Cannock (UK Parliament constituency)
Cannock | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | 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 | |
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style="background-color: Template:Coalition Labour/meta/color" | | 1918 | James Parker | Coalition Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1922 | William Adamson | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1931 | Sarah Ward | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1935 | William Adamson | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | Jennie Lee | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1970 | Patrick Cormack | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Feb 1974 | Gwilym Roberts | Labour |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Cannock and Burntwood |
Election results
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jennie Lee | 33,476 | 67.91 | +5.34 | |
Conservative (National Liberal) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jennie Lee | 32,379 | 66.87 | −1.04 | |
Conservative (National Liberal) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jennie Lee | 26,677 | 59.21 | −7.66 | |
National Liberal (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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jennie Lee | 29,624 | 56.85 | −2.36 | |
Conservative (National Liberal) | 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
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1931
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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