Cannock (UK Parliament constituency)

Cannock
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Cannock & Burntwood and Mid Staffordshire[1]

Cannock 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 1918 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Brownhills, Cannock, and Tettenhall, the Rural District of Seisdon (the civil parishes of Bobbington, Codsall, Enville, Himley, Kinver, Lower Penn, Patshull, Pattingham, Swindon, Trysull and Seisdon, Upper Penn, Wombourne, and Wrottesley), in the Rural District of Cannock the civil parishes of Bushbury, Cheslyn Hay, Essington, Great Wyrley, and Hilton, and in the Rural District of Walsall the civil parish of Bentley.

1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Cannock and Wednesfield, and the Rural District of Cannock (the civil parishes of Acton Trussell and Bednall, Blymhill, Brewood, Cheslyn Hay, Coppenhall, Dunston, Essington, Featherstone, Great Wyrley, Hatherton, Hilton, Huntington, Lapley, Penkridge, Saredon, Shareshill, Stretton, Teddesley Hay, and Weston-under-Lizard).

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	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

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Cannock [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Murdoch Adamson	11,956	41.4
	Unionist	Wallace Thorneycroft	9,438	32.7
	Liberal	Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander	7,465	25.9
Majority			2,518	8.7
Turnout			28,859
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Cannock [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Murdoch Adamson	26,388	54.2
	Unionist	Hon. Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont	15,055	30.9
	Liberal	Abraham Ray	7,282	14.9
Majority			11,333	23.3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Cannock[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Adelaide Ward	27,498	54.63	+23.7
	Labour	William Murdoch Adamson	22,833	45.37	-8.8
Majority			4,665	9.27	N/A
Turnout			50,331	75.95
Registered electors			66,268
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+16.25

General Election 1935: Cannock[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Murdoch Adamson	27,922	50.95	+5.58
	Conservative	Sarah Adelaide Ward	26,876	49.05	-5.58
Majority			1,046	1.91	N/A
Turnout			54,798	71.41	-4.54
Registered electors			76,735
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.58

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Cannock[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennie Lee	48,859	62.57	+11.62
	Conservative	CW Shelford	29,225	37.43	-11.62
Majority			19,634	25.14	+23.23
Turnout			78,084	71.34	-0.07
Registered electors			109,455
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.62

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Cannock[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennie Lee	33,476	67.91	+5.34
	Conservative (Liberal National)	Marjorie Hickling	15,818	32.09	-5.34
Majority			17,658	35.82	+10.68
Turnout			49,294	85.70	-14.36
Registered electors			57,520
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.34

General Election 1951: Cannock[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennie Lee	32,379	66.87	-1.04
	Conservative (Liberal National)	Alan Farrington	16,041	33.13	+1.04
Majority			16,338	33.74	-2.08
Turnout			48,420	83.12	-2.58
Registered electors			58,254
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.04

General Election 1955: Cannock[11][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennie Lee	26,677	59.21	-7.66
	Liberal National (Conservative)	John HR Newey	18,379	40.79	+7.66
Majority			8,298	18.42	-15.32
Turnout			45,056	76.95	-6.17
Registered electors			58,553
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.66

General Election 1959: Cannock[13][14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennie Lee	29,624	56.85	-2.36
	Conservative (Liberal National)	Philip H Lugg	22,485	43.15	+2.36
Majority			7,139	13.70	-4.72
Turnout			52,109	79.59	+2.64
Registered electors			65,472
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.36

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Cannock[15][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennie Lee	31,608	57.53	+0.68
	Conservative	Charles John Prendergast Vereker	23,334	42.47	-0.68
Majority			8,274	15.06	+1.36
Turnout			54,942	76.15	-3.44
Registered electors			72,149
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.68

General Election 1966: Cannock[17][18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennie Lee	33,621	59.81	+2.28
	Conservative	Harold R Elliston	22,594	40.19	-2.28
Majority			11,027	19.62	+4.56
Turnout			56,215	73.68	-2.47
Registered electors			76,299
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.28

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Cannock[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Thomas Cormack	32,665	51.20
	Labour	Jennie Lee	31,136	48.80
Majority			1,529	2.40
Turnout				70.84
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election, February 1974: Cannock[20][1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwilym Edffrwd Roberts	23,869	51.46	+2.66
	Conservative	Roger Douglas King	12,805	27.61	-23.59
	Liberal	Michael Harry Windridge	9,709	20.93	N/A
Majority			11,064	23.85	+21.45
Turnout			46,383	82.70	+11.86
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election, October 1974: Cannock[21][1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwilym Edffrwd Roberts	23,887	55.54	+4.08
	Conservative	Eric Grenville Hill	11,665	27.12	-0.49
	Liberal	Eric Freeman	7,459	17.34	-3.59
Majority			12,222	28.42	+4.57
Turnout			43,011	76.05	-6.65
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.28

General Election 1979: Cannock[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwilym Roberts	25,050	52.76	-2.78
	Conservative	J Vereker	17,704	37.28	+10.16
	Liberal	PJ Davis	4,729	9.96	-7.38
Majority			7,346	15.47	-12.95
Turnout			47,483	79.79	+3.76
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.47

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)

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2. The Liberal Year Book, 1931
3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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