The hashtag #GE2019 was widely used during the General Election campaign, with 18.8 million election tweets recorded.
Figures released by Twitter suggest that political engagement more than doubled on the social media platform since the 2017 election.
Since the dissolution of Parliament in November, 18.8 million election tweets were sent, what Twitter called a “significant 106% increase” in conversation since 2017’s general election.
Throughout polling day, #YouthQuake, #BeAVoter, and #IVoted rose in popularity, with celebrities including Stormzy and Harry Styles sending political tweets.
The most-tweeted emojis on election day were the rose symbol to signify the Labour Party, the Union Jack flag, and the crying-with-laughter face.
A spokeswoman for Twitter said: “With a tweets-per-minute spike of 10,400 greeting the exit poll at 10.05pm, and 1.6m unique authors tweeting, the trends on the night soon proved to be the personalities, human stories and fast-changing facts which are at the core of Twitter.
“Almost every trending term from 10pm until 7am was either the name of a politician involved in a development, or a constituency where a surprising result was happening.”
Despite polls giving the Conservatives a majority, figures show that Jeremy Corbyn dominated Twitter conversation by 70% on polling day, compared with 26% for Boris Johnson.
With all 650 results declared on Friday, the Conservatives had 365 seats, while Labour were on 203, a net loss of 42.
HONOLULU (AP) — Days after the Hawaii attorney general’s office released an outside report that flagged communications issues in the response to the deadly August wildfire, Maui County officials pushed back and offered “clarifications” on some of the report’s details.
Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez released a first phase report Wednesday by the Fire Safety Research Institute that said a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts during the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century.
The report did not answer questions about cause or liability. It also said it is only an initial reckoning and two more reports will follow. Investigators are still trying to get some documents from Maui County.
Late Friday, Maui County issued a statement with clarifications on various details in the report, including when Mayor Richard Bissen issued a county emergency proclamation among other things.
Lopez responded in a statement Monday that the attorney general's office welcomes Maui “supplementing the facts.”
The Aug. 8 fire killed 101 people and destroyed much of the historic town of Lahaina.
FILE - A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Several days after the Hawaii attorney general’s office released an outside report that flagged communications issues in the response to a deadly August wildfire, Maui County officials pushed back and offered “clarifications” on some of the report’s details. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
FILE - Wilted palm trees line a destroyed property from the August wildfires, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Several days after the Hawaii attorney general’s office released an outside report that flagged communications issues in the response to a deadly August wildfire, Maui County officials pushed back and offered “clarifications” on some of the report’s details. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
