Cannock (UK Parliament constituency)

Cannock was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Brownhills, Cannock, and Tettenhall, the Rural District of Seisdon, in the Rural District of Cannock the civil parishes of Bushbury, Choslyn Hay, Essington, Great Wyrley, and Hilton, and in the Rural District of Walsall the civil parish of Bentley.

1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Cannock and Wednesfield, and the Rural District of Cannock.

1974-1983: The Urban Districts of Cannock and Rugeley, and in the Rural District of Lichfield the civil parish of Brindley Heath.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	James Parker	Coalition Labour
	1922	William Adamson	Labour
	1931	Sarah Ward	Conservative
	1935	William Adamson	Labour
	1945	Jennie Lee	Labour
	1970	Patrick Cormack	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Gwilym Roberts	Labour
	1983	constituency abolished: see Cannock and Burntwood

Election results

General Election 1923: Cannock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Murdoch Adamson	11,956	41.4
	Unionist	Wallace Thorneycroft	9,438	32.7
	Liberal	Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander	7,465	25.9
Majority			2,518	8.7
Turnout			28,859
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Cannock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Murdoch Adamson	26,388	54.2
	Unionist	Hon. Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont	15,055	30.9
	Liberal	Abraham Ray	7,282	14.9
Majority			11,333	23.3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Cannock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwilym Roberts	25,050	52.76	-2.78
	Conservative	J Vereker	17,704	37.28	+10.16
	Liberal	PJ Davis	4,729	9.96	-7.38
Majority			7,346	15.47	-12.95
Turnout			47,483	79.79	+3.76
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)