Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend (electoral division)

Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend
ward Cornwall Council
Boundary of Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend in Cornwall from 2021.
County	Cornwall
Current ward
Created	2021 (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.

Boundaries

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.

Councillors

Election	Member	Party
2021	David Harris		Conservative
2025	Karen Margaret La Borde		Green

Election results

2025 election

2025 Cornwall Council election: Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2021 election

2021 Cornwall Council election: Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Harris	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)