Cannock Chase local elections

One third of Cannock Chase District Council in Staffordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Cannock Chase Council election, 1998
Cannock Chase Council election, 1999
Cannock Chase Council election, 2000
Cannock Chase Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)^[2]
Cannock Chase Council election, 2003
Cannock Chase Council election, 2004
Cannock Chase Council election, 2006
Cannock Chase Council election, 2007
Cannock Chase Council election, 2008
Cannock Chase Council election, 2010
Cannock Chase Council election, 2011

Hednesford North By-Election 25 November 2004^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		419	46.4	+14.6
	Conservative		248	27.5	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat		235	26.0	+3.9
Majority			171	18.9
Turnout			902	16.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Hednesford South By-Election 21 June 2007^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Ball	397	45.6	+10.2
	Conservative	Kevin Daly	243	27.9	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Reg Wells	117	13.4	-11.1
	Independent	Ron Turville	114	13.1	-0.9
Majority			154	17.7
Turnout			871	21.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Cannock West By-Election 12 February 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		654	60.6	-14.1
	Labour		333	30.8	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat		93	8.6	+8.6
Majority			321	29.8
Turnout			1,080	19.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury By-Election 15 October 2009^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Collis	314	30.0	+8.2
	Conservative	Michelle Lucas	300	28.6	-10.9
	Labour	Brian Gamble	267	25.5	-0.1
	BNP	Shaun Grimsley	116	11.1	+11.1
	UKIP	Sean Gleeson	51	4.9	+4.9
Majority			14	1.4
Turnout			1,048	21.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing