The UK election result is a personal disaster for the Conservative leader, Theresa May. She called the snap election to get a big majority and crush the opposition Labour Party and its left-wing leadership. But instead the Conservatives lost seats and its majority in parliament, and Labour under leftist Jeremy Corbyn increased its share of the vote dramatically after a vigorous campaign.

The turnout was 69%, the highest since 1997, when the figure was 71.4%. It seems that young people turned out for Labour, particularly in the big cities. Labour gained 10% to reach 40%, while the Conservatives also increased their share by 5% to 42%. The big loser was the anti–European Union, anti-immigration party UKIP, which collapsed.