The Prime Minister has claimed herself and Ruth Davidson "saved the union" at general election in June.

Theresa May made the claim at a fringe event at her party's conference in Manchester on Sunday evening.

The Conservatives gained 12 seats in Scotland but lost 13 seats across the UK, leaving May without an overall majority in the Commons.

May said "thank you very much" to Scotland for having ousted the SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson at the ballot box on June 8.

"I want to say something else about the general election in Scotland... Ruth come here," beckoned May.

"We did not have the overall result we wanted but together we saved the union," the Prime Minister proclaimed.

She added: "They say elections can be strange things. You get 42 to 44%, you get 2.3 million more votes, the largest rise in percentage share in over 30 years and 12 more elected MPs in Scotland but we didn't get an overall majority. There you are."

The Prime Minister claimed her Scottish MPs are doing more to represent the country than the SNP's MPs during her address to conference delegates.

"The SNP is still obsessed with the independence issue. As we have said, that's gone away," she said.