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Cannock Chase 2025

Local elections held 1 May 2025.

7 ward races
7 seats
3 elected below the proportional quota
42.9% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 7 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 7 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Reform UK13,01253.5%7100.0%571.4%+2
Conservative and Unionist Party4,47318.4%00.0%114.3%-1
Green Party2,72511.2%00.0%114.3%-1
Labour and Co-operative Party2,47310.2%00.0%00.0%0
Labour Party8663.6%00.0%00.0%0
Independent4922.0%00.0%00.0%0
Liberal Democrats1960.8%00.0%00.0%0
UK Independence Party (UKIP)700.3%00.0%00.0%0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition300.1%00.0%00.0%0
Total24,337100.0%7100.0%7100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Etching Hill & The Heath · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +3.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,305

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Jon PendletonReform UK1,52546.1%Elected
2Mike SutherlandConservative and Unionist Party91527.7%
3Darren FoleyLabour and Co-operative Party49715.0%
4Alan DudsonIndependent1885.7%
5David James GreenGreen Party1885.7%

Electorate 10,231 · Ballots cast 3,313 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code 62827 · Back to ward index

Hawks Green, Rawnsley & Cannock Wood · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,170

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Rhys Anthony MandryReform UK1,97347.3%Elected
2Richard JenkingGreen Party96423.1%
3Phil HewittConservative and Unionist Party78918.9%
4James Howard Mark WithingtonLabour Party2866.9%
5Matthew John ScotchmerLiberal Democrats942.3%
6Terry DryhurstUK Independence Party (UKIP)701.7%

Electorate 11,968 · Ballots cast 4,176 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 62828 · Back to ward index

Brereton & Ravenhill · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,440

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Neil Andrew PartonReform UK1,21049.6%Elected
2David William Gavin WilliamsLabour and Co-operative Party46419.0%
3Joshua Leigh BirchConservative and Unionist Party35814.7%
4Gerald Nickolas MolineuxIndependent26811.0%
5Mandi BoyerGreen Party1445.9%

Electorate 8,618 · Ballots cast 2,444 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code 62824 · Back to ward index

Cannock Town · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.5 pts Valid ballots 3,847

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Martin Paul MurrayReform UK1,98251.5%Elected
2Paul Anthony SnapeConservative and Unionist Party94224.5%
3Garry John SamuelsLabour Party58015.1%
4Eloise CroppGreen Party3188.3%
5Gareth KnoxTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition300.8%

Electorate 11,520 · Ballots cast 3,852 · Invalid 5 · EC ward code 62825 · Back to ward index

Hednesford North · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.5 pts Valid ballots 3,573

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Paul JonesReform UK2,01956.5%Elected
2Darrell Lee MawleGreen Party75421.1%
3Paula StantonLabour and Co-operative Party42311.8%
4Anthony Stephen BouckerConservative and Unionist Party3489.7%
5Ronald Charles TurvilleIndependent361.0%

Electorate 12,015 · Ballots cast 3,580 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code 62829 · Back to ward index

Norton Canes, Heath Hayes & Wimblebury · single-seat

Marginal winner 60.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −10.9 pts Valid ballots 3,695

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Daniel CecilReform UK2,25060.9%Elected
2Sam PriestConservative and Unionist Party68518.5%
3Lisa WilsonLabour and Co-operative Party57715.6%
4Ian Douglas WallaceGreen Party1965.3%

Electorate 12,191 · Ballots cast 3,708 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code 62830 · Back to ward index

Chadsmoor · single-seat

Marginal winner 63.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −13.0 pts Valid ballots 3,259

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Alex Robert HuntReform UK2,05363.0%Elected
2Jacquie PrestwoodLabour and Co-operative Party51215.7%
3Philippa Kate HadenConservative and Unionist Party43613.4%
4Joanne Susan ElsonGreen Party1614.9%
5Anthony John ThompsonLiberal Democrats1023.1%

Electorate 10,783 · Ballots cast 3,264 · Invalid 5 · EC ward code 62826 · Back to ward index