Election results

The council elections are over! When John Major went on to win the 1992 General Election he had 46% of the vote - Cameron needs to do better.

In Cornwall the battle is on - a clear two horse race between us and the Tories.

The BBC estimated share of the national vote for Liberal Democrats in the local elections is 26%. The final calculations on estimated national vote share for the Liberal Democrats between 1994 and 2006 are all in a range of 23% - 27%.

This year's estimate for the Liberal Democrats is therefore towards the very top of the range of estimated vote share in the last 13 years. It is just 1% below the record high level achieved by the party in last year's local elections (27%).

The estimated share of the vote for Labour in the first local elections with Tony Blair as Leader was 47%. Labour appears to have lost 20% of this vote share in the 13 years since Tony Blair became Leader.

The highest estimated national vote share for the Tories in recent times was the 46% achieved under John Major in 1992 which was also the last year in which the Conservatives won a General Election. The BBC estimate for the Tories this year is 40%.