Sunday Politics

In October, Labour candidate for Camborne and Redruth, Michael Foster, tossed his mobile phone at Cornwall South East candidate Sheryll Murray in a BBC TV studio.

It happened during a break in recording of the Sunday Politics when there was a discussion about whose mobile phone was switched on.

Ms Murray said it was "totally unacceptable behaviour".

Mr Foster said he apologised "if I caused any upset to Sheryll".

Andrew Segal
Local Live

George Eustice has been elected with 18,000 votes

Matt Pengelly
Local Live

Reports from the St Austell and Newquay count that Stephen Gilbert is already conceding defeat. Official result not in yet.

Before 2010, most of the St Austell and Newquay constituency area was part of the Truro & St Austell seat. That was a Tory stronghold until 1974, when it fell to the Liberals, who held onto it for many years.

In 2010 - after the boundary changes - Stephen Gilbert narrowly won the new seat of St Austell & Newquay for the Liberal Democrats with a majority of 1,300 and a 43% share of the vote. The Conservatives took 40% of the vote and Labour 7%.

BBC Politics

James Craig from BBC Somerset says: "Taunton Deane turnout - All the votes have been verified. The turnout is 69.7%, slightly down on 2010 (70%)."

BBC Radio Devon

The BBC's Harriet Bradshaw tweets, external: Exeter results

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Torbay's new MP, Conservative Kevin Foster, has remarked that Adrian Sanders losing his Parliamentary seat must be "very disappointing" for his fellow candidate.

Speaking about Mr Sanders' personal support in the community, the new MP said: "It's more to do with the rosette he wore on his lapel than the heart he wore on his sleeve."

Mr Foster won the seat with 19,551 votes (41%) to Mr Sanders' 16,265 (34%). Mr Sanders had taken the seat from the Tories in 1997.

Tamsin Melville
Political Reporter

Cornwall was identified early on by David Cameron as having a "pivotal" role in this General Election. So what makes the results here so crucial?

Between 2005 and 2010 the county was entirely Lib Dem, but the Tories then took half the six constituencies in close fights.

Cornwall in fact plays host to one of the most marginal seats in the country in the shape of Camborne, Redruth and Hayle after the Conservatives beat the Lib Dems by just 66 votes.

Now after 5 years of coalition, and the polls neck and neck, the Tories are as keen to grab the three other seats as the Lib Dems are to keep them.

Sunday Politics

BBC South West Sunday Politics tweets, external: Truro and Falmouth count underway. Turnout 68.6%, which is down 0.5% on 2010.

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Andy Birkett
Reporter, BBC Spotlight

In the lead up to the election Torbay Conservative candidate Kevin Foster told the BBC: "They have a choice between myself, with a plan for the Bay, the region and the nation or the other candidates with no real plan for the Bay and the possibility of Ed Miliband as PM."

Andrew Segal
Local Live

The Conservatives' Kevin Foster has won Torbay with nearly 20,000 votes.

Liberal Democrat and former MP Adrian Sanders had 16,000 votes.

Jenny Kumah
Political Reporter

Devon has traditionally been a conservative stronghold. Most of the Tories in Devon were voted in with large majorities in 2010. So after five years of coalition government, will their popularity be dented?

The most marginal seats in Devon were won by a whisker by Conservatives in 2010 - Anne Marie Morris (majority of 523) in Newton Abbott and Oliver Colvile who took Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (majority of 1149).

So will being part of the Conservative-led coalition help or hinder them in their quest to be re-elected?

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Labour's Ben Bradshaw has held on to his Parliamentary seat in Exeter with 25,062 votes, increasing his majority by more than 7,000 votes.

Mr Bradshaw paid tribute to local volunteers and the other candidates in what he called a "very hard-fought campaign".

He said: "The candidates have all been fantastic. We've all got to know each other very well."

Ross Hawkins
Political correspondent, BBC News

Ros Kayes the Liberal Democrat candidate in Dorset West tells me she will call for Nick Clegg to go in her speech.

Brent Pilnick
BBC South West Sport

BBC South West's Brent Pilnick tweets, external: Here in Wadebridge, I think I've found the best sign ever at a General Election count!!

BBC Radio Devon

BBC Radio Devon's Hayley Westcott said the votes at the Devon Central count in Okehampton are being verified and the returning officer expects the declaration at about 07:00 BST.

Tamsin Melville
Political Reporter

Where empty ballot boxes go to sleep - at Carn Brea, Cornwall

John Ayres
BBC Spotlight

The BBC's John Ayres tweets, external: Torbay turnout 63.16%, down 1.5% on 2010

Chris Ellis
BBC News Online

Labour candidate Ben Bradshaw remains Exeter's MP with more than 25,000 votes.

He has been Labour MP for the city since 1997.

Matt Pengelly
Local Live

The seat of Newton Abbot in Devon consists of rolling countryside, stretching from the granite tors on Dartmoor, to the long sandy beaches at Teignmouth and Dawlish. At its centre is the small market town of Newton Abbot, with its proud history in engineering.

Richard Younger-Ross won the seat for the Liberal Democrats in 2001. In 2010, Conservative Anne-Marie Morris took it back with 43% of the votes; Liberal Democrats got 41.9%, Labour 7% and UKIP 6.4%.

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At the centre of this election campaign will be the future of the railway line at Dawlish - severed by storms in Feb 2014 and repaired at vast expense.