Cornwall’s turnout for yesterday’s General Election was above the national average in every constituency.

Turnout across the UK as a whole was 60% - the second lowest in a UK election since 1885, the BBC reports. Only 2001 was lower with 59%.

This compares with an overall turnout of 67.3% at the last election in 2019.

In Cornwall, all six constituencies saw a turnout that was higher than the national average – although still only averaging around the mid-60s mark.

Joint highest was shared by the Truro and Falmouth constituency and the St Ives constituency with West Cornwall, where turnout was 69% at each.

The lowest turnout was at St Austell and Newquay, which saw only 62% of the electorate vote – although still higher than the average nationally.

You can read more about last night's results here: Cornwall turns red and yellow! General Election winners and losers

Here is the election turnout for each constituency in Cornwall, together with a full breakdown of votes cast for each candidate and the number of voting slips rejected:

Truro and Falmouth

GRIPPER, Ruth - Liberal Democrats: 6,552            

KIRKHAM, Jayne - Labour and Co-operative Party: 20,783 ELECTED

LA BORDE, Karen - Green Party: 3,470    

LAWRENCE, Peter – Independent: 498   

MACKRORY, Cherilyn - Conservative Party: 12,632            

RUBIDGE, Steven - Reform UK : 6,163     

WHITE, Peter - The Liberal Party: 166     

Rejected ballot papers and reason for rejection

a) want of official mark  0

b) voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to 33

c) writing or mark by which voter could be identified 0

d) being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 130

e) rejected in part 0

Total 163

Electorate: 72,982

Votes cast: 50,444

Turnout: 69%

St Ives (and West Cornwall)

ALI, Filson - Labour Party: 2,788

FLINDALL, Ian - Green Party: 1,797          

GEORGE, Andrew - Liberal Democrats: 25,033 ELECTED

HARRIS, John - The Common People: 91

LAITY, Dave – Independent: 360

MORTIMER, Giane - Reform UK: 6,492   

NICHOLSON, Paul - The Liberal Party: 187             

SAUNDERS, Jason - UK Independence Party (UKIP): 111 

THOMAS, Derek - Conservative Party: 11,247     

Rejected ballot papers and reason for rejection

a) want of official mark  0

b) voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to 35

c) writing or mark by which voter could be identified 0

d) being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 115

e) rejected in part 0

Total      150

Electorate: 69,978

Votes cast: 48,277

Turnout: 69%

Camborne and Redruth

DONNITHORNE, Connor - Conservative Party candidate: 11,554 

HAWKINS, Robert - Socialist Labour Party: 342   

HAYES, Catherine - Green Party: 2,840   

HOLMES, Paul - The Liberal Party: 624   

HUGHES, Thalia (Thalia Marrington) - Liberal Democrat: 4,113    

MOON, Perran - Labour Party: 19,360 ELECTED

TARRANT, Roger - Reform UK : 8,952       

Rejected ballot papers and reason for rejection

a) want of official mark  0

b) voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to 9

c) writing or mark by which voter could be identified 1

d) being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 186

e) rejected in part 0

Total 196

Electorate: 74,342

Votes cast: 48,007

Turnout: 65%

St Austell and Newquay

BEAL, Stephen - Reform UK: 9,212           

DOUBLE, Stephen - Conservative Party: 13,488  

KENNY, Joanna - Liberal Democrats: 4,805            

LATHAM, Jean (Jay) - Liberal Party: 490  

LAW, Noah - Labour Party: 15,958 ELECTED

PENNINGTON, Amanda - Green Party: 2,337       

RAYNER, Angela (Angie) – Independent: 442       

Rejected ballot papers and reason for rejection

a) want of official mark  0

b) voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to 20

c) writing or mark by which voter could be identified 3

d) being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 107

e) rejected in part 0

Total 130

Electorate: 76,076

Votes cast: 46,881

Turnout: 62%

North Cornwall

FARRELL, Sarah - Heritage Party: 277       

HARRIS, Robyn - Labour Party: 2,958      

MAGUIRE, Benedict (Ben) - Liberal Democrats: 24,904 ELECTED

MANN, Scott - Conservative Party: 14,137            

O`CONNOR, Rowland - Reform UK: 8,444             

SYMONDS, Lance - Green Party: 1,335   

Rejected ballot papers and reason for rejection

a) want of official mark 0

b) voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to 4

c) writing or mark by which voter could be identified 0

d) being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 43

e) rejected in part 0

Total 47

Electorate: 76,741

Votes cast: 51,382

Turnout: 66.95%

South East Cornwall

CORNEY, Martin - Green Party: 1,999      

COWDRY, Graham - Heritage Party: 263 

GELDERD, Anna - Labour Party: 15,670: ELECTED

MARTIN, Colin - Liberal Democrats: 8,284            

MURRAY, Sheryll - Conservative Party: 13,759     

WADLEY, Paul - Reform UK: 9,311     

Rejected ballot papers and reasons for rejection

a) want of official mark  0

b) voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to 35

c) writing or mark by which voter could be identified 0

d) being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 101

e) rejected in part 0

Total 136

Electorate: 72,659

Votes cast: Unknown

Turnout: 68.07%

The highest turnout at a general election since the war was 83.9% in 1950, according to figures compiled by the House of Commons Library.

Turnout remained above 75% at every post-war general election until 1970, when it dipped to 72.0%.

It then stayed above 70% at every election until plunging to 59.4% in 2001. Since then it has never been above 70%.