Conservatives wiped out in Cornwall

Former MP for Newquay and St Austell Steve Double lost his seat to Labour's Noah Law

Cornwall has no Conservative MPs after the party's candidates lost every seat in the 2024 general election.

Labour has won the constituencies of Camborne and Redruth, St Austell and Newquay, Truro and Falmouth and South East Cornwall.

The St Ives and North Cornwall seats have been won by the Liberal Democrats.

Following the previous elections in 2017 and 2019, the Conservatives held all six Cornish seats.

Jayne Kirkham is the new MP for Falmouth and Truro

The first to declare was Camborne and Redruth where Labour's Perran Moon won with 19,360 votes, a share of 40.5%.

He said: “Here in Cornwall this evening a new Cornish red wall has been established."

Shortly before 05:30 BST Labour’s Jayne Kirkham was declared the winner of the Truro and Falmouth seat with 20,783 votes, a share of 41.3%.

Shortly afterwards, St Austell and Newquay also declared a Labour win for Noah Law with 15,958 votes, a share of 34.1%.

'Fair deal'

At about 05:45 St Ives Liberal Democrat Andrew George reclaimed the seat he previously held, winning the vote with a 52% vote share after a nine year absence from parliament.

In 1997 he became the first non-Conservative MP for the St Ives constituency for 68 years and held the seat until the Conservatives won in 2015.

On Friday morning he said: "It will be an honour for me to be a voice for the area I know so well and love, and to make sure that voice is heard in the corridors of power; and to be a voice to those who have been dealt an unfair hand in life, to combat those injustices and fight for a fair deal for our area.”

North Cornwall declared a win for Ben Maguire of the Liberal Democrats with a 48% vote share, replacing Conservative Scott Mann who was the constituency's MP since May 2015.

'Swimming against the tide'

The last Cornish constituency to declare was South East Cornwall at about 06:45 which was won by Anna Gelderd for Labour with 32% share of the vote.

This seat had been held by Conservative Sheryll Murray since May 2010.

Speaking after the count was announced, Ms Murray thanked her constituency.

She said: "When you're swimming against the tide and the tide is that strong then you're never going to overcome it.

"Thank you, South East Cornwall, I've had a ball."