(CNN) Don't just look at the results from Britain's polls that had Theresa May's Conservatives coming in at number one ahead of Jeremy Corbyn and Labour -- the real winners and losers are far more interesting.

Losers:

Theresa May: No mandate for her. The Prime Minister took a gamble by calling an election three years ahead of schedule. She had been hoping to get more popular support for her government as it navigates the country through Brexit. Even though her party won the most seats -- 318 out of 650, with one constituency yet to declare -- it lost ground and will not be able to govern alone.

So May has reached out to Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party for support and will continue to lead the government. "Disaster" and "catastrophe" are two of the words wafting through the London air. And there are questions about how long May can last . Even if she stays, it'll be tougher for her to get things done.

The Conservatives: Bad judgment, again. Thursday's vote was the second of two moves by the Conservatives that spurred unexpected periods of uncertainty and instability.

The first occurred last year, when May's predecessor, David Cameron, held the Brexit referendum. Britons were asked whether they wanted to stay or leave in the European Union. To the surprise of almost everyone, nearly 52% of the voters favored leaving the EU. The pound crashed, the Prime Minister quit and the world gasped.

Brexit talks: Now that the Tories failed to secure a mandate and a majority in Parliament, the negotiations, scheduled to start on June 19, Now that the Tories failed to secure a mandate and a majority in Parliament, the negotiations, scheduled to start on June 19, could be put on hold

The EU and UK have to forge a deal by March 2019. "We don't know when Brexit talks start," tweeted European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday as the election results became clear. "We know when they must end. Do your best to avoid a 'no deal' as a result of 'no negotiations,'" he said.

We don't know when Brexit talks start. We know when they must end. Do your best to avoid a "no deal" as result of "no negotiations". #GE2017 — Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) June 9, 2017

UKIP: A big goose egg for the UK Independence Party -- the nationalist movement that favored an exit from the European Union. It won nary a seat and its party leader, Paul Nuttall, stepped down, saying UKIP needs a new focus.

But he also warned that the Brexit movement remains strong and that it will flex its muscles again if the Prime Minister backtracks from her promises on Brexit.

The Scottish National Party: Nicola Sturgeon's party won 56 of 59 Scottish seats in the 2015 election but lost ground on Thursday. It ended up with 35 seats and the chances for its wished-for Nicola Sturgeon'sparty won 56 of 59 Scottish seats in the 2015 election but lost ground on Thursday. It ended up with 35 seats and the chances for its wished-for second referendum on Scottish independence took a big hit

Nick Clegg: A surprising defeat for the former leader of the centrist Liberal Democrats. Clegg, who once served as a deputy prime minister, was defeated in Sheffield Hallam by fewer than 1,500 votes.

Winners:

Jeremy Corbyn and Labour: The lesson is simple. Don't write off Labour.

The opposition party had been down in the dumps, with dismal polling and a general disdain for whether leader Jeremy Corbyn was "prime ministerial."

But a good chunk of the populace -- including the young and the working class -- showed an appetite for the left-wing policies and world view embodied by Corbyn and his progressive political agenda.

His talk of ending Tory austerity plans and getting better and fairer funding for health and education resonated.

Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party: This is the Democratic Unionist Party's time in the spotlight. It gained two seats to hit double figures but This is the Democratic Unionist Party's time in the spotlight. It gained two seats to hit double figures but it has outsize influence now

May called the DUP her "friends and allies," and aims to have an informal partnership with them to govern.

The impact the DUP will have is not yet clear. The party is dedicated to an open border with the Republic of Ireland and may demand that be included in Brexit negotiations. It is also opposed to same-sex marriage and any extension of abortion tights.

Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside 10 Downing Street after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on Friday, June 9. May is seeking the Queen's permission to form a new government after her Conservative Party lost seats in Parliament and failed to secure a working majority in a snap general election. Hide Caption 1 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Members of the press wait for May outside 10 Downing Street. May's Conservative Party won 318 seats -- short of the 326 needed for a majority and weakening May's position in upcoming Brexit talks. Hide Caption 2 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A car takes May away from Buckingham Palace after her meeting with the Queen. May was the one who called for the snap election three years earlier than required by law. Hide Caption 3 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn greets a crowd as he arrives at Labour Party headquarters in London on June 9. Corbyn, who has called on May to resign, started his election campaign with a deficit in the polls of around 20 points. He ended it with more than 30 extra seats. Hide Caption 4 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron speaks to supporters and the press in London on June 9. He told reporters that May "put party before country." He said "we will now have a government that is weaker and less stable at a time that we are about the embark on the most difficult and complex negotiations in our history." Hide Caption 5 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election The Houses of Parliament are seen at dawn on June 9. Hide Caption 6 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election In a speech to her constituency in Maidenhead, England, May said that "at this time more than anything else, this country needs a period of stability." Hide Caption 7 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election May waits for poll results June 9 with other candidates running in her constituency. Hide Caption 8 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party, arrives at a counting hall in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 9. Voters in Scotland sent a resounding message to the party, which lost more than 20 seats. Hide Caption 9 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Scottish Labour Party supporters celebrate in Glasgow as ballot-counting was underway on June 9. Hide Caption 10 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Corbyn prepares to take the stage for poll results to be declared in London. Hide Caption 11 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Nigel Dodds, deputy leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, embraces his wife, Diane, following his election in Belfast. The conservative, pro-union party only gained two seats, but with May's Conservative Party short of a majority, the DUP has become disproportionately important in forming a new government. Hide Caption 12 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election UK Independence Party leader Paul Nuttall, center, speaks with a party member following the vote count. Nuttall resigned later, leaving UKIP seeking its third leader in a year. Hide Caption 13 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A graph on a trader's screen shows the fall of the British pound after the first exit poll was released on Thursday, June 8.

Hide Caption 14 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Officials count votes in Glasgow on June 8. Hide Caption 15 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election An official takes a breather as vote counters wait for ballot boxes to arrive in Boston, England. Hide Caption 16 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Ballots are counted at City Hall in Cardiff, Wales. Hide Caption 17 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Niall Hodson, the Liberal Democrats' candidate for Sunderland Central, reacts as results are declared. Hide Caption 18 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Ballots are counted in Belfast. Hide Caption 19 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Election staff count ballot papers in Kendal, England. Hide Caption 20 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Election staff take their seats before counting votes in Sunderland, England. Hide Caption 21 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A staff member sorts ballots in Edinburgh, Scotland. Hide Caption 22 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Sorcha Eastwood, an Alliance Party candidate in Northern Ireland, stands outside a polling station in Lisburn after casting her vote. She and her husband, Dale Shirlow, were married earlier in the day. Hide Caption 23 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A sign is seen on a telephone box outside a polling station at Rotherwick Hall, west of London. Hide Caption 24 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A man casts his vote at a boxing gym in Liverpool, England. Hide Caption 25 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A sign directs voters at a polling station at St. James Church in Edinburgh. Hide Caption 26 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A dog waits outside a polling station in Stalybridge, England. Many people in the UK have been using the hashtag #DogsAtPollingStations to show off their pooches at the polls. Hide Caption 27 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Prime Minister May leaves a polling station in Sonning, England. Hide Caption 28 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks to a member of the public before casting his vote at a school in London. Hide Caption 29 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A voter greets a police officer at a polling station in London. Hide Caption 30 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A caravan serves as a polling station in Garthorpe, England. Hide Caption 31 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Sophie Allison rides her horse out of a polling station set up at a private residence near Reading, England. Hide Caption 32 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A woman walks into a polling station in Cardiff. Hide Caption 33 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A swimmer does laps at a public pool where a polling station was set up in Arundel, England. Hide Caption 34 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A mannequin sits on display outside a pub where a polling station was set up in Roecliffe, England. Hide Caption 35 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Children play on scooters outside a polling station in London. Hide Caption 36 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Police officers enter a polling station in London ahead of the arrival of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Hide Caption 37 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A man leaves a polling station at a pub in Christmas Common, near Oxford, England. Hide Caption 38 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Leanne Wood, leader of the party Plaid Cymru, leaves a polling station after voting in Rhondda, Wales. Hide Caption 39 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, left, arrives with her partner, Jen Wilson, to cast her vote in Edinburgh, Scotland. Hide Caption 40 of 41 Photos: May's party takes a hit in snap UK election A Benedictine nun leaves a polling station after voting in London. Hide Caption 41 of 41

Female lawmakers: From left to right, Prime Minister to new lawmaker, 207 women were elected to the House of Commons, From left to right, Prime Minister to new lawmaker, 207 women were elected to the House of Commons, the most ever . In Birmingham Edgbaston, Preet Kaur Gill became the first Sikh woman to be elected to Parliament. Rosie Duffield won the seat in Canterbury, Kent for Labour for the first time in nearly 100 years. A number of prominent female power players kept their seats -- Amber Rudd, Diane Abbott and Emily Thornberry, for example.

The youth vote. Looks like . Looks like passion overcame apathy for young voters. Those in the 18-24 age group came out to back Corbyn: including in university areas like Sheffield Hallam, where Clegg lost his seat to Labour.

The interest -- no matter what the party -- could have an impact on civic involvement in a nation trying to find its way at home, in Europe and the world for years to come.