Cannock (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cannock
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of membersone
Replaced by Cannock & Burntwood and Mid Staffordshire [1]
Created from Kingswinford, West Staffordshire and Lichfield

Cannock was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was effectively recreated in 1997 as the seat of Cannock Chase.

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Boundaries

1918–1955: The Urban Districts of Brownhills, Cannock, and Tettenhall, the Rural District of Seisdon, in the Rural District of Cannock the parishes of Bushbury, Cheslyn Hay, Essington, Great Wyrley, and Hilton, and in the Rural District of Walsall the parish of Bentley.

1955–1974: The Urban Districts of Cannock and Wednesfield, and the Rural District of Cannock.

1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Cannock and Rugeley, and the parish of Brindley Heath in the Rural District of Lichfield.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 James Parker Coalition Labour
1922 William Adamson Labour
1931 Sarah Ward Conservative
1935 William Adamson Labour
1945 Jennie Lee Labour
1970 Patrick Cormack Conservative
Feb 1974 Gwilym Roberts Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Cannock and Burntwood

Election results

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Cannock [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Labour James Parker 8,06851.8
Liberal Beddoe Rees 7,49348.2
Majority5753.6
Turnout 15,56141.7
Registered electors 37,284
Labour win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Cannock [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Adamson 9,889 36.8 −15.0
National Liberal James Parker 9,11633.8New
Liberal Harold Sidney Abrahamson7,92829.4−18.8
Majority7733.0−0.6
Turnout 26,93366.9+25.2
Registered electors 40,273
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Cannock [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Adamson 11,956 41.4 +4.6
Unionist Wallace Thorneycroft9,43832.7New
Liberal Geoffrey Mander 7,46525.9−3.5
Majority2,5188.7+5.7
Turnout 28,85970.5+3.6
Registered electors 40,948
Labour hold Swing
General election 1924: Cannock [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Adamson 16,347 51.9 +10.5
Unionist Wallace Thorneycroft15,16648.1+15.4
Majority1,1813.8−4.9
Turnout 31,51374.2+3.7
Registered electors 42,473
Labour hold Swing −2.5
General election 1929: Cannock [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Adamson 26,388 54.2 +2.3
Unionist Ralph Beaumont 15,05530.9−17.2
Liberal Abraham Ray7,28214.9N/A
Majority11,33323.3+19.5
Turnout 48,72577.5+3.3
Registered electors 62,871
Labour hold Swing +9.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Cannock [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Ward 27,49854.63+23.7
Labour William Adamson 22,83345.37-8.8
Majority4,6659.27N/A
Turnout 50,33175.95
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +16.25
General election 1935: Cannock [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Adamson 27,92250.95+5.58
Conservative Sarah Ward 26,87649.05-5.58
Majority1,0461.90N/A
Turnout 54,79871.41-4.54
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.58

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Cannock [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennie Lee 48,85962.57+11.62
Conservative CW Shelford29,22537.43-11.62
Majority19,63425.14+23.23
Turnout 78,08471.34-0.07
Labour hold Swing +11.62

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Cannock [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennie Lee 33,47667.91+5.34
National Liberal Marjorie Hickling15,81832.09-5.34
Majority17,65835.82+10.68
Turnout 49,29485.70-14.36
Labour hold Swing +5.34
General election 1951: Cannock [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennie Lee 32,37966.87-1.04
National Liberal Alan Farrington16,04133.13+1.04
Majority16,33833.74-2.08
Turnout 48,42083.12-2.58
Labour hold Swing -1.04
General election 1955: Cannock [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennie Lee 26,67759.21-7.66
National Liberal John HR Newey18,37940.79+7.66
Majority8,29818.42-15.32
Turnout 45,05676.95-6.17
Labour hold Swing -7.66
General election 1959: Cannock [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennie Lee 29,62456.85-2.36
National Liberal Philip H Lugg22,48543.15+2.36
Majority7,13913.70-4.72
Turnout 52,10979.59+2.64
Labour hold Swing -2.36

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Cannock [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennie Lee 31,60857.53+0.68
Conservative Charles John Prendergast Vereker23,33442.47-0.68
Majority8,27415.06+1.36
Turnout 54,94276.15-3.44
Labour hold Swing +0.68
General election 1966: Cannock [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennie Lee 33,62159.81+2.28
Conservative Harold R Elliston22,59440.19-2.28
Majority11,02719.62+4.56
Turnout 56,21573.68-2.47
Labour hold Swing -2.28

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Cannock [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Cormack 32,66551.2+11.0
Labour Jennie Lee 31,13648.8-11.0
Majority1,5292.40N/A
Turnout 63,80170.84-2.84
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +11.01

In an analysis of the voting trends at the 1970 general election, published shortly after the event, political scientist Richard Rose claimed that Jennie Lee's defeat in Cannock was "the biggest upset" of the contest. Rose believed that a large expansion in the electorate in the constituency contributed towards the 10.7% Labour to Conservative swing, which was significantly higher than the national average. [14]

1970 notional result on 1974-1983 boundaries: Cannock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 23,40062.23
Conservative 14,20037.77
Majority9,20024.46
Turnout 37,600
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Cannock [15] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwilym Roberts 23,86951.46-10.77
Conservative Roger King 12,80527.61-10.16
Liberal Michael Harry Windridge9,70920.93New
Majority11,06423.85-0.61
Turnout 46,38382.70+11.86
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Cannock [16] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwilym Roberts 23,88755.54+4.08
Conservative Eric Grenville Hill11,66527.12-0.49
Liberal Eric Freeman7,45917.34-3.59
Majority12,22228.42+0.57
Turnout 43,01176.05-6.65
Labour hold Swing +2.28
General election 1979: Cannock [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwilym Roberts 25,05052.76-2.78
Conservative J Vereker17,70437.28+10.16
Liberal PJ Davis4,7299.96-7.38
Majority7,34615.48-12.94
Turnout 47,48379.79+3.76
Labour hold Swing -6.47

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