Cornwall remains true blue after Conservatives swept to victory in all six seats across the county.

The Tories have increased their share in all of them.

St Ives was the last to be declared after being delayed due to weather problems holding up the transportation of ballot boxes on the Isles of Scilly.

However, this afternoon it was revealed that Derek Thomas has retained his seat, beating closest rival, Liberal Democrat and former constituency member Andrew George, by a majority of 4,280 votes.

This represented a gain for Mr Thomas on the 2017 election, when the two candidates were separated by only 312 votes.

This time, Mr Thomas polled 25,365 votes, with Mr George polling 21,085.

Labour's Alana Bates came third with 3,553 votes, with the Green Party's Ian Flindall polling 964, Robert Smith of the Liberal Party and John Harris of the Common People 132.

There was a turnout of 74.89 per cent.

In Truro it was the Truro and Falmouth seat which declared first with debut candidate Cherilyn Mackrory ensuring the party held onto the seat.

Having been selected as candidate just five weeks ago after previous incumbent Sarah Newton decided not to stand Cherilyn was delighted to be elected.

She said: “I am so privileged and honoured that people have put their trust in me.

“I promise to do my best and have lots of positive energy and if people need help genuinely they should come and see me.”

Next to declare was Camborne and Redruth where George Eustice held onto his seat and boosted his majority to a healthy 8,000.

He said: “A lot of Labour supporters who never voted for Conservatives in their lives have turned to us because they are fed up with nothing being done about Brexit. They didn’t want another hung parliament and wanted to end this sorry saga. They’ve now done that.”

He added: “Elections are always close here in Camborne and Redruth but we now have a clear result. This is a decisive moment for our country, get Brexit done and move on.”

In St Austell and Newquay Conservative MP Steve Double held onto his seat and continued a trend for increasing his majority.

He picked up 31,273 votes – far ahead of nearest rival Labour candidate Felicity Owen on 14,747. Mr Double now has a majority of 16,526.

He said: “It goes beyond our expectations and I am absolutely delighted.

“I am surprised, I was confident of winning but to see such an increase in the share of the vote is a very pleasant surprise and I am incredibly grateful to everyone who voted for me.”

Mr Double said he was clear that voters he spoke to wanted to “get Brexit done” so that other issues could be tackled.

Scott Mann, MP for North Cornwall, was also re-elected and again increased his share of the vote and his majority.

He secured 30,671 votes way ahead of Lib dem candidate Danny Chambers on 15,919.

Mr Mann said after the result was announced: “I feel very vindicated this evening for supporting the Brexit referendum and for voting to leave and for supporting Boris Johnson.

 “From my point of view I think that the people of North Cornwall have had their say again and it’s time for us to get on with delivering Brexit in January and bring the country forward.”

In South East Cornwall Sheryll Murray was also re-elected taking 31,807 which gives her a massive 20,971 majority.

The election has been bad for the Liberal Democrats in Cornwall with many seats seeing the party pushed back into third place.

It was only in North Cornwall where the party was able to score a runner-up spot.

Although we still await the St Ives result which was expected to be a two-way battle between Conservative candidate Derek Thomas and Lib Dem candidate Andrew George.

Turnout has been higher across the board with Truro and Falmouth seeing 77% of people going out to cast their vote.