Contrary to most pre-election polls, the two major parties received a similar share of the vote. The big talking point is whether a surge in young voters was partly responsible.
According to Ipsos Mori, turnout among 16- to 24-year-olds surged to around 64 per cent, a significant rise on the 2015 general election.
Divisions within our society have hung heavily over the election campaign - in the young person's TV debate before the election, many were shaken by the terror attacks in Manchester and London. They asked not just how we could improve security, but how we could heal the rifts between individuals and communities at risk of being exacerbated by the attacks.
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