Cannock Chase (district)

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Cannock Chase District
Cannock Chase
Shown within Staffordshire
Geography
Status: Non-metropolitan district
Region: West Midlands
Admin. County: Staffordshire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 269th
78.88 km²
Admin. HQ: Cannock
ONS code: 41UB
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2006 est.)
- Density
Ranked 239th
94,300
1195 / km²
Ethnicity: 98.6% White
Politics

Cannock Chase District Council
http://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: TBA (council NOC)
MP: Tony Wright

Cannock Chase is a local government district in England. It covers part of Cannock Chase forest and the towns of Cannock, Rugeley and Hednesford

There are several parish and town councils in the district:

Cannock, which covers around 1/3 of the population, is unparished.

The district, together with the adjacent village of Huntington, forms a parliamentary constituency. As of the United Kingdom general election, 2001, the Member of Parliament is Dr. Tony Wright.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of Cannock and Rugeley urban districts, and Brindley Heath from Lichfield Rural District.