Cannock Chase (district)
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| Cannock Chase District | |
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| Image:StaffordshireCannockChase.png Shown within Staffordshire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Non-metropolitan district |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Staffordshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 269th 78.88 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Cannock |
| ONS code: | 41UB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density | Ranked 239th 94,300 1195 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.6% White |
| Politics | |
| Image:Arms-cannock-ch.jpg Cannock Chase District Council http://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrat / Conservative |
| MP: | Tony Wright |
Cannock Chase is a local government district in England. It covers part of Cannock Chase forest and the towns of Cannock, Rugeley and Hednesford
There are several parish and town councils in the district:
- Rugeley
- Hednesford
- Brereton and Ravenhill
- Bridgtown
- Brindley Heath
- Cannock Wood
- Heath Hayes and Wimblebury
- Norton Canes
Cannock, which covers around 1/3 of the population, is unparished.
The district, together with the adjacent village of Huntington, forms a parliamentary constituency. As of the United Kingdom general election, 2001, the Member of Parliament is Dr. Tony Wright.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of Cannock and Rugeley urban districts, and Brindley Heath from Lichfield Rural District.
Ceremonial county of Staffordshire | |
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| Unitary authorities | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Boroughs or districts | Cannock Chase • East Staffordshire • Lichfield • Newcastle-under-Lyme • South Staffordshire • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Tamworth |
| Cities and towns | Biddulph • Burntwood • Burton upon Trent • Cannock • Cheadle • Eccleshall • Hednesford • Kidsgrove • Leek • Lichfield • Newcastle-under-Lyme • Penkridge • Rugeley • Stafford • Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem • Fenton • Hanley • Longton • Stoke • Tunstall) • Stone • Tamworth • Uttoxeter See also: List of civil parishes in Staffordshire |
Districts of the West Midlands Region |
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Birmingham • Bridgnorth • Bromsgrove • Cannock Chase • Coventry • Dudley • East Staffordshire • Herefordshire • Lichfield • Malvern Hills • Newcastle-under-Lyme • North Shropshire • North Warwickshire • Nuneaton and Bedworth • Oswestry • Redditch • Rugby • Sandwell • Shrewsbury and Atcham • Solihull • South Shropshire • South Staffordshire • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Stoke-on-Trent • Stratford-on-Avon • Tamworth • Telford and Wrekin • Walsall • Warwick • Wolverhampton • Worcester • Wychavon • Wyre Forest |
| Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire |
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