|
|
|
Cannock Chase
|
|
gain
from Labour
|
|
Tony Wright
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
14,227 (27.2%)
|
|
28,705 (54.8%)
|
|
4,537 ( 8.7%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
4,897 ( 9.4%)
|
|
|
|
72,362
|
|
52,366 (72.4%)
|
|
Tony Wright
|
|
Cannock and Burntwood
|
|
6,469 (10.8%)
|
|
22,790 (38.2%)
|
|
29,259 (49.0%)
|
|
7,283 (12.2%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
383 ( 0.6%)
|
|
|
Labour
|
|
70,749
|
|
59,715 (84.4%)
|
|
|
-11.0%
|
|
+5.8%
|
|
-3.5%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+8.7%
|
|
+2.3%
|
|
-12.0%
|
|
|
|
The traditional industrial towns that lie to the south and east of Cannock Chase were built on coalmining. That economic base has now gone, but the associated working-class traditions remain just strong enough to tip the balance of interest here towards Labour in any but the very best years for the Conservatives.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,251
|
5.91
|
9.03
|
65
|
|
|
1,344
|
3.53
|
11.17
|
32
|
|
|
3,680
|
9.65
|
11.25
|
86
|
|
|
13,149
|
34.50
|
14.70
|
235
|
|
|
354
|
0.93
|
10.45
|
9
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
2.81
|
0
|
|
|
647
|
1.70
|
8.01
|
21
|
|
|
11,468
|
30.09
|
15.25
|
197
|
|
|
3,787
|
9.94
|
7.13
|
139
|
|
|
1,436
|
3.77
|
10.17
|
37
|
|
|
