cannock, and 31.97% from Lichfield and Tamworth. It disappeared at the 1997 general election, when it was split between two new seats: 68.49% of its territory went to Cannock Chase, and 31.51% to Lichfield.

Boundaries

The District of Cannock Chase wards of Anglesey, Broomhill, Cannock South, Chadsmoor, Heath Hayes, Longford, Norton Canes, Parkside, Pye Green Valley, and Rawnsley, and the District of Lichfield wards of All Saints, Boney Hay, Chase Terrace, Chasetown, Hammerwich, Highfield, Redslade, and Summerfield.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1983	Gerald Howarth	Conservative
	1992	Tony Wright	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Cannock Chase & Lichfield

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Cannock and Burntwood ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	20,976	40.9
	Labour	Gwilym Roberts	18,931	36.9
	SDP	Joseph Withnall	11,336	22.1
Majority			2,045	4.0
Turnout			51,243	77.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1987: Cannock and Burntwood ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	24,186	44.5	+3.6
	Labour	Gwilym Roberts	21,497	39.5	+2.6
	Liberal	Neil Stanley	8,698	16.0	−6.1
Majority			2,689	5.0	+1.0
Turnout			54,381	79.8	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Cannock and Burntwood ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Wayland Wright	28,139	46.0	+6.5
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	26,633	43.6	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Treasaden	5,899	9.6	−6.4
	Monster Raving Loony	Melvin Hartshorne	469	0.8	New
Majority			1,506	2.4	N/A
Turnout			61,140	84.3	+4.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.7

See also

• parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

Notes and references

1. "'Cannock and Burntwood', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
3. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
4. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
5. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
6. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.