2024 Cannock Chase District Council election
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The 2024 Cannock Chase District Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect councillors on Cannock Chase District Council in Staffordshire. All 36 seats on the council were elected following boundary changes. This election was held on the same day as other local elections in England and the election of Staffordshire's Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner.
Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being run by a coalition of Labour and the Greens, led by Labour councillor Tony Johnson.[1]
After a review of the council's ward boundaries, the number of councillors was reduced from 41 to 36 and the number of wards was reduced from 15 to 12.[2] This means that each ward will now elect exactly three councillors.
Boundary changes
Cannock Chase usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a four-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards. The first-placed candidate will receive a four-year term, the second-placed candidate will receive a three-year term and the third-placed candidate will receive a two-year term.
| Old wards[3] | No. of seats | New wards | No. of seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brereton and Ravenhill | 3 | Brereton and Ravenhill | 3 |
| Cannock East | 3 | Chadsmoor | 3 |
| Cannock North | 3 | Cannock Longford and Bridgtown | 3 |
| Cannock South | 3 | Cannock Park and Old Fallow | 3 |
| Cannock West | 3 | Etching Hill and the Heath | 3 |
| Etching Hill and The Heath | 3 | Hawks Green with Rumer Hill | 3 |
| Hagley | 2 | Heath Hayes and Wimblebury | 3 |
| Hawks Green | 3 | Hednesford Green Heath | 3 |
| Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury | 3 | Hednesford Hills and Rawnsley | 3 |
| Hednesford Green Heath | 2 | Hednesford Pye Green | 3 |
| Hednesford North | 3 | Norton Canes | 3 |
| Hednesford South | 2 | Western Springs | 3 |
| Norton Canes | 3 | ||
| Rawnsley | 2 | ||
| Western Springs | 3 |
Previous council composition
| After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[4] | After 2024 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Labour | 17 | Labour | 18 | Labour | 21 | |||
| Conservative | 18 | Conservative | 18 | Conservative | 10 | |||
| Green | 5 | Green | 5 | Green | 5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 0 | Liberal Democrats | 0 | |||
Changes 2023–2024:
- Paul Fisher joins Labour from Liberal Democrats[5]
Results
Labour won 21 of the seats on the council, giving them an overall majority.[6]
Vote share changes are compared with the 2023 election.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 21 | N/A | N/A |  3 |
58.3 | 44.6 | 23,278 |  0.3 | |
| Conservative | 10 | N/A | N/A | 8 |
27.8 | 32.6 | 17,022 | 0.5 | |
| Green | 5 | N/A | N/A |  0 |
13.9 | 16.8 | 8,796 | 0.6 | |
| Reform UK | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 |
0.0 | 3.5 | 1,799 | N/A | |
| Independent | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 |
0.0 | 2.2 | 1,149 | N/A | |
| TUSC | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 |
0.0 | 0.3 | 169 | N/A | |
