Wendron (Cornish: Gwendron)[1] 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,[2] Mike Clayton represented the division as an Independent. Loveday Jenkin, the former leader of Mebyon Kernow and the runner up in the 2009 election,[3] won the ensuing by-election and represented the division until it was abolished in 2013.
Wendron | |
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Former ward Cornwall Council. | |
County | Cornwall |
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013) | |
Number of councillors | One |
Replaced by | Crowan and Wendron |
Created from | Council created |
The division covered 7,144 hectares in total.[4] It was abolished by the Cornwall (Electoral Changes) Order 2011,[5] and Jenkin went on to be elected as Councillor for Crowan and Wendron.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Mebyon Kernow | Loveday Jenkin | 427 | 36.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Martin | 262 | 22.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Linda Taylor | 227 | 19.3 | ![]() | |
Independent | Philip Martin | 177 | 15.1 | New | |
Labour | Robert Webber | 80 | 6.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 165 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1175 | 27.8 | ![]() | ||
Mebyon Kernow gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Mike Clayton | 521 | 31.6 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | Loveday Jenkin | 327 | 19.8 | ||
Conservative | Tony Hilton | 255 | 15.4 | ||
UKIP | Brian Bailey | 213 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ron Edgcumbe | 165 | 10.0 | ||
Independent | Mike Boase | 113 | 6.8 | ||
Labour | Betty Ross | 50 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | 194 | 11.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1651 | 44.5 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Electoral divisions on Cornwall Council 2009-2013 | |
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