Hung parliament: Was it the youth vote that caused it?

Theresa May and the Conservatives have failed to win a majority in the general election.

The UK now has a hung parliament and is without a clear path forward.

There are now fewer Conservative MPs than when May called the election in April - and experts say some key losses are in areas where there's a big number of young people registered to vote.

Turnout has generally been up - so is the hung parliament a result of 18 to 24-year-olds showing up to the polls?

Read BBC Reality Check: Has there been a surge in youth turnout?

Demetrius tweeted: "Never been more proud of my generation. Slowly but surely taking charge of our own future for the first time."

Canterbury, for example, has elected a Labour MP for the first time since the constituency was formed in 1918.

The Conservatives had claimed there was a strong student movement on social media with 8,000 new voter registrations in the area.

Claudio tweeted: "I feel the future of the UK is even more uncertain after this result. Not to mention prolonged anxiety for EU nationals and British abroad."

Labour had been accused of "buying" young people's votes by offering free tuition fees in its manifesto.

"I think they just wanted a fair chance for education for all," said Rosie Duffield, the new Labour MP for Canterbury.

Joshua tweeted: "Great result, we need change in the UK."

A whole load of grime artists all came out in support for Jeremy Corbyn in the run up to the election.

The likes of JME, Stormzy, AJ Tracey, Novelist and Akala all shared their love for the Labour leader on social media.

JME tweeted: "Imagine you didn't register and didn't vote. In 30 years, only people 70+ would be voting and influencing government decisions. Earlier this week, there was a big variation in predictions for the outcome of the elections."

Akala tweeted: "Funniest part for the Tories is that rappers actually influenced the outcome & NO ONE can deny this! @JmeBBK @Stormzy1 @Novelist & Lowkey."

Many of them said this election would see them casting their first ever vote.

And the love was apparently mutual - when Newsbeat asked Jeremy Corbyn whether he listened to grime, he said: "Yes I do, thank you."

Experts pointed out that the figures depended on how many young people turned out to vote.

Faisal Islam tweeted: "ICM online poll lower youth vote turnout Con: 45 Lab: 34 = Landslide. Survation phone poll high youth t/o Con: 41 Lab: 40 = Hung Parliament."

More than two million people applied to vote in the month after Theresa May announced the snap general election on 18 April.

The number of young people registering was the highest of any age group.

Mike Galsworthy tweeted a picture of Theresa May, with the caption: "I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you pesky kids. #ScoobyDoo."

On the day the general election was called, 57,987 people under 25 registered to vote - more than any other age group.

The second largest group was people aged between 25 and 34, with a further 51,341 registering.

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