Theresa May tweeted this picture at 4.31pm yesterday with congratulations to Shinzo Abe on his victory

Theresa May is tweeting more than twice as often as she did before the election as the Conservatives try to win back young voters.

Between entering No 10 in July last year and calling the election in April, she tweeted 45 times — an average of one tweet every 6.2 days.

In the 136 days since the election she has tweeted 54 times, or one tweet every 2.5 days.

Last week she tweeted 14 times, including six tweets on Wednesday, on subjects including modern slavery, unemployment, the European Council summit and the Tupperware bought for her by Geoffrey Boycott, the former cricketer.

Her social media output was criticised after the election campaign, during which Jeremy Corbyn used different platforms to reach out to young voters.