Cannock and Burntwood (UK Parliament constituency)
Cannock and Burntwood | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Staffordshire |
Major settlements | Cannock |
1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Cannock Chase, Lichfield |
Created from | Cannock and Lichfield and Tamworth[1] |
Cannock and Burntwood was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
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 | |
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1983 | Gerald Howarth | Conservative | |
1992 | Tony Wright | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Cannock Chase & Lichfield |
Elections
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 20,976 | 40.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Gwilym Roberts | 18,931 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | Joseph Withnall | 11,336 | 22.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,045 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,243 | 77.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 54,381 | 79.8 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Wright | 28,139 | 46.0 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 26,633 | 43.6 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Treasaden | 5,899 | 9.6 | −6.3 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Melvin Hartshorne | 469 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,506 | 2.5 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 61,140 | 84.3 | +4.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.7 | |||
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "'Cannock and Burntwood', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
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