Cannock Chase District
Cannock Chase is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Cannock; other notable towns are Rugeley and Hednesford. The district covers a large part of the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, from which it takes its name.
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, and Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership.Areas of Cannock Chase District
There are many villages and suburbs along with four towns in the entire Cannock Chase District.
Towns:
- Cannock
- Rugeley
- Hednesford
- Bridgtown
Villages:
Areas:
Other areas built around Cannock Chase District:
Council political composition
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. Since 2019, the Labour Party has run the council as part of a coalition with the Green Party; this initially took the form of an informal confidence-and-supply agreement but was firmed up as a formal coalition for the 2020/21 civic year.
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.Footnotes
