Cannock Chase is a constituency[n 1] in Staffordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Amanda Milling of the Conservative Party. She served as the Minister for Asia and the Middle East in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office from 16 September 2021 to 7 September 2022.[n 2]
Cannock Chase | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Staffordshire |
Population | 97,462 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 75,680 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Cannock, Hednesford, Rugeley |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Amanda Milling (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Cannock & Burntwood |
Election | Member[3][4] | Party | |
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1997 | Dr Tony Wright[n 3] | Labour | |
2010 | Aidan Burley | Conservative | |
2015 | Amanda Milling | Conservative |
1997–2010: The District of Cannock Chase, and the District of South Staffordshire ward of Huntington.
2010–present: The District of Cannock Chase.
The constituency contains three towns, Cannock, Rugeley, and Hednesford, with several pit villages, and the Chase itself situated between Hednesford and Rugeley. Since 2010 the seat has broadly the same boundaries as did the 1974-1983 seat of Cannock.
Prior to 1997, Cannock and Hednesford were part of the Cannock and Burntwood constituency, while Rugeley was part of the Mid Staffordshire constituency. Between 1997 and 2010 the village of Huntington was part of the constituency though it was part of South Staffordshire local government district.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be unchanged.[6]
The seat was created for the 1997 election; the Labour Party held the seat for 13 years, until Aidan Burley of the Conservative Party was elected at the 2010 general election with a large 14% swing, the second largest Labour to Conservative swing at that election. Amanda Milling has subsequently held the seat, increasing the Conservative majority in both 2015 and 2017. In 2019, the Conservative majority increased to nearly 20,000 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Reform UK | Paul Allen[7] | ||||
Labour | Josh Newbury[8] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Amanda Milling | 31,636 | 68.3 | +13.3 | |
Labour | Anne Hobbs | 11,757 | 25.4 | –12.0 | |
Green | Paul Woodhead | 2,920 | 6.3 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 19,879 | 42.9 | +25.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,313 | 61.9 | –2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Amanda Milling | 26,318 | 55.0 | +10.8 | |
Labour | Paul Dadge | 17,927 | 37.4 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | Paul Allen | 2,018 | 4.2 | –13.3 | |
Green | Paul Woodhead | 815 | 1.7 | –0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nat Green | 794 | 1.7 | –1.0 | |
Majority | 8,391 | 17.4 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,872 | 64.2 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Amanda Milling[11] | 20,811 | 44.2 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Janos Toth[11] | 15,888 | 33.7 | +0.6 | |
UKIP | Grahame Wiggin[12] | 8,224 | 17.5 | +14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Jackson[13] | 1,270 | 2.7 | –14.3 | |
Green | Paul Woodhead[14] | 906 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 4,923 | 10.5 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,099 | 63.2 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Aidan Burley | 18,271 | 40.1 | +10.1 | |
Labour | Susan Woodward | 15,076 | 33.1 | –17.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Hunt | 7,732 | 17.0 | +3.0 | |
BNP | Terence Majorowicz | 2,168 | 4.8 | New | |
UKIP | Malcolm McKenzie | 1,580 | 3.5 | –1.6 | |
Independent | Ron Turville | 380 | 0.8 | New | |
Get Snouts Out The Trough | Roy Jenkins | 259 | 0.6 | New | |
Independent | Mike Walters | 93 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,195 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,559 | 61.1 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +14.0 |
The vote share change in 2010 comes from the notional, not actual, 2005 results because of the boundary change (loss of Huntington).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |
UKIP | Roy Jenkins | 2,170 | 5.0 | New | |
Majority | 9,227 | 21.4 | –4.6 | ||
Turnout | 43,155 | 57.4 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | –1.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,064 | 55.4 | –17.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Wright | 28,705 | 54.8 | ||
Conservative | John Backhouse | 14,227 | 27.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Kirby | 4,537 | 8.7 | ||
Referendum | Peter Froggatt | 1,663 | 3.2 | ||
New Labour | William Hurley | 1,615 | 3.1 | ||
Socialist Labour | Mick Conroy | 1,552 | 2.1 | ||
Monster Raving Loony | Melvyn Hartshorne | 499 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 14,478 | 27.6 | |||
Turnout | 52,366 | 72.4 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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