May urges MPs to do 'what's good for constituents'

Theresa May has called on Conservative MPs to back her Brexit plan as it emerged 100 of them have indicated they will vote down her deal.

Latest counts show May’s support is dwindling rapidly despite launching her charm offensive to win over MPs.

Matthew Offord, the Tory MP for Hendon became the hundredth MP to say he would vote against the PM’s deal, warning that it will leave the UK "bound" to the EU and put the union at risk.

It came as Jo Johnson, a former minister who quit in protest at the deal, warned that the Tories will face a landslide defeat at the next election on a scale similar to 1997 if they push ahead with May's Brexit deal.

Meanwhile, May has flown to Argentina to the G20 summit where she plans to convince world leaders that her Brexit plan represents a good deal for the global economy.

Speaking to reporters on her flight to Buenos Aires, May said ordinary voters want politicians to get on with implementing the result of the Brexit referendum and she urged MPs to back her deal for the good of their constituents.

She said: "I think every MP needs to consider the importance of delivering on the Brexit vote together with the importance of doing that in a way that is good for their constituents.

"Let's focus on the deal that we have negotiated with the EU, a deal which is good for the UK and good for their constituents.”

Tory and Labour MPs have tabled an amendment to get rid of May’s deal, stop a no-deal Brexit and give MPs a choice in what follows.

Iain Duncan Smith told The Telegraph: “When this many people tell you that you're going down the wrong road, which will be damaging to the UK, it doesn't matter who you are.

“You must stop, you must listen, and not just lecture.

“This whole plan to go round the country to try and put pressure on MPs isn't working.

“I do not want a conservative prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to face a defeat which could have been avoided.

“The consequences of that defeat could also be personally damaging for her, which I do not want.”