Cannock and Burntwood (UK Parliament constituency)

Cannock and Burntwood
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	Anthony Wayland Wright	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Cannock Chase & Lichfield

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Cannock and Burntwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	20,976	40.9	N/A
	Labour	Gwilym Roberts	18,931	36.9	N/A
	Social Democratic	Joseph William Withnall	11,336	22.1	N/A
Majority			2,045	3.9	N/A
Turnout			51,243	77.4	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1987: Cannock and Burntwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	24,186	44.5	+3.6
	Labour	Gwilym Roberts	21,497	39.5	+2.6
	Liberal	Neil Kevin Stanley	8,698	16.0	−6.1
Majority			2,689	4.9
Turnout			54,381	79.8	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Cannock and Burntwood^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anthony Wayland Wright	28,139	46.0	+6.5
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	26,633	43.6	−0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter William Treasaden	5,899	9.6	−6.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Melvin Hartshorne	469	0.8	N/A
Majority			1,506	2.5	−2.5
Turnout			61,140	84.3	+4.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.7

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

Notes and references

1. "'Cannock and Burntwood', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
3. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.