Cannock Chase
2010 Results:
Conservative: 18271 (40.1%)
Labour: 15076 (33.09%)
Liberal Democrat: 7732 (16.97%)
BNP: 2168 (4.76%)
UKIP: 1580 (3.47%)
Independent: 473 (1.04%)
Others: 259 (0.57%)
Majority: 3195 (7.01%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 21325 (50.9%)
Conservative: 12670 (30.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 5832 (13.9%)
Other: 2086 (5%)
Majority: 8655 (20.6%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 12912 (29.9%)
Labour: 22139 (51.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 5934 (13.8%)
UKIP: 2170 (5%)
Majority: 9227 (21.4%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 12345 (30.1%)
Labour: 23049 (56.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 5670 (13.8%)
Majority: 10704 (26.1%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 14227 (27.2%)
Labour: 28705 (54.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 4537 (8.7%)
Referendum: 1663 (3.2%)
Other: 3234 (6.2%)
Majority: 14478 (27.6%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Aidan Burley (Conservative) Born 1979, New Zealand.
Aidan Burley (Conservative) Born 1979, New Zealand.Susan Woodward (Labour) Jon Hunt (Liberal Democrat)Malcolm McKenzie (UKIP)Terence Majorowicz (BNP) Malcom McKenzie (Get Snouts out the Trough)Mike Walters (Independent)Ron Turville (Independent)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 92126
Male: 49.3%
Female: 50.7%
Under 18: 23.8%
Over 60: 18.6%
Born outside UK: 2%
White: 98.6%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 0.5%
Mixed: 0.4%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 80.8%
Full time students: 2%
Graduates 16-74: 10.7%
No Qualifications 16-74: 34.9%
Owner-Occupied: 73.7%
Social Housing: 19.3% (Council: 16.5%, Housing Ass.: 2.8%)
Privately Rented: 4.5%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 5.4%
Thatcher yes – I wish it was 1979 again.
(not seriously in all respects though).
I find myself in agreement with you Pete about Des Wilson. I still find Simon Hughes more irritating still, but it’s a close-run thing. In his more erudite Scottish way, it’s true that Ming Campbell has always had a rather inflated idea of his own worth,too.
As a Labour Party member, I never really trusted Bryan Gould, and despite John Smith being seen as the candidate of the Right I voted for Smith against him. It’s rather strange that in many ways Gould started the school of New Labour style & presentation, and yet nowadays he appears to despise his (now more elderly) baby.
That is an interesting observation about Bryan Gould.
He did seem to represent the early stages of what was to become New Labour, with a good campaign in 1987 which I think did achieve the minimum needed to throw the Alliance into trouble after the election, and allow Labour to rebuild.
He seemed to become estranged from his party by 1992, and I think the issue might have been Europe. He seemed to see Europe (and the ERM policy of the early 90s) as in the way of a more expansionist economic policy.
Coming from New Zealand may also have informed some of his hostility to the EU of course. I’m not sure if this was the case with our friend Mr Wilson though – I would guess not.
I always liked Bryan Gould.
I remember advising my mum to vote for him in the 1992 leadership contest – she had a union vote.
He seemed to have old Labour principles but with a modern way of thinking.
That sounds so like Blair Richard – “traditional values in a modern setting”. His so-called old Labour principles seemed rather hidden at the time but appeared to resurface later. (When he hadn’t won the leadership.)
Is there any difference between “traditional values in a modern setting” and “modern values in a traditional setting?”
Richard, I thought it was only MP’s, MEP’s and senior trade union officials who had votes in labour party leadership elections back then. I thought Tony Blair changed the rules so that rank and file union members got a vote?
That’s always depended on the union; some consult in a proper democratic fashion with their members, other have never bothered. This applies to both left and right – I well remember Frank Chapple saying during the 1981 deputy leadership campaign saying “Why should I consult my members when I know they’d vote for Healey?”.