General Election 2017: Quarter of a million under-25s register to vote on last day possible

A quarter of a million people under the age of 25 registered to vote in the General Election on the last day it was possible.

A total of 622,000 people signed up on Monday before voter registration closed, Cabinet Office figures showed.

Of those, 246,000 were under the age of 25 and 207,000 were between 25 and 34. Conversely, the figures showed only 10,000 over-65s registering.

Monday was the deadline for people who were not registered to ensure they could vote in June 8 General Election.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will be buoyed by the statistics, with his party consistently enjoying stronger poll ratings among younger people.

Mr Corbyn's calls for young people to register were backed by the likes of grime star Jme and Hollywood star Danny DeVito.

Kenny Imafidon, a spokesman for the Bite The Ballot campaign aimed at encouraging voter registration, told the Independent: "In the past week alone we have seen over half a million under 24 year olds apply to register to vote.

“This is great news but we cannot get complacent, as it is important now that we mobilise all those who have registered to turn up to vote on June 8.

“BTB will still be coordinating our #TurnUp campaign with partners to encourage young citizens to vote on June 8th, even if it means spoiling their ballot.”