Cannock Chase (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cannock Chase County constituency

Cannock Chase shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Tony Wright
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Staffordshire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Cannock Chase is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Cannock Chase constituency has almost the same boundaries as Cannock Chase local government district, with the addition of the village of Huntington from South Staffordshire district.

The constituency contains two main towns, Cannock and Rugeley, with the Chase itself situated between them. Cannock was previously situated (before 1997) in the Cannock and Burntwood constituency, while Rugeley previously formed part of the now abolished Mid Staffordshire constituency.

Under the current review, the Boundary Commission has recommended that the constituency borders be aligned exactly with the Cannock Chase local government district.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Tony Wright has been the representative for Cannock Chase, and Cannock and Burntwood constituency before that, since 1992.

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Cannock Chase
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Wright	22,139	51.3	−4.8
	Conservative	Ian Collard	12,912	29.9	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Pinkett	5,934	13.8	0.0
	UK Independence	Roy Jenkins	2,170	5.0	N/A
Majority			9,227	21.4
Turnout			43,155	57.4	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Cannock Chase
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Wright	23,049	56.1	+1.3
	Conservative	Gavin Smithers	12,345	30.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Reynolds	5,670	13.8	+5.1
Majority			10,704	26.0
Turnout			41,064	55.4	−18.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Cannock Chase
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Wright	28,705	54.8	N/A
	Conservative	John Backhouse	14,227	27.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Kirby	4,537	8.7	N/A
	Referendum Party	P. Froggatt	1,663	3.2	N/A
	New Labour	W. Hurley	1,615	3.1	N/A
	Socialist Labour	M. Conroy	1,120	2.1	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	M. Hartshorne	499	1.0	N/A
Majority			14,478		N/A
Turnout				72.4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston \| Birmingham, Erdington \| Birmingham Hall Green \| Birmingham Hodge Hill \| Birmingham Northfield \| Birmingham Perry Barr \| Birmingham Selly Oak \| Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath \| Burton \| Cannock Chase \| Coventry North East \| Coventry North West \| Coventry South \| Dudley North \| Dudley South \| Halesowen and Rowley Regis \| Newcastle-under-Lyme \| North Warwickshire \| Nuneaton \| Redditch \| Stafford \| Staffordshire Moorlands \| Stoke-on-Trent Central \| Stoke-on-Trent North \| Stoke-on-Trent South \| Stourbridge \| Tamworth \| Telford \| Walsall North \| Walsall South \| Warley \| Warwick and Leamington \| West Bromwich East \| West Bromwich West \| Wolverhampton North East \| Wolverhampton South East \| Wolverhampton South West \| Worcester
Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills \| Bromsgrove \| Leominster \| Lichfield \| Ludlow \| Meriden \| Mid Worcestershire \| North Shropshire \| Rugby and Kenilworth \| Shrewsbury and Atcham \| South Staffordshire \| Stone \| Stratford-on-Avon \| Sutton Coldfield \| The Wrekin \| West Worcestershire
Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley \| Hereford \| Solihull
Health Concern	Wyre Forest
Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) \| Labour (2) \| UKIP (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)