:00:00. > 3:59:59Their share of the vote was down, reflecting the swing to the big
:00:00. > :00:13.parties. Good morning and welcome to this
:00:14. > :00:15.Spotlight Election Special. In the next half hour,
:00:16. > :00:18.we'll be live in Plymouth where Labour have taken
:00:19. > :00:22.a seat from the Conservatives. We'll be live in Cornwall
:00:23. > :00:24.where the Lib Dems are pinning any remaining hopes of taking
:00:25. > :00:27.a South West seat on the two constituencies there
:00:28. > :00:28.still being counted. And we'll have comprehensive
:00:29. > :00:31.analysis of the results from our panel of unspun political
:00:32. > :00:34.pundits here in the studio with our guests Adrian Lee,
:00:35. > :00:37.Nick Bye, John Burnett First, here's Lucie with the very
:00:38. > :00:46.latest on the new political map If we can bring up the map. Labour
:00:47. > :01:01.in a sea of blue. The Conservative sea of blue has
:01:02. > :01:04.a new island this morning. Labour not only held Exeter
:01:05. > :01:06.where Ben Bradshaw more than doubled his majority
:01:07. > :01:08.but Labour has gained Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
:01:09. > :01:10.as Luke Pollard ousted Conservative Oliver Colvile who has
:01:11. > :01:12.been an MP for seven years. To see so many people,
:01:13. > :01:14.especially people that vote Labour this time has been
:01:15. > :01:18.incredible and there's an awful lot of trust that people have placed
:01:19. > :01:21.in me and the campaigns that I mentioned during my election
:01:22. > :01:23.campaign about getting better transport, getting a better funding
:01:24. > :01:26.deal for the city need to start Now here are the vote
:01:27. > :01:30.share figures for Devon. The Conservatives up 5%
:01:31. > :01:36.on their 2015 performance. And look at Ukip, their
:01:37. > :01:38.vote share down 12.9%, And now Labour, for the first time
:01:39. > :01:43.since the '70s, Labour is now
:01:44. > :01:46.in second place in Devon with 28.8% of the vote,
:01:47. > :01:52.up 10.8% on 2015. Our reporter Scott Bingham has been
:01:53. > :02:08.talking to some of those first-time Scott.
:02:09. > :02:12.Yes, it was third time lucky for Luke Pollard, the most marginal seat
:02:13. > :02:19.in our area in the south west. A slim majority for Oliver Colvile at
:02:20. > :02:26.the last election of just 523 seats, Luke Pollard has turned that into a
:02:27. > :02:29.lead of 6000. That's more than 53% of the voting share. Pollard has
:02:30. > :02:34.stood against Coalville in the last two elections and that narrow
:02:35. > :02:39.majority was reduced at the last election as well. Where have these
:02:40. > :02:44.rates come from? I am stood here in front of the heart of student land
:02:45. > :02:50.and Luke Pollard made it his goal to target the young votes. The degree
:02:51. > :02:51.students, that seems to work, according to some of the people we
:02:52. > :02:53.spoke to last night. Obviously it means more
:02:54. > :02:55.nationally, that's another vote in the pot and that
:02:56. > :02:59.but we need to see across the board For Plymouth, I think that's
:03:00. > :03:03.a really good thing, you know, for working-class people
:03:04. > :03:04.and everyone else. Feeling fantastic because I do
:03:05. > :03:06.massively support Jeremy Corbyn, he's brought a lot back to
:03:07. > :03:09.the Labour Party that was missing, for the fact it was the Labour Party
:03:10. > :03:27.for the socialists, We have also seen Ukip's vote
:03:28. > :03:31.collapsed in this constituency and it would seem those rates appear to
:03:32. > :03:38.have gone over to Labour. You keep vote also collapsed in neighbouring
:03:39. > :03:43.Moorview where conservative Johnny Mercer hurled his seat. -- held his
:03:44. > :03:44.seat. Linda, last year during
:03:45. > :03:48.Jeremy Corbyn's second leadership campaign you said, "I can't see how
:03:49. > :03:51.Jeremy can take us forward. The problem about Jeremy...is he's
:03:52. > :04:02.missing some really basic Is it time for you and many other
:04:03. > :04:08.people like you in Labour now to eat humble pie? We are a very broad
:04:09. > :04:12.church and that is what one is back in Devonport. You are saying he was
:04:13. > :04:18.a loser, you were not the only one. And I still have misgivings. I have
:04:19. > :04:23.to say he has bought something to political leadership in the country
:04:24. > :04:29.and assertiveness rather than aggressiveness which I think people
:04:30. > :04:33.really appreciate. As well as what the person that said, that he is a
:04:34. > :04:38.voice that is speaking for working-class people in a way that
:04:39. > :04:41.they recognise. But what is the way forward the Labour? Particularly if
:04:42. > :04:45.Theresa May has made it clear that she wants to hang on, but
:04:46. > :04:50.particularly if there is some kind of Labour led government? If I knew
:04:51. > :04:55.the answer to that, I doubt people have been trying to answer that all
:04:56. > :04:59.night. We do not know, we are going to have to find a way ahead. We will
:05:00. > :05:03.have to see if people can rise as Jamie has done in many respects, he
:05:04. > :05:11.has led this from being way behind in the poll, 20 plus to being neck
:05:12. > :05:16.and neck. -- as Jeremy Hunt is done in many respects. He has leadership
:05:17. > :05:21.that has come out in the cause of real action that I have never seen
:05:22. > :05:24.in him before. Let's see what happens. John, what is your
:05:25. > :05:35.prediction? My prediction is that the party that is in government, the
:05:36. > :05:40.Conservative Party has bottled down all the antagonisms, the competitive
:05:41. > :05:46.feelings, the animosity, the enmity is and that is going to be thrown
:05:47. > :05:50.open for the public to see. The Tory party are now, I believe, going to
:05:51. > :05:57.rip themselves to pieces. Is that what we can look forward to in the
:05:58. > :06:04.next days? Mrs May, I do not think it was a very good campaign for Mrs
:06:05. > :06:11.May, her holes did not run very well,. -- her horse. Should the
:06:12. > :06:17.walls run on? She was responsible for this campaign. I can't think
:06:18. > :06:23.that a different personality or going through a leadership contest
:06:24. > :06:26.all the upset in Westminster and the infighting and other people being
:06:27. > :06:36.disappointed, I do not think that would achieve anything. People have
:06:37. > :06:44.to accept that the Conservatives... A stunningly good result in Torbay,
:06:45. > :06:47.the Conservatives have emerged as the largest party with almost 320
:06:48. > :06:51.seat and we know that you can just about get through with that. I do
:06:52. > :06:58.not think there is any question... Has it started already? She has been
:06:59. > :07:04.called to read consider her position. George Osborne has said
:07:05. > :07:10.the campaign has been a catastrophe for Mrs May and the Conservative
:07:11. > :07:15.Party. They have been bottled up for at least three years, two years
:07:16. > :07:19.since the last election and the referendum particularly. And I think
:07:20. > :07:23.that that will be exposed to the public gaze and public scrutiny.
:07:24. > :07:27.Absolutely. One of the reasons that Mrs May called the election was
:07:28. > :07:32.because she could foresee that she was going to be hostage to those who
:07:33. > :07:35.wanted hard Brexit and she wanted a better majority to give her more
:07:36. > :07:42.authority and leadership in her own right. I want to move on to the Lib
:07:43. > :07:46.Dems. It has hardly been a glorious night for you either.
:07:47. > :07:50.It remained unchanged across the south-west and Lucy gives us a bit
:07:51. > :08:03.more of the details. Com or change from being dominated
:08:04. > :08:07.by the Lib Dems to turning all blue. They were concentrating their heads
:08:08. > :08:10.down here in St Ives, they came close, following the recount, Derek
:08:11. > :08:14.Thomas held onto it for the Conservatives but only by 312 votes.
:08:15. > :08:15.Our political reporter Tamsin Melville is at
:08:16. > :08:27.Good morning to you from the count. It does seem to be this story from
:08:28. > :08:34.Cornwall this morning, business as usual. We have had bought the six
:08:35. > :08:40.counts and all so far have been conservative holes. A story is
:08:41. > :08:43.battle for second place. The Lib Dems were hoping for a resurgent
:08:44. > :08:48.this time and that has not happened, certainly not so far and it has been
:08:49. > :08:54.labour that has maybe gainsay. Into constituencies, they saw a swing of
:08:55. > :08:57.20% and more in their favour running the Conservatives now very closely.
:08:58. > :09:04.To discuss what might have gone wrong for the Lib Dems I'm joined by
:09:05. > :09:06.the candidate for North Cornwall, Dan Rogerson. Did you perhaps
:09:07. > :09:11.nationally but what has gone wrong here in Cornwall? A mixed picture.
:09:12. > :09:14.We have seen in St Ives are very close result with the Liberal
:09:15. > :09:17.Democrat Andrew George nearly took that feedback, it is a great shame
:09:18. > :09:22.it did not happen. Yet the declaration of North Cornwall and I
:09:23. > :09:25.suspect we will see the usual close fight between Liberal Democrat and
:09:26. > :09:29.Conservative there with Labour way back. We have seen in other
:09:30. > :09:33.elections in the past types that rise and fall nationally. What
:09:34. > :09:37.matters is the reason are under these that, let local councillors,
:09:38. > :09:40.sustain a campaign when things are not going so well nationally. I
:09:41. > :09:47.think what was the over the coming years is Liberal Democrats in those
:09:48. > :09:53.seats, against the Conservatives. He is still waiting for his result. Two
:09:54. > :10:06.more to come here, North Cornwall. The story of the night is big gains
:10:07. > :10:14.in Cornwall. -- the Labour gains. How long will it take?
:10:15. > :10:19.The announcements are not here. Saudis, is being announced as we
:10:20. > :10:23.speak. North Cornwall not too far away.
:10:24. > :10:29.We will come back to you hopefully when that happens.
:10:30. > :10:35.Labour replacing the Lib Dems? That is certainly the case at the moment
:10:36. > :10:39.in Devon and that is the first time that has really happened since the
:10:40. > :10:45.early 1970s and the beginnings if you like of the then Liberal revival
:10:46. > :10:53.in the region. But the interesting thing is what is happening to the
:10:54. > :10:59.Ukip vote and many people were suggesting that the Ukip collapse,
:11:00. > :11:03.as it proved to be, would simply benefit the Conservatives. But it
:11:04. > :11:05.has a differential impact in different constituencies in
:11:06. > :11:16.different regions and indeed in different districts. Are you
:11:17. > :11:27.surprised by this, Nick? For the Liberals, they are behind the water
:11:28. > :11:39.line in the south-west. You were 11. -- you were one one. 30 years ago.
:11:40. > :11:43.They have gone to bed in the coalition with the Conservatives may
:11:44. > :11:47.have lost some people in the south-west by being on the wrong
:11:48. > :11:51.side of the argument in the south-west among certain voters on
:11:52. > :11:55.the EU. Sadly, I think it is very difficult now to see the Liberals
:11:56. > :11:59.getting going on in the south-west. If you look at the situation in
:12:00. > :12:05.Devon, you were a Devon MP. This been unthinkable not that long ago,
:12:06. > :12:09.Labour was the second party in rural Devon? Absolutely right. Two or
:12:10. > :12:14.three things. I think people are very worried in the country, the
:12:15. > :12:20.public is very worried because inflation is going up, wages are
:12:21. > :12:25.static, austerity is there, people are deeply concerned so that does
:12:26. > :12:28.have an effect, I believe, a gym correct me, as polarising the
:12:29. > :12:32.electric and they choose other parties that is easiest to choose,
:12:33. > :12:37.the one that is pole position. That is not quite right. They were
:12:38. > :12:44.offered a very clear choice on this occasion and Labour stood on the
:12:45. > :12:49.platform as anti-public service cuts, and the severity cuts and I
:12:50. > :12:53.think the first time since 1970s, I think Dan Rogerson was right in
:12:54. > :12:58.saying that you need an underlying layer of local councillors and I
:12:59. > :13:02.think with the number of members we have got in the party now, if we can
:13:03. > :13:06.go forward and field candidates in the local election and build on
:13:07. > :13:10.that, some people will never forgive your party, John, this aborting the
:13:11. > :13:18.Tories in some of the policies that have hurt them so much. -- in
:13:19. > :13:22.supporting the Tories. I agree but I have not finished. People are
:13:23. > :13:26.worried and frightened. There are two offerings from the Conservatives
:13:27. > :13:33.and the Labour Party. That polarise the electrode and we fell through
:13:34. > :13:37.the middle in that. You had a track record of supporting policies that
:13:38. > :13:45.hurt people. If the two main parties go to the left and right, that gives
:13:46. > :13:49.them an opportunity? I don't agree with you there. They are worried as
:13:50. > :13:53.well. There is a deep concern and worry in the electrode. They want to
:13:54. > :13:57.back the party that is going to help them and it is really a Paul Grice
:13:58. > :14:03.choice. I do not know what you believe about that. It gives an
:14:04. > :14:11.option the innocence in the centre for a party that actually has to
:14:12. > :14:15.rebuild from a local base and there was some evidence that this is
:14:16. > :14:20.happening in the last county elections at the beginning of May.
:14:21. > :14:25.But it is not a long way to go and of course the Liberal Democrat
:14:26. > :14:30.decline did not just happen in 2015, it was declining at local level in
:14:31. > :14:37.particular before that. The party was in some sense of being hollowed
:14:38. > :14:41.out in particular. Dan Rogerson's seed is going to be very
:14:42. > :14:53.interesting. I know that has not been declared. Bat Dan Rogerson's
:14:54. > :14:57.seat. That is the base which has traditionally served us so well,
:14:58. > :15:02.that has been absent in this election. That is what we have held
:15:03. > :15:06.onto in Plymouth Sutton. Hard-working, explains councillors
:15:07. > :15:09.who were leading the big teams we had out in all the water in
:15:10. > :15:16.Plymouth. In Torbay, the Liberals worked incredibly hard. People still
:15:17. > :15:18.didn't respond to that. We touched on Ukip briefly.
:15:19. > :15:20.Adrian Lee, you've been looking at the differring
:15:21. > :15:33.It is where the Ukip vote went. It went to different places in
:15:34. > :15:36.different parts of the country. If you look at Newton Abbot, the party
:15:37. > :15:45.that benefit appears to have benefited most from Ukip decliner,
:15:46. > :15:47.was in fact Labour. If look at Yeovil, the party that benefited
:15:48. > :15:54.most there was the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats went backwards
:15:55. > :15:57.in Yeovil to a significant extent. Elsewhere they were really
:15:58. > :16:00.flat-lining. It is extremely difficult, I think, to explain
:16:01. > :16:08.exactly what has happened to the Ukip vote and it has not simply gone
:16:09. > :16:12.to the Conservatives, it has gone to other parties, it has gone in some
:16:13. > :16:19.cases to Labour, it has gone in some cases I suspect into nonvoting and
:16:20. > :16:24.those photos, the statistics, those routers have been replaced by the
:16:25. > :16:27.new younger voters that Linda was talking about.
:16:28. > :16:30.Ukip's candidate in Central Devon defected to the Tories
:16:31. > :16:34.Tim Matthews said Ukip had become a party of racists and extremists.
:16:35. > :16:36.Ukip's former chairman was standing in North Devon,
:16:37. > :16:38.despite his failure to take the seat.
:16:39. > :16:53.Good morning. What do you make of this result? Because I have got the
:16:54. > :16:58.sense that Ukip were not prepared to be sacrificial victims to some
:16:59. > :17:03.extent in the interest as Theresa may getting a decent majority to
:17:04. > :17:10.pursue Brexit. You have sacrificed yourself to some extent but you have
:17:11. > :17:14.not achieved that goal either. No, it's disappointing. We did know that
:17:15. > :17:17.we were going to get bad results. There is some good news, the exit
:17:18. > :17:20.poll that I had going into the account said we were going to be 14
:17:21. > :17:26.points down across the country. It turns out we are only 11 points
:17:27. > :17:30.down. This is good news indeed. But my point was... You expected to do
:17:31. > :17:36.badly but you thought the reward but that would be Theresa May's majority
:17:37. > :17:40.and then the mandate for something like the kind of Brexit you want to
:17:41. > :17:47.see? We knew that a lot of our boats, the strong Brexiteers would
:17:48. > :17:49.opt to go what they thought was the strongest negotiation position for
:17:50. > :17:54.the country but we have been telling the Tories for many years that Ukip
:17:55. > :17:58.tarmac to not delinquent Tories say the fact they have gone off in all
:17:59. > :18:05.directions is not surprising. If you look at Newton Abbot, the likelihood
:18:06. > :18:11.is that those who voted Ukip last time were not people who are going
:18:12. > :18:16.to vote for the candidate this time. The problem is that Theresa May has
:18:17. > :18:20.completely made a hash of this whole thing. I am sad to hear that she
:18:21. > :18:32.thinks she is going to remain or to stay on. -- I am stunned. She is
:18:33. > :18:38.well known to be supporting remain. Do you think you should have taken,
:18:39. > :18:43.ie wishing you as a party had taken a different approach given what has
:18:44. > :18:48.happened to the conservative vote? Did you give them an easy ride? I
:18:49. > :18:53.think in practice it properly has been. At the end of the day, we do
:18:54. > :19:00.not have a lot of options. We knew that because of our win last year,
:19:01. > :19:03.having won the referendum, we had a hand in mandate is it to the
:19:04. > :19:10.governments of people who wanted to see that the route were going to
:19:11. > :19:12.vote for the government. It is Theresa May's truly atrocious
:19:13. > :19:18.campaign that has ended up where we are and the fact that she took the
:19:19. > :19:22.gamble or took the decision that despite clearly she must know that
:19:23. > :19:28.she is not personally a great campaigner, she then essentially
:19:29. > :19:32.handed the stick to Jeremy Corbyn who is a great campaigner, if
:19:33. > :19:38.nothing else and said beat me with this. We discussed this earlier but
:19:39. > :19:43.this is the reality. She is not a good campaigner. She messed up this
:19:44. > :19:47.campaign to you. We are the largest party. Yes, but look of the poll
:19:48. > :19:52.lead six weeks ago. It has been squandered. I do not think anyone is
:19:53. > :20:02.saying that this is the conservative's finest hour. I think
:20:03. > :20:08.the Conservatives have been mistaken in thinking that we would mop up the
:20:09. > :20:13.Ukip vote, I think this is a tactical error in this campaign. It
:20:14. > :20:25.has cost us the support another of the country. Both parties can put
:20:26. > :20:32.this, do you think she will remain as Prime Minister? I think she will
:20:33. > :20:36.absolutely. Should she? She will. Sensibly she has got to try and
:20:37. > :20:39.build some sort of consensus with the Parliamentary Conservative
:20:40. > :20:49.Party, we know there are the people who either with not turning up,
:20:50. > :20:53.Harold Wilson led a minority government in the 70s, you can
:20:54. > :20:57.properly get three with about three June 20. You can survive as a
:20:58. > :21:01.government. What you can achieve does come back to her deal-making
:21:02. > :21:05.and her coalition skills within the Conservative Party to find my work
:21:06. > :21:10.be common ground and maybe to reach out to others. I remember those days
:21:11. > :21:19.in the 1970s and I remember the second Tory general election, who
:21:20. > :21:22.governs Britain? Not you, mate, was the answer.
:21:23. > :21:30.More good news. Back in Saint Austell where they have just had a
:21:31. > :21:34.result. Five of the six Cornish seats
:21:35. > :21:38.declared and the latest one was for South East Cornwall, held by the
:21:39. > :21:41.conservative Sheryll Murray and I'm joined by Sheryll Murray now. You
:21:42. > :21:45.have increased your majority again. A good night for the Conservatives
:21:46. > :21:49.in Cornwall but nationally not so good you? I have not had time to
:21:50. > :21:56.reflect on the national picture yet but I am absolutely delighted that
:21:57. > :21:59.we look as though we are going to be returning six Conservative MPs for
:22:00. > :22:05.Cornwall. We have been working in a united way to make sure that
:22:06. > :22:08.Cornwall's message hits home and we fight for the best deal for
:22:09. > :22:13.Cornwall. The campaign message for the Conservatives was strong and
:22:14. > :22:16.stable government going into the Brexit negotiations. That is not
:22:17. > :22:22.what we have got? What we have got in Cornwall, we are now the largest
:22:23. > :22:26.group on Cornwall Council and we have got really good local
:22:27. > :22:30.conservative members of Parliament returned which I think is a big
:22:31. > :22:33.endorsement by the people of Cornwall, but they do want strong
:22:34. > :22:39.and stable representation in Westminster. Sheryll Murray, thank
:22:40. > :22:44.you very much. Sheryll Murray for South East Cornwall. One more cap to
:22:45. > :22:48.be declared, the North Cornwall, we're expecting that very soon.
:22:49. > :22:54.Thank you. Sheryll Murray talking about the prospects of Brexit
:22:55. > :22:59.negotiations under Theresa May and the Conservative government.
:23:00. > :23:05.Labour's position on this has been confused, what would your pitch be
:23:06. > :23:09.if you do end up on some kind of coalition? You have to look at the
:23:10. > :23:15.team that they fielded, Liam Fox, David Davis and Boris Johnson, the
:23:16. > :23:31.people we had in those positions, and the, Kia Starmer -- tarmac
:23:32. > :23:38.Starmer and Emily Thornberry. We need respect for the 48% of people
:23:39. > :23:43.who did not and we need a kind of Brexit that businesses want, it is
:23:44. > :23:47.not just the people who voted remain, which can see is quickly
:23:48. > :23:49.come to some decisions that give certainty that sort of stability
:23:50. > :23:56.that this election was supposed to be about. Next, does this seriously
:23:57. > :24:05.affect the kind of Brexit settlement that is assuming we have a minority
:24:06. > :24:10.government led by Theresa may? If I can go off message, I am not sure
:24:11. > :24:15.what the message is meant to be. I think there is a big question mark
:24:16. > :24:20.over how you go forward with Brexit. This is what Mrs May that herself
:24:21. > :24:26.forward for, wanting her mandate to do Brexit in her way and the result
:24:27. > :24:30.is absolutely not the resounding success, not the mandate that she
:24:31. > :24:34.wanted. I do not know in terms of Brexit what the mandate is. I do not
:24:35. > :24:37.pretend to be a constitutional expert but I suggest a general
:24:38. > :24:44.election Tromso referendum and is there honestly a majority in
:24:45. > :24:51.parliament for Brexit and if there is, what kind of Brexit? You have
:24:52. > :24:52.five seconds. The Treasury say 45 billions a year cost of a hard
:24:53. > :25:00.Brexit. OK, OK, we are out of time. negotiations, I think duty calls and
:25:01. > :25:02.she will stay. Viewers are joining us from around the