HEXHAM’S MP Guy Opperman hopes to work with Conservative and Labour MPs to deliver a Brexit deal that would secure a majority.

On an historic day where the House of Commons delivered a devastating result on the Prime Ministers deal, voting against it by 432 votes to 202, Mr Opperman said this week that he hoped a new deal could be reached.

Speaking the day after Theresa May’s Brexit deal was defeated by 230 votes, he said: “I think there is clearly an agreed view across the Conservative and Labour parties that we should be democratic to find a way to exit the EU.

“Democracy requires us to find a way to get a Brexit deal sorted and that is what the vast majority of MPs wish to do.”

After what was the biggest defeat for a Government since the 1920s, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tabled a no confidence vote on Tuesday night.

Mr Opperman, who supported Theresa May in Wednesday’s no confidence Government vote, added: “It would help if Labour stopped playing party politics and tried to help solve the situation we’re in to deliver a new deal.

“I’m engaging with some Labour MPs to find a solution where we can agree on terms for a new deal.”

But the Labour frontbench position is for a permanent customs union, which the Prime Minister has ruled out.

Mr Opperman said: “There has to be a great deal of serious talking to understand whether this is a realistic prospect and whether it can work.

“I still firmly believe that the deal the Prime Minister negotiated is the best deal possible at this moment in time.”

Speaking before the meaningful vote on Monday, Mr Opperman said the Prime Minister’s deal was one he supported “wholeheartedly”.

“Although I campaigned for remain, I am a democrat and believe the will of the people must be followed,” he said.

“I also want the best possible outcome for the country and citizens in Tynedale and Ponteland.

“It is a deal that supports jobs prosperity and growth on a long term basis and has the backing of the overwhelming number of the businesses and constituents I have spoken to.”

It is not yet clear whether there will be an immediate extension of Article 50, which states the UK will withdraw from the EU on March 29, 2019.