Many constituents have contacted me to request that the UK is given a second referendum on our EU membership or suggesting that Parliament refuses to accept the legitimacy of the result.

Yesterday voters decided that the future of the United Kingdom would be best served outside of the EU. Having not campaigned for either side, I opted to cast my own vote to Remain. Now we are leaving, I will be working hard to ensure that we put the UK on a firm footing outside of the EU. Our United Kingdom is the fifth largest economy in the world. I am confident that we will remain a great nation and that we will build a new deal which makes us even stronger