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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Gerald Howarth | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Tony Wright | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Cannock Chase & Lichfield | ||
Elections
| General Election 1992: Cannock and Burntwood[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Wright | 28,139 | 46.0 | +6.5 | |
| Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 26,633 | 43.6 | −0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter W. Treasaden | 5,899 | 9.6 | −6.3 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | M. Hartshorne | 469 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 1,506 | 2.5 | −2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 61,140 | 84.3 | +4.5 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.7 | |||
| General Election 1987: Cannock and Burntwood | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 24,186 | 44.48 | ||
| Labour | Gwilym Roberts | 21,497 | 39.53 | ||
| Liberal | N Stanley | 8,698 | 15.99 | ||
| Majority | 2,689 | 4.94 | |||
| Turnout | 79.81 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Cannock and Burntwood | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 20,976 | 40.93 | ||
| Labour | Gwilym Roberts | 18,931 | 36.94 | ||
| Social Democratic | JW Withnall | 11,336 | 22.12 | ||
| Majority | 2,045 | 3.99 | |||
| Turnout | 77.42 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
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