Wendron (electoral division)

Wendron
Former ward Cornwall Council
County	Cornwall
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Crowan and Wendron
Created from	Council created

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.

The division covered 7,144 hectares (17,650 acres) 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]

Election results

2011 by-election

2011 by-election: Wendron ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Mebyon Kernow	Loveday Jenkin	427	36.3	16.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Martin	262	22.3	12.3
	Conservative	Linda Taylor	227	19.3	3.9
	Independent	Philip Martin	177	15.1	New
	Labour	Robert Webber	80	6.8	3.8
Majority			165	14.0	N/A
Rejected ballots			2	0.2	0.2
Turnout			1175	27.8	16.7
	Mebyon Kernow gain from Independent		Swing

2009 election

2009 election: Wendron ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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)

References

• Cornwall portal

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2. Emma Goodfellow (26 September 2011). "Wendron Cornwall councillor Mike Clayton dies". Falmouth Packet . Retrieved 10 July 2021.
3. "Mebyon Kernow marks 70th Birthday". Cornish Stuff. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
4. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division Wendron E05008321". Office for National Statistics . Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
5. "The Cornwall (Electoral Changes) Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk . Retrieved 2 May 2021.
6. "Election results for Crowan and Wendron Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 10 July 2021.
7. Sharon Richards (24 November 2011). "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL Wendron Electoral Division 24 November 2011" (PDF). Cornwall Council . Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
8. "Election results for Wendron Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council . Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.