PRIME Minister Theresa May looks set to try and remain in power after the UK woke up to a hung parliament.

The Conservatives are the largest party but have lost their majority, with the PMs snap election backfiring on her.

Reports this morning indicate that May will look to carry on in Downing Street as both the Tories and Labour attempt to form minority governments.

In Scotland, the SNP lost a remarkable 21 seats following their landslide in 2015.

Westminster leader Angus Robertson and former First Minister Alex Salmond were both defeated in a night of stunning results.

The nationalists remain the biggest party but with 35 seats — including Inverclyde — compared with the 56 MPs they returned two years ago.

The number of Conservative seats north of the border went up from one to 13 while Labour gained six.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said in the early hours of the morning that her party remained the largest in Scotland and had won more than the others combined.

But she would not be drawn on whether their position on a second independence referendum would change.

She added: “Clearly I have to reflect on the result of the election and I will take time to do that.”

She also said that she would consider a progressive alliance with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

UK-wide, with four seats still to declare as the Tele went to press, the Conservatives had won 315, losing 12 while Labour were up 29 to a total of 261 seats.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who went in to the campaign largely expected to be heavily defeated, said that politics had changed.

His shadow Chancellor John McDonnell declared that Labour would look to form a minority government with a ‘progressive alliance’.

The result will also have a big impact on Brexit, with massive uncertainty around the negotiations set to start in a few days.