Wendron (electoral division)
{{short description|Former electoral division of Cornwall in the UK}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox England and Wales ward
|name = Wendron
|council = Cornwall Council
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|year = 2009
|abolished = 2013
|previous = Council created
|next5 =
|next = Crowan and Wendron
|elects_howmany = One
|region = England
|county = Cornwall
}}
Wendron (Cornish: {{lang|kw|Gwendron}}){{cite web |title=Henwyn Tyller A-Z |url=https://www.akademikernewek.org.uk/place-names/glossary/C?locale=en |website=Akademi Kernewek |access-date=10 July 2021}} was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council from 2009 to 2013. From 2009 until his death in 2011,{{cite web |author1=Emma Goodfellow |title=Wendron Cornwall councillor Mike Clayton dies |url=https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/9272463.wendron-cornwall-councillor-mike-clayton-dies/ |website=Falmouth Packet |access-date=10 July 2021 |date=26 September 2011}} Mike Clayton represented the division as an Independent. Loveday Jenkin, the former leader of Mebyon Kernow and the runner up in the 2009 election,{{cite web |title=Mebyon Kernow marks 70th Birthday |url=https://cornishstuff.com/2021/01/04/mebyon-kernow-marks-70th-birthday/ |website=Cornish Stuff |access-date=10 July 2021 |date=4 January 2021}} won the ensuing by-election and represented the division until it was abolished in 2013.
The division covered {{convert|7,144|hectare|acre}} in total.{{cite web |title=E05 Electoral Ward/Division Wendron E05008321 |url=https://statistics.data.gov.uk/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.data.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FE05008321 |website=Office for National Statistics |access-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250228224045/https://statistics.data.gov.uk/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.data.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FE05008321|archive-date=28 February 2025}} It was abolished by the Cornwall (Electoral Changes) Order 2011,{{cite web |title=The Cornwall (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1/contents/made |website=Legislation.gov.uk |access-date=2 May 2021}} and Jenkin went on to be elected as Councillor for Crowan and Wendron.{{cite web |title=Election results for Crowan and Wendron Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013 |url=https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=405&RPID=510528852 |website=Cornwall Council |access-date=10 July 2021}}
Election results
=2011 by-election=
{{Election box begin | title=2011 by-election: Wendron{{cite web |author1=Sharon Richards |title=DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL Wendron Electoral Division 24 November 2011 |url=https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/3627694/declaration-of-result-of-poll-wendron-241111.pdf |website=Cornwall Council |accessdate=30 October 2020 |date=24 November 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022190518/https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/3627694/declaration-of-result-of-poll-wendron-241111.pdf|archivedate=22 October 2015|url-status=live}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Mebyon Kernow
|candidate = Loveday Jenkin
|votes = 427
|percentage = 36.3
|change = {{increase}} 16.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Martin
|votes = 262
|percentage = 22.3
|change = {{increase}} 12.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Linda Taylor
|votes = 227
|percentage = 19.3
|change = {{increase}} 3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Philip Martin
|votes = 177
|percentage = 15.1
|change = New
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Webber
|votes = 80
|percentage = 6.8
|change = {{increase}} 3.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 165
|percentage = 14.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 2
|percentage = 0.2
|change = {{decrease}} 0.2
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1175
|percentage = 27.8
|change = {{decrease}} 16.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Mebyon Kernow
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2009 election=
{{Election box begin | title=2009 election: Wendron{{cite web |title=Election results for Wendron Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009 |url=https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=123&RPID=508888182 |website=Cornwall Council |accessdate=30 October 2020|url-status=live|archivedate=21 November 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121190502/https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=123&RPID=508888182}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mike Clayton
|votes = 521
|percentage = 31.6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Mebyon Kernow
|candidate = Loveday Jenkin
|votes = 327
|percentage = 19.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tony Hilton
|votes = 255
|percentage = 15.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Brian Bailey
|votes = 213
|percentage = 12.9
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ron Edgcumbe
|votes = 165
|percentage = 10.0
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mike Boase
|votes = 113
|percentage = 6.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Betty Ross
|votes = 50
|percentage = 3.0
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 194
|percentage = 11.8
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 7
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1651
|percentage = 44.5
|change =
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{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Independent (politician)
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Cornwall Council divisions 2009-2013|state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wendron (electoral division)}}
Category:Electoral divisions of Cornwall Council
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