Cannock and Burntwood (UK Parliament constituency)

Cannock and Burntwood
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Staffordshire
Major settlements	Cannock
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Cannock Chase, Lichfield
Created from	Cannock

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.

History

This was a bellwether constituency, with the winner of each election for the time that the constituency existed also winning the election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Gerald Howarth	Conservative
	1992	Tony Wright	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Cannock Chase, Lichfield

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Cannock and Burntwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Wright	28,139	46.0	+6.5
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	26,633	43.6	−0.9
	Liberal Democrat	PW 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

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire