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Cannock Chase 2022

Local elections held 5 May 2022.

13 ward races
13 seats
9 elected below the proportional quota
69.2% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 13 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 13 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party7,67542.1%646.2%646.2%0
Labour Party6,92938.0%538.5%646.2%-1
CCI1,7509.6%00.0%17.7%-1
Green Party1,1126.1%17.7%00.0%+1
Liberal Democrats4982.7%17.7%00.0%+1
Independent1670.9%00.0%00.0%0
Reform UK870.5%00.0%00.0%0
Total18,218100.0%13100.0%13100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Hednesford North · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +13.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,299

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Cartwright S.Labour Party47336.4%Elected
2Wootton R.Conservative and Unionist Party42632.8%
3Mawle D.CCI40030.8%

Electorate 5,334 · Ballots cast 1,299 · EC ward code E05006912 · Back to ward index

Brereton & Ravenhill · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +13.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,353

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Fisher P.Liberal Democrats49836.8%Elected
2Dudson A.Labour Party47335.0%
3Ashcroft T.Conservative and Unionist Party38228.2%

Electorate 5,248 · Ballots cast 1,353 · EC ward code E05006902 · Back to ward index

Heath Hayes East & Wimblebury · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,152

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Buttery M.Conservative and Unionist Party47841.5%Elected
2Todd D.Labour Party41335.9%
3Ashford J.CCI21518.7%
4Kennedy S.Green Party464.0%

Electorate 4,815 · Ballots cast 1,152 · EC ward code E05006910 · Back to ward index

Hednesford Green Heath · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,125

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Jones P.Conservative and Unionist Party47442.1%Elected
2Hill J.Labour Party42137.4%
3Huggins J.CCI15814.0%
4Green D.Green Party726.4%

Electorate 5,487 · Ballots cast 1,125 · EC ward code E05006911 · Back to ward index

Cannock South · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,461

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Pearson A.Labour Party65144.6%Elected
2Kenny B.Conservative and Unionist Party63643.5%
3Wallace I.CCI17411.9%

Electorate 6,094 · Ballots cast 1,461 · EC ward code E05006905 · Back to ward index

Cannock East · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,363

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Prestwood J.Labour Party61445.0%Elected
2Rushton H.Conservative and Unionist Party59643.7%
3Mawle S.CCI856.2%
4Jenking R.Green Party685.0%

Electorate 5,354 · Ballots cast 1,363 · EC ward code E05006903 · Back to ward index

Hawks Green · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,373

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Theodorou P.Conservative and Unionist Party62645.6%Elected
2Dadge P.CCI35926.1%
3Johnson P.Labour Party32823.9%
4Cocker W.Green Party604.4%

Electorate 5,379 · Ballots cast 1,373 · EC ward code E05006909 · Back to ward index

Cannock North · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,241

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Thornley S.Labour Party56945.9%Elected
2Manning L.Conservative and Unionist Party36229.2%
3Harborow C.Independent16713.5%
4Perry K.CCI746.0%
5Harwatt C.Green Party695.6%

Electorate 5,288 · Ballots cast 1,241 · EC ward code E05006904 · Back to ward index

Etching Hill & The Heath · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,516

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Fletcher J.Conservative and Unionist Party72848.0%Elected
2Foley D.Labour Party53535.3%
3Pyke I.CCI1509.9%
4Sheridan M.Green Party1036.8%

Electorate 5,099 · Ballots cast 1,516 · EC ward code E05006907 · Back to ward index

Rawnsley · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.9 pts Valid ballots 1,093

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Elson J.Green Party58953.9%Elected
2Harrison L.Conservative and Unionist Party32629.8%
3Galaska D.Labour Party17816.3%

Electorate 3,619 · Ballots cast 1,093 · EC ward code E05006915 · Back to ward index

Western Springs · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.2 pts Valid ballots 1,605

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Lyons O.Conservative and Unionist Party91857.2%Elected
2Gaye D.Labour Party68742.8%

Electorate 5,186 · Ballots cast 1,605 · EC ward code E05006916 · Back to ward index

Cannock West · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.9 pts Valid ballots 1,912

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Bancroft J.Conservative and Unionist Party1,14559.9%Elected
2Thornley S.Labour Party52727.6%
3Findlay S.CCI1357.1%
4Smith M.Green Party1055.5%

Electorate 5,676 · Ballots cast 1,912 · EC ward code E05006906 · Back to ward index

Norton Canes · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.4 pts Valid ballots 1,725

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Preece J.Labour Party1,06061.4%Elected
2Clapham T.Conservative and Unionist Party57833.5%
3Allen P.Reform UK875.0%

Electorate 6,515 · Ballots cast 1,725 · EC ward code E05006914 · Back to ward index