Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend | |
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ward Cornwall Council | |
![]() Boundary of Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend in Cornwall from 2021. | |
County | Cornwall |
Current ward | |
Created | 2021 |
Councillor | Karen Margaret La Borde (Green) |
Number of councillors | One |
Created from | Chacewater, Kenwyn and Baldhu Truro Trehaverne |
Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. It was created at the 2021 local elections, being created from the former divisions of Chacewater, Kenwyn and Baldhu, and Truro Trehaverne. The current councillor is Karen Margaret La Borde of the Green Party.
Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend represents the eastern portion of the parish of Kenwyn, which includes the hamlets of Allet and Idless, the housing estate of Gloweth, and the village of Shortlanesend. The electoral division also represents the western outskirts of the city of Truro. [1]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2021 | David Harris | Conservative | |
2025 | Karen Margaret La Borde | Green |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Karen Margaret La Borde | 451 | 34.7 | +26.3 | |
Reform UK | Alan Conway | 383 | 29.5 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Taylor | 268 | 20.6 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Geach | 109 | 8.4 | −25.8 | |
Labour | Joel Robert Briant | 79 | 6.1 | −12.4 | |
TUSC | Trevor Arthur Hall | 9 | 0.7 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 68 | 5.2 | −5.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,300 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Harris [note 1] | 437 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Sam Rabey | 300 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Brian Kelly | 236 | 18.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rod Pascoe | 172 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Green | Nigel Unwin | 107 | 8.4 | N/A | |
TUSC | Trevor Hall | 24 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 137 | 10.7 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,281 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |