Election 2017: More than 453,000 young people sign up to vote on final registration day

Largest number come from the 18- to 24-year-old age bracket

The election is set to take on 8 June (PA)

Official figures show a surge in the number of young people signing up to vote on the final day of registration for next month's general election.

More than 453,000 people aged 18-34 submitted an application to be put on the electoral register in time to vote on 8 June.

They make up 73 per cent of all those who registered on the 22 May deadline day, compared to just 11,000 people in the over-65 age bracket.

The largest number of registrations came from the narrower 18- to 24-year-old age bracket, in which 207,000 people signed up, according to the BBC .

Young people are statistically less likely to vote than older people, with only 43 per cent of 18-24 year-olds voting in the general election of 2015 compared to 78 per cent of over 65s.

But the surge in late registrations will come as a boost to Labour, with polls indicating the party is more popular among younger voters.

A mega-poll of 13,000 voters by YouGov conducted over a two and a half week period found Jeremy Corbyn would win the election if only those aged between 18 and 40 were allowed to participate.

Labour is particularly popular with women under 40, who were 42 per cent in favour of Mr Corbyn’s party and 27 per cent for Theresa May’s Conservatives.

Although slightly closer, men under 40 also backed Labour, with figures putting the party on 32 per cent, one point ahead of the Tories.

National campaigning was set to resume on Friday following a suspension of activity in the aftermath of the Manchester attack, in which a suicide bomber targeted an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena, killing 22 people and injured dozens more.

Both Mr Corbyn and Ms May will be on the campaign trail until the election on 8 June.