Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0No party holds a majority on Cannock Chase District Council
Cannock is run by Cannock Chase District Council and Staffordshire County Council. No party holds a majority on Cannock Chase District Council. Reform UK has a majority on Staffordshire County Council. Most of Cannock is in Cannock Chase (MP Josh Newbury, Labour); 1% of residents are in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (MP Sir Gavin Williamson, Conservative).
£2,363
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Cannock’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Cannock Chase District Council
Reform UK, the largest group, holds 14 of its 36 seats as elected, 5 short of the 19 needed (it held 1 before the May 2026 election). Labour holds 11, the Conservatives 8 and the Greens 3. Who’s in charge ↓
Staffordshire changed hands in 2025
Staffordshire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (56 of 62 seats in 2021) to a Reform UK majority at the May 2025 election: Reform UK won 48 of 62 seats. Staffordshire ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Cannock’s wards, Reform UK took 54.6%, the Greens took 17.2% and the Conservatives took 15.2% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, Reform UK had 5.2%. How Cannock has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Cannock is £2,376 for 2026–27; Cannock Chase District Council keeps 11% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 52% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Cannock’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 19 of Cannock Chase’s 36 or 32 of Staffordshire’s 62 seats to run the council alone.
- Reform UK14+13
- Labour11−8
- Conservative8−3
- Green3−2
Change against the council before the 7 May 2026 election.
- Reform UK48+48
- Conservative11−45
- Green1+1
- Labour1−4
- Stafford Borough Independents1+1
- Independent0−1
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, and a parish tier
Cannock has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
The parish council for the part of Cannock inside Hednesford parish.
29% of Cannock’s residents · Band D precept £41
The parish council for the part of Cannock inside Heath Hayes and Wimblebury parish.
Who runs Cannock: same source as Who runs Cannock, above.
The parish council for the part of Cannock inside Bridgtown parish.
Who runs Cannock: same source as Who runs Cannock, above.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
99% of Cannock’s residents
Website ↗Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Who runs Cannock: same source as Who runs Cannock, above.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
45% of Cannock’s residents live outside any parish, with no parish council.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Cannock, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parish3 parish councilsHednesford parish councilHeath Hayes and Wimblebury parish councilBridgtown parish council
- 2Council wards8 wards · 24 councillorsLabour 14 · Reform UK 10 · Green 5 · Conservative 4 · all 33
- 3Staffordshire County Council5 divisions · 5 councillorsAlex Robert HuntPaul JonesRhys Anthony MandryMartin Paul MurrayDaniel Paul Cecil
- 4Police and crime commissionerStaffordshire Police · elected May 2024Ben Adams
- 5House of CommonsSplit between 2 constituencies
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
24 councillors for 8 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Alex Robert HuntReform UK · May 2026
- Tony Brendon JohnsonLabour · May 2024
- Jacquie PrestwoodLabour · May 2024
- Sue ThornleyLabour · May 2024
- Richard James CraddockReform UK · May 2026
- Maureen Ann FreemanLabour · May 2024
- Jeff HillLabour · May 2024
- Daniel Paul CecilReform UK · May 2026
- Lisa Jayne WilsonLabour · May 2024
- Julie Amanda AstonLabour · May 2024
- Diane ToddLabour · May 2024
- Mandy Jane BellReform UK · May 2026
- Val JonesConservative · May 2024
- Joshua Thomas BancroftConservative · May 2024
- Steven ThornleyLabour · May 2024
- Robert Arron BransonReform UK · May 2026
- Graham Terence MillingtonReform UK · May 2026
- Liz BishopGreen · May 2024
- Darrell Lee MawleGreen · May 2024
- Sheila Margaret CartwrightLabour · May 2024
- Melissa Kirsty CecilReform UK · May 2026
- Philippa Kate HadenConservative · May 2024
- Adrienne Ann FitzgeraldConservative · May 2024
- Leslie William BullockLabour · May 2024
- Mark DeakinReform UK · May 2026
- Paul JonesReform UK · August 2025 · by-election
- Mandy DunnettLabour · May 2024
- Fred PrestwoodLabour · May 2024
- Garry John SamuelsLabour · May 2024
- Rhys Anthony MandryReform UK · May 2026
- Andrea Michelle MuckleyGreen · May 2024
- Jo ElsonGreen · May 2024
- Hayley PageGreen · May 2024
Show as a table, with Staffordshire County Council’s 5 divisions (5 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChadsmoorCannock Chase · all in Cannock · 10,545 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Alex Robert HuntTony Brendon JohnsonJacquie PrestwoodSue Thornley | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Cannock Longford & BridgtownCannock Chase · all in Cannock · 9,414 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Richard James CraddockMaureen Ann FreemanJeff Hill | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Heath Hayes & WimbleburyCannock Chase · all in Cannock · 9,021 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Daniel Paul CecilLisa Jayne WilsonJulie Amanda AstonDiane Todd | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Cannock Park & Old FallowCannock Chase · all in Cannock · 8,147 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Mandy Jane BellVal JonesJoshua Thomas BancroftSteven Thornley | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Hednesford Pye GreenCannock Chase · all in Cannock · 7,665 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Robert Arron BransonGraham Terence MillingtonLiz BishopDarrell Lee MawleSheila Margaret Cartwright | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Hawks Green with Rumer HillCannock Chase · all in Cannock · 7,608 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Melissa Kirsty CecilPhilippa Kate HadenAdrienne Ann FitzgeraldLeslie William Bullock | May 2026, May 2024 |
| Hednesford Green HeathCannock Chase · all in Cannock · 6,970 residents3 seats · May 2026, August 2025, May 2024 | 3 | Mark DeakinPaul Jonesby-electionMandy DunnettFred PrestwoodGarry John Samuels | May 2026, August 2025, May 2024 |
| Hednesford Hills & RawnsleyCannock Chase · 40% in Cannock · 3,163 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Rhys Anthony MandryAndrea Michelle MuckleyJo ElsonHayley Page | May 2026, May 2024 |
Staffordshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chadsmoor EDall in Cannock · 18,692 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Alex Robert Hunt | May 2025 |
| Hednesford North EDall in Cannock · 14,635 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Paul Jones | May 2025 |
| Hawks Green, Rawnsley & Cannock Wood EDmostly in Cannock · 10,771 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Rhys Anthony Mandry | May 2025 |
| Cannock Town EDall in Cannock · 9,414 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Martin Paul Murray | May 2025 |
| Norton Canes, Heath Hayes & Wimblebury EDmostly in Cannock · 9,021 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Daniel Paul Cecil | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Cannock Chase District Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Labour led each vote to 2024; Reform UK led in 2026
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Cannock’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Green | 20% | 17.2% |
| Labour | 41.5% | 12.2% |
| Conservative | 31.8% | 15.2% |
| Reform UK | 5.2% | 54.6% |
In 2026, Reform UK won 9 of the 9 seats up in Cannock’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Cannock Chase council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Cannock, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
8 wards voted. Cannock Chase elects a third of its councillors at a time, so a third of the seats were up.
No election is scheduled yet for Cannock’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗2,449 votes for candidates
2,588 votes for candidates
2,487 votes for candidates
Every ward’s result (5 more)
2,692 votes for candidates
4,153 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
2,353 votes for candidates
2,055 votes for candidates
2,634 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Cannock is split between 2 constituencies
The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024
99% of Cannock’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 56% (England 60%).
Majority 3,125 of 42,953 votes (7.3%): the 136th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Conservative, MP since 6 May 2010
1% of Cannock’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 60% (England 60%).
Majority 5,466 of 42,770 votes (12.8%): the 246th-narrowest of 543 in England.
42,953 votes for candidates · majority 3,125
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 42,953 votes from 76,974 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 3,125 of 42,953 votes (7.3%): the 136th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
42,770 votes for candidates · majority 5,466
Conservative, MP since 6 May 2010.
turnout in July 2024: 42,770 votes from 71,561 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 5,466 of 42,770 votes (12.8%): the 246th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Cannock’s Band D council tax is £2,376 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Cannock Chase District Council keeps £258.81 of a Band D bill (11%); the rest goes to the Parish councils, Staffordshire County Council, the Staffordshire police and crime commissioner and the Staffordshire PCC-FRA.
Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,363 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
Cannock Chase’s Band D bill has risen 52% in ten years, from £1,563.52 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £573.75 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Cannock Chase, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Staffordshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,000.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Staffordshire
| Cannock Chase + Staffordshire | Cannock’s councils | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £414 | £427 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £272 | £322 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £80 | £75 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £26 | £24 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £119 | £106 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £58 | £37 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £38 | £22 | £26 |
| Public health | £56 | £71 | £78 |
| Running the council | £40 | £48 | £59 |
| Other | £1 | £10 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,105 | £1,142 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Cannock Chase per its residents plus Staffordshire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Staffordshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Cannock is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
cannockchasedc.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
cannockchasedc.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Cannock is run
Which council runs Cannock?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Cannock have a town council?
Parts of it do: Hednesford parish council, Heath Hayes and Wimblebury parish council and Bridgtown parish council.
Who is the MP for Cannock?
Cannock is split between 2 constituencies: Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury, Labour) and Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (Sir Gavin Williamson, Conservative). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.
How many councillors does Cannock have?
24 ward councillors represent Cannock’s 8 wards, and 5 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Cannock?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Cannock’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Cannock?
Band D council tax in Cannock is £2,363 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Cannock Chase District Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Reform UK 14 · Labour 11 · Conservative 8 · Green 3 of 36 seats; a majority needs 19. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Staffordshire County Council?
Reform UK has a majority: 48 of 62 seats as elected.
Who won the 2026 council election in Cannock?
In Cannock’s wards on 7 May 2026, Reform UK 9 of the 9 seats up. Reform UK had the largest share of votes, 54.6%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.