Cannock Chase is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Cannock; other notable towns are Rugeley, Bridgtown and Hednesford. The district covers a large part of the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, from which it takes its name.
Cannock Chase District | |
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Non-metropolitan district | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | West Midlands |
Non-metropolitan county | Staffordshire |
Status | Non-metropolitan district |
Admin HQ | Cannock |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Government | |
• Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
• Body | Cannock Chase Council |
• Leadership | Leader & Cabinet |
• MPs | Amanda Milling |
Area | |
• Total | 30.5 sq mi (78.9 km2) |
• Rank | 239th (of 309) |
Population (mid-2019 est.) | |
• Total | 100,762 |
• Rank | 241st (of 309) |
• Density | 3,300/sq mi (1,300/km2) |
• Ethnicity | 97.3% White 1.2% S.Asian |
Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
ONS code | 41UB (ONS) E07000192 (GSS) |
OS grid reference | SK0200614806 |
Website | www |
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Cannock and Rugeley urban districts, along with Brindley Heath from Lichfield Rural District, and Norton Canes from Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District. Cannock, which covers around 30% of the population, includes the parish of Bridgtown but the rest of Cannock is unparished. Until the 2010 general election the parliamentary constituency of Cannock Chase consisted of Cannock Chase district plus the adjacent village of Huntington. From 2010 onwards the constituency has exactly the same boundaries as the district.
Since 2011, Cannock Chase has formed part of both the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (along with neighbouring authorities Birmingham, Bromsgrove, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Solihull, Tamworth and Wyre Forest), and Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership.
There are many villages and suburbs along with three towns in the entire Cannock Chase District.
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Other areas built around and neighbouring the district:
The Labour Party controlled the district council from the 2012 election, when it gained an overall majority, until the 2019 election when the council entered no overall control. For the 2019/20 civic year, the Labour Party ran the council with an informal confidence-and-supply agreement with the Green Party. In June 2020, four Green councillors and a former Labour councillor formed the Chase Community Independents Group which led to Labour forming a minority administration with confidence and supply from two Liberal Democrat councillors and one former Labour independent councillor.
At the elections held in May 2021, the Conservatives won 12 of the 13 seats being contested (10 of which went to newly elected councillors), and in doing so, secured an outright majority on the Council.
The table below shows the number of seats held by each party since the beginning of 2010. This includes district council election results, highlighted in red, as well as defections and by-elections.
Date | Labour | Conservative | Chase Inds | Lib Dem | Greens | UKIP | Independent | |||||||
6 May 2021[3] | 9 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
15 June 2020[4] | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
8 June 2020[5] | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
7 May 2020[6] | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
2 May 2019[7] | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
3 May 2018[8] | 21 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
7 September 2017[9] | 21 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
18 August 2017[10] | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
6 July 2017[11] | 21 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
September 2016[12] | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
5 May 2016[13] | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
7 May 2015[14] | 22 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
23 May 2014[15] | 25 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
22 May 2014[16] | 25 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
18 February 2014[17] | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
30 July 2013[18] | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
22 July 2013[19] | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
4 July 2013[20] | 24 | 12 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
3 May 2012[21] | 24 | 12 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
February 2012[22] | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
5 May 2011[23] | 17 | 13 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
26 August 2010[24] | 14 | 10 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
6 May 2010[25] | 13 | 11 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
22 February 2010[26] | 14 | 7 | 19 | 1 | ||||||||||
26 January 2010[27] | 14 | 9 | 17 | 1 | ||||||||||
22 January 2010[28] | 14 | 9 | 18 | |||||||||||
18 January 2010[29] | 14 | 10 | 17 | |||||||||||
1 January 2010 | 14 | 12 | 15 | |||||||||||
Position | Councillor | Ward represented | |
Leader of the Council | Olivia Lyons | Western Springs | |
Deputy Leader of the Council | Bryan Jones | Hednesford Green Heath | |
Neighbourhood Safety & Partnerships Portfolio Leader | |||
Community Engagement, Health & Wellbeing Portfolio Leader | Val Jones | Cannock West | |
District Development Portfolio Leader | Mike Sutherland | Etching Hill and The Heath | |
Environment and Climate Change Portfolio Leader | Justin Johnson | Etching Hill and The Heath | |
Housing, Heritage & Leisure Portfolio Leader | Adrienne Fitzgerald | Hawks Green | |
Innovation and High Streets Portfolio Leader | Phil Hewitt | Hawks Green | |
Position | Councillor | Ward represented | |
Leader of the Opposition | George Adamson | Hednesford Green Heath | |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Tony Johnson | Cannock East | |
District Development Shadow Portfolio Leader | |||
Community Engagement, Health & Wellbeing Shadow Portfolio Leader | John Kraujalis | Cannock South | |
Environment and Climate Change Shadow Portfolio Leader | Josh Newbury | Norton Canes | |
Housing, Heritage & Leisure Shadow Portfolio Leader | John Preece | Norton Canes | |
Innovation and High Streets Shadow Portfolio Leader | Sheila Cartwright | Hednesford North | |
Neighbourhood Safety & Partnerships Shadow Portfolio Leader | Frank Allen | Cannock North | |
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