Election 2017 live updates: Theresa May claims Conservative government supported by DUP will provide 'certainty'

Some more statistics for you:

7 - seats that the Conservatives are expected to be short of a majority in the Commons.

29 - gains made by Labour.

68.7 - percentage turnout, the largest since 1997.

207 - women MPs elected, a record total.

66 - sitting MPs lost their jobs.

82.4 - percentage of votes that went to either the Tories or Labour, up from 67.4% in 2015.

1.8 - Ukip's percentage vote share, down from 12.9% in 2015.

99 - years that Canterbury was a Conservative seat, until now.

782,000 - pounds lost in deposits by candidates failing to receive 5% of the vote share.

Eric Pickles, a former Conservative minister who stood down at the election, has admitted his party "underestimated" Jeremy Corbyn.

"It's going to be very difficult but that's democracy, that's what people voted for and it's up to us to get on with the job," he told the BBC.

"It's clearly not a happy moment for the Conservative Party but it's not a fatal moment."

Mr Pickles said: "I think I did, and a lot of other people did underestimate Mr Corbyn, and getting the percentage share he did and turning over a number of Conservative seats is an achievement."

Donald Trump has written his first tweet of the day, but no comment from the US President on the general election result as yet.

He is referring to testimony given by the former FBI Director James Comey yesterday. Read more about that here

Still no result in Kensington, where the vote remains too close to call despite several recounts.

Analysts are talking about the impact of the shock result on the perception of Jeremy Corbyn, both inside and outside the Labour Party.

Sceptics blamed dire poll showings for Labour after the snap election was called on the leader's policies, following persistent controversy over infighting, past links with the IRA and his stance on terrorism and nuclear weapons.

But Mr Corbyn has now led Labour to a 40% share of the vote, which while not securing a victory, deals a significant blow to the Tories.

Other analysts have seen the cause of the vote more in Theresa May's failures than her rival's success.

The latter stages of the campaign saw the Prime Minister hampered by accusations of "hiding from the public" while remaining absent from rallies and television debates, and repeating soundbites in stage-managed interviews.

Tory MP Nigel Evans claimed the Tory manifesto "lost us the election", demanding to know who inserted controversial policies on social care and fox hunting.

“We didn't shoot ourselves in the foot, we shot ourselves in the head,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

An update from our business editor, Josie Cox:

Global credit ratings agency S&P has said that the outcome of the snap election “should have no immediate impact on the ratings” of the UK’s debt. “Depending on the political calculus and the final Government make-up, there is […] likely to be a shift in domestic macroeconomic policy, including on various aspects of public expenditure given the electorate's apparent rejection of further austerity measures,” the agency writes. It adds, however: “Our ratings on the UK already take into account a less predictable policy framework following the vote to leave the EU in June 2016. “In our view, the lack of a majority for any party is likely to delay Brexit negotiations, scheduled to start very soon. Furthermore, we do not exclude the possibility of another snap election. These considerations are reflected in our current negative outlook on the long-term ratings.” S&P currently has a AA rating on the UK, which is the third highest rating on its scale. A higher rating indicates that a country’s debt is less likely to default.