Conservative MP Sheryll Murray increases majority in South East Cornwall General Election

Conservative Sheryll Murray has increased her majority in the South East Cornwall constituency.

The sitting MP took 55.4 per cent of the vote, garnering 29,493 votes. This is a 4.9 per cent increase in vote share.

Labour candidate Gareth Derrick came second in the poll. He received 12,050 votes (22.6 per cent), a 13.3 per cent jump in support.

Liberal Democrat Phil Hutty took 19.4 per cent of the votes cast giving him a total of 10,346. This is a 2.6 per cent increase in vote share.

Green Party candidate Martin Corney polled 1,335 votes (2.5 per cent), down 2.9 per cent on the election two years ago.

UKIP, who gained 7,698 votes in the last election, and Mebyon Kernow (1,003 last time) did not field candidates.