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Cannock Chase District

Cannock Chase District
Non-metropolitan district
Cannock Chase shown within Staffordshire
Cannock Chase shown within Staffordshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region West Midlands
Non-metropolitan county Staffordshire
Status Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ Cannock
Incorporated 1 April 1974
Government
 • Type Non-metropolitan district council
 • Body Cannock Chase Council
 • Leadership Leader & Cabinet (Labour)
 • MPs Amanda Milling
Area
 • Total 30.5 sq mi (78.9 km2)
Area rank 244th (of 326)
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 98,500
 • Rank 242nd (of 326)
 • Density 3,200/sq mi (1,200/km2)
 • Ethnicity 97.3% White
1.2% S.Asian
Time zone GMT (UTC0)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
ONS code 41UB (ONS)
E07000192 (GSS)
OS grid reference SK0200614806
Website www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk

Cannock Chase is a local government district in England. It covers a large part of Cannock Chase forest and the towns of Cannock, Rugeley and Hednesford.

There are several parish and town councils in the 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.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Cannock and Rugeley urban districts, and both Brindley Heath from Lichfield Rural District, and Norton Canes from Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District.

Since 2011, Cannock Chase has formed part of both the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (along with neighbouring authorities Birmingham, Bromsgrove, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Solihull, Tamworth and Wyre Forest), and Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership.

The Labour Party has controlled the district council since gaining an overall majority in the 2012 elections. The table below shows the status of the parties since the beginning of 2010. This includes district council election results, highlighted in red, as well as defections.


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