CONSERVATIVE Anne Marie Morris has said working with the Liberal Democrats again should not be ruled out should the Tories fail to win enough seats to form a majority government.

The statement came at 4.15am as the polls continued to predict a minority win for David Cameron and his colleagues. Ruling out a formal relationship with Labour or the Scottish Nationalist Party Mrs Morris said: 'At the end of the day the important thing is to work in the national interest.

'I think the relationship we had with the Liberal Democrats delivered some good things. I don't see a formal coalition again but to their credit the Lib Dems put the national interest first.

'Clearly they are a possible partner but with all the individual parties there are some areas where there's common interest and others where there's not. 'It's a case of identifying where we overlap and can do business.'

Speaking about the prospect of serving a second term as MP she said: 'It would be a great privilege and I would be delighted.' Officials at the count confirmed a turnout of 69.37 per cent, marginally down on 2010's figure of 69.6 per cent.