Wendron_(electoral_division)

Wendron (electoral division)

Wendron (electoral division)

Former electoral division of Cornwall in the UK

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.

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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]

Election results

2011 by-election

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2009 election

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References

  1. [1]
    "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    Emma Goodfellow (26 September 2011). "Wendron Cornwall councillor Mike Clayton dies". Falmouth Packet. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Mebyon Kernow marks 70th Birthday". Cornish Stuff. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    "E05 Electoral Ward/Division Wendron E05008321". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. [5]
    "The Cornwall (Electoral Changes) Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Election results for Crowan and Wendron Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. [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. [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.
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