Constituency profile

Cannock Chase

West Midlands · County constituency · Cannock Chase borough

Josh Newbury MP
Sitting MP

Josh Newbury

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
West Midlands
County constituency, Cannock Chase council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
68.9% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +17.0pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +14.3pp
Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)
MidlandsStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Cannock Chase constituency

Cannock Chase is a county constituency in the West Midlands. The sitting MP is Josh Newbury (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 36.5% to 29.2% for the Conservatives, a majority of 3,125 votes on a 55.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 40.7% and Labour on 26.4%, a margin of 14.3 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Cannock Chase? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
68.9%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
22.7%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
22.0%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
67.1%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
32.0%
UK average ~36%
Median age
42.4
UK median ~40
Age 65+
23.4%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
28.9%
UK average ~28%

How did Cannock Chase vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 3,125 votes (7.3pp) · turnout 55.8%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Cannock Chase

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Cannock Chase within Cannock Chase

Cannock Chase sits entirely within Cannock Chase Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Cannock Chase
61 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Brereton & RavenhillLabour 37.6%vs Reform 26.5%May 2026 Reform 51.3%vs Labour 23.1%
Labour→Reform
+19.7pp
33.1%
Etching Hill & the HeathConservative 32.8%vs Labour 32.8%May 2026 Reform 45.6%vs Conservative 29.2%
Conservative→Reform
+10.4pp
37.7%
Hawks Green with Rumer HillConservative 35.7%vs Labour 31.1%May 2026 Reform 50.1%vs Conservative 26.0%
Conservative→Reform
+17.0pp
39.5%
Heath Hayes & WimbleburyLabour 37.9%vs Conservative 30.3%May 2026 Reform 59.0%vs Conservative 15.6%
Labour→Reform
+28.3pp
37.4%
Hednesford Green HeathLabour 38.6%vs Conservative 32.6%May 2026 Reform 53.1%vs Green 16.4%
Labour→Reform
+28.2pp
33.6%
Hednesford Hills & RawnsleyLabour 32.0%vs Conservative 28.7%May 2026 Reform 49.1%vs Green 31.8%
Labour→Reform
+25.0pp
43.4%
Norton CanesLabour 41.6%vs Conservative 29.4%May 2026 Reform 59.6%vs Labour 16.0%
Labour→Reform
+31.1pp
37.5%
Western SpringsLabour 33.9%vs Conservative 30.1%May 2026 Reform 47.8%vs Conservative 25.8%
Labour→Reform
+19.4pp
38.8%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Cannock Chase at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Cannock Chase at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con gain from LabAidan Burley33.1%40.1%17.0%3.5% UKIP-6.4%3,19561.1%
2015Con holdAmanda Milling33.7%44.2%2.7%17.5% UKIP1.9%-4,92363.2%+2.1
2017Con holdAmanda Milling37.4%55.0%1.7%4.2% UKIP1.7%-8,39164.2%+1.0
2019notionalConservative winnerAmanda Milling 2019 MP, pre-review boundary25.4%68.3%0.0%-6.3%-19,87961.3%-2.9
2024Lab gain from ConJosh Newbury36.5%29.2%2.4%26.9% Ref5.0%-3,12555.8%-5.5

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Cannock Chase

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Cannock Chase. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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