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Cannock Chase

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

8 cycles in our data
36.8% all-time seats elected below the quota (49 of 133)
18.8% all-time seats unfairly awarded (25 of 133 across 8 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2026

37 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2026 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2026)

In 2026, 13 seats were up across 12 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 13 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (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; negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Reform UK16,45453.6%13100.0%753.8%+6
Conservative Party5,19016.9%00.0%215.4%-2
Green Party4,72615.4%00.0%215.4%-2
Labour Party4,15713.5%00.0%215.4%-2
Independent1670.5%00.0%00.0%0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition230.1%00.0%00.0%0
Total30,717100.0%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

Full ward-by-ward results for 2026 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward20162018201920212022202320242026
Brereton and Ravenhill32%40%43%42%37%48%65%51%
Cannock East45%50%42%51%45%72%
Cannock Longford and Bridgtown48%53%
Cannock North53%62%53%46%46%57%
Cannock Park and Old Fallow47%54%
Cannock South47%46%39%51%45%46%
Cannock West52%69%63%69%60%58%
Chadsmoor61%61%
Etching Hill and the Heath33%55%60%68%48%52%48%46%
Hagley48%41%44%63%
Hawks Green36%59%44%57%46%51%
Hawks Green with Rumer Hill44%50%
Heath Hayes and Wimblebury50%59%
Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury40%44%37%54%41%47%
Hednesford Green Heath48%34%42%54%56%53%
Hednesford Hills and Rawnsley57%49%
Hednesford North48%46%42%39%36%38%
Hednesford Pye Green42%56%
Hednesford South43%61%48%42%
Norton Canes39%54%45%56%61%67%72%60%
Rawnsley37%56%54%70%
Western Springs35%52%54%56%57%47%52%48%