2019 Cannock Chase District Council election
# 2019 Cannock Chase District Council election

Elections to Cannock Chase District Council took place on 2 May 2019 on the same day as other local elections in England, including to several parish councils in the district. All of the council's wards were up for election, meaning a total of 15 councillors were elected.

Before the election, the Labour Party held control of the council with 21 seats, a majority of one. They were aiming to defend the six seats they won at the 2015 election as well as another in Hednesford Green Heath which they gained at a by-election in September 2017. Labour lost four of the seven seats they were defending and only gained one, meaning they lost their overall majority on the council. Four Labour candidates stood as joint Labour and Co-operative candidates and one was elected adding to the three councillors who also represented the Co-operative Party on the council.

The Conservatives had previously strengthened their position as the largest opposition group on the council at the previous elections and maintained their total of 15 seats. They lost one seat to the Green Party and another to Labour but also gained two seats from Labour, including one of the Hednesford seats they lost in the 2017 by-elections.

The Green Party had not won any seats in 2015 but went on to gain one seat in 2016, one seat in the 2017 by-elections and another in 2018. They retained their by-election seat and gained two seats, one from Labour and another from the Conservatives, to take their total up to five seats.

The Liberal Democrats only fielded two candidates this year: one in Brereton & Ravenhill and one in Rawnsley, both former strongholds of theirs. They succeeded in regaining Brereton & Ravenhill which they had lost to Labour in 2015. UKIP stood in six wards and increased their share of the vote compared to 2018 but did not gain any seats. Two independent candidates also stood but neither were elected.

## Results

Cannock Chase District Council election, 2019 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conservative | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 46.7 | 36.9 | 7,134 | 0.0 |
| Labour | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 28.6 | 30.3 | 5,865 | 3.4 |
| Green | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21.4 | 20.0 | 3,875 | 15.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | 3.4 | 655 | 0.3 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 1,589 | 12.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 237 | 0.0 |

### Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

| 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Labour | Conservative | Green | LD | Ind |

After the election, the composition of the council was:

| 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Labour | Conservative | Green | LD | Ind |

## Ward results

Vote share changes are based on the results achieved by parties in 2015 election when these seats were last contested, except from the Hednesford Green Heath and Hednesford South wards which were last contested at by-elections in 2017.

### Brereton and Ravenhill

Brereton and Ravenhill :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerald Molineux | 598 | 42.9 | 19.1 |
| | Labour Co-op | Darren Foley | 523 | 37.5 | 5.5 |
| | Conservative | Phil Jones | 273 | 19.6 | 2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | 5.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,394 | 27.4 | 36.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | 6.8 | |

### Cannock East

Cannock East :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Tony Johnson | 578 | 42.1 | 3.0 |
| | UKIP | Mick Howes | 342 | 24.9 | 2.2 |
| | Conservative | Johnny McMahon | 329 | 24.0 | 5.6 |
| | Green | Arlette Carmichael | 124 | 9.0 | 6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 | 17.2 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,373 | 26.1 | 33.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.6 | |

### Cannock North

Cannock North :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Andrea Layton | 613 | 53.5 | 4.7 |
| | Conservative | John Dawkins | 269 | 23.5 | 0.5 |
| | Green | Jodie Winter | 264 | 23.0 | 19.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 344 | 30.0 | 5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,146 | 22.3 | 35.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.6 | |

### Cannock South

Cannock South :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | John Kraujalis | 565 | 38.7 | 1.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Kruskonjic | 467 | 32.0 | 2.3 |
| | UKIP | Kev Whittaker | 305 | 20.9 | 0.6 |
| | Green | Scarlett Ward | 124 | 8.5 | 4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 98 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,461 | 24.5 | 32.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.5 | |

### Cannock West

Cannock West :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Val Jones | 1,097 | 62.8 | 8.4 |
| | Labour | Michael Holder | 363 | 20.8 | 4.5 |
| | Green | Marie Smith | 286 | 16.4 | 12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 734 | 42.0 | 12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,746 | 31.0 | 39.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.5 | |

### Etching Hill and the Heath

Etching Hill and the Heath :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Mike Sutherland | 805 | 60.0 | 22.3 |
| | Green | Michael Sheridan | 291 | 21.7 | 17.3 |
| | Labour | Kieran Tait-Green | 246 | 18.3 | 7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 514 | 38.3 | 26.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,342 | 26.7 | 39.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 15.1 | |

### Hagley

Hagley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Rob Hughes | 299 | 41.4 | 10.1 |
| | Labour | Jess Cooper | 267 | 37.0 | 2.3 |
| | Green | Stuart Kennedy | 156 | 21.6 | 19.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | 4.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 722 | 22.5 | 37.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 6.2 | |

### Hawks Green

Hawks Green :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Adrienne Fitzgerald | 552 | 43.7 | 4.2 |
| | Labour Co-op | Les Bullock | 212 | 16.8 | 6.4 |
| | UKIP | Robert Pitcher | 209 | 16.5 | 5.8 |
| | Independent | John Bernard | 163 | 12.9 | N/A |
| | Green | David Green | 127 | 10.1 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 340 | 26.9 | 2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,263 | 23.5 | 42.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.1 | |

### Heath Hayes East & Wimblebury

Heath Hayes East & Wimblebury :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Samantha Thompson | 435 | 37.1 | 1.6 |
| | Labour Co-op | Paul Dadge | 354 | 30.2 | 0.7 |
| | UKIP | Dave Morris | 269 | 23.0 | 4.8 |
| | Green | Ken Beardmore | 114 | 9.7 | 6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81 | 6.9 | 0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,172 | 24.9 | 40.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0.5 | |

### Hednesford Green Heath

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Hednesford Green Heath :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Bryan Jones | 391 | 34.1 | 2.7 |
| | Labour | Linda Tait ^ | 378 | 32.9 | 11.0 |
| | UKIP | Dave Percox | 172 | 15.0 | 11.5 |
| | Green | Brian Apter | 133 | 11.6 | 1.1 |
| | Independent | Ron Turville | 74 | 6.4 | 1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,148 | 24.5 | 4.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 6.2 | |

^ Linda Tait was the sitting councillor for the Hednesford Green Heath ward after gaining it from the Conservatives in a 2017 by-election. Changes to vote shares, turnout and swing is compared with the by-election, not the 2015 election.

### Hednesford North

Hednesford North :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Green | Mandy Dunnett | 517 | 41.7 | 37.5 |
| | Labour | Jacquie Prestwood | 389 | 31.3 | 8.9 |
| | Conservative | Diane Bennett | 335 | 27.0 | 3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 128 | 10.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,241 | 24.4 | 36.5 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | 23.2 | |

### Hednesford South

Hednesford South :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Green | Stuart Crabtree ^ | 720 | 60.7 | 12.4 |
| | Conservative | Wendy Yates | 329 | 27.7 | 1.6 |
| | Labour | Doris Grice | 138 | 11.6 | 6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 391 | 33.0 | 7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,187 | 29.8 | 10.8 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | 7.0 | |

^ Stuart Crabtree was the sitting councillor for the Hednesford South ward after gaining it from the Conservatives in a 2017 by-election. Changes to vote shares, turnout and swing is compared with the by-election, not the 2015 election.

### Norton Canes

Norton Canes :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour Co-op | Josh Newbury | 737 | 45.0 | 10.1 |
| | Conservative | Mike Hoare | 519 | 31.7 | 8.0 |
| | UKIP | Paul Allen | 292 | 17.8 | 3.1 |
| | Green | Glen Tapper | 89 | 5.4 | 2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 218 | 13.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,637 | 28.4 | 36.4 |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | 9.1 | |

### Rawnsley

Rawnsley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Green | Andrea Muckley | 672 | 55.8 | 41.2 |
| | Conservative | Philippa Haden | 318 | 26.4 | 6.7 |
| | Labour | Mark Deakin | 158 | 13.1 | 17.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Ansell | 57 | 4.7 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 354 | 29.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,205 | 33.8 | 34.4 |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | 24.0 | |

### Western Springs

Western Springs :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Anthony Boucker | 716 | 54.3 | 13.6 |
| | Labour | David Gaye | 344 | 26.1 | 4.4 |
| | Green | Warren Cocker | 258 | 19.6 | 16.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 372 | 28.2 | 18.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,318 | 27.1 | 35.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 9.0 | |
