Charlotte MacKenzie today thanked everyone who voted Labour in Truro and Falmouth.

Speaking after the result had been declared, Charlotte MacKenzie said:

“I want to thank everyone who voted for me and voted Labour here.

“The general election turnout and result in this constituency shows many more people voting Labour than at last year’s local elections, when some people who were rightly dismayed by the MPs’ expenses scandal chose to stay home.

“Many people who lent their support to the Liberal Democrats because they believed that was the best way to ‘stop the Tories’ at this general election feel utterly betrayed by the fact that Nick Clegg is now in talks about possibly supporting the Tories to form a government in this hung Parliament.

“How people vote is a matter for them. My personal approach has always been to encourage people to vote for what they believe in.”