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 =

}}

{{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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