More Labour MPs come out for a second Brexit referendum in bid to pressure Labour leader into backing a People's Vote.

Half a dozen Labour MPs joined calls for a new referendum on Wednesday morning.

Jeremy Corbyn has resisted calls to back a second vote with aides suggesting the party could lose the next general election if they are forced into supporting one.

Labour has scheduled a no confidence vote in Theresa May's government for Wednesday evening.

However, Labour is forecast to lose the vote, heaping more pressure on Corbyn to get behind a referendum.

LONDON — More Labour MPs have declared their support for a new Brexit referendum as they battle to pressure Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn into throwing his weight behind a new public vote.

A group of 71 Labour MPs and 13 Members of the European Parliament gathered outside Westminster on Wednesday morning to call on Corbyn to back what campaigners call a People's Vote.

Labour MPs who were unveiled as new supporters of the campaign included former frontbenchers Debbie Abrahams and Lilian Greenwood. The other newcomers were John Grogan, Graham Jones, Stephen Morgan and Matt Western.

Not all Labour MPs who have declared support for a new referendum were on the list published on Wednesday morning. Pro-Remain sources in Labour say that in total over 100 Labour MPs support a new referendum.

The intervention came after the House of Commons roundly rejected Theresa May's Brexit deal on Tuesday evening.

In a signed statement, the group called on Corbyn to back a second vote at this "unprecedented an perilous moment in our history."

"We must try and remove this government as soon as possible," the MPs state.

"But the removal of the government and pushing for a general election may prove impossible, so we must join trade unions, our members and the majority of our constituents by then unequivocally backing the only logical option to help our country move forward: putting the decision back to the people for a final say."

The Labour leader is officially committed to leaving the option of a second referendum on the table but has so far resisted growing calls to explicitly back one.

Sources close to the Labour leader told Business Insider in December that the party had conducted private polling and focus groups in target marginal seats which suggested that the party could lose the next general election if they back a People's Vote.

Despite this Corbyn is under huge pressure to back a new referendum from a growing number of Labour MPs and the vast majority of the party's overwhelmingly pro-EU membership.

Labour's current Brexit policy — agreed at its most recent party conference — is to force a snap general election, win it, and then go ahead with the UK's exit from the EU on terms negotiated by a newly-elected Labour government.

However, if that fails, Labour is also committed to leaving all options on the table, including a "public vote" in the form of a second referendum.

The Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday that while there was "strong support" in the party for another referendum, their priority was forcing an early general election.

The numbers announced today fall well short of those needed for a majority in the House of Commons for a second referendum.

Senior campaigners for a People's Vote told Business Insider last week that it's "game over" if the pro-referendum movement cannot persuade the Labour leader to get on board.

Read the statement from Labour MPs backing a People's Vote

This is an unprecedented and perilous moment in our history. With this Tory Government in chaos and with the jobs and security of our constituents on the line - we strongly support the Labour decision to reject Theresa May’s “deal”.

We were appalled at her anti-democratic moves to prevent Parliament having a vote, and to run down the clock by delaying it until mid-January. This was an utterly irresponsible decision, and gambling with the jobs and livelihoods of our constituents.

The Tory Government approach has been disastrous since day one. Their plans would lead to more austerity, fewer jobs and less money for our public services. This is not what anyone voted for in 2016.

We represent hugely diverse constituencies from the North to the South, from Wales to Scotland. Many of our constituencies voted to Leave in 2016. We must listen to and respond to the reasons why people did so. But we now face a moment of national crisis, where the facts and the views of many people have changed - and are continuing to change.

It is now clear renegotiation is not a realistic prospect. No deal would be a catastrophe which we must resolutely oppose. The Government should seek an extension to Article 50 to provide time for Parliament to find a way forward. Theresa May has failed to bring this country back together. Labour’s conference adopted a clear policy for this situation. We must try and remove this Government from office as soon as possible. But the removal of the Government and pushing for a General Election may prove impossible, so we must join Trade Unions, our members and a majority of our constituents by then unequivocally backing the only logical option to help our country move forward: putting the decision back to the people for a final say, in a public vote, with the option to stay and keep the deal that we have.

Defeat of the Tory deal in a public vote would give us all a chance to campaign for the antiausterity policies and a Labour government that deals with the true causes of the Brexit vote, and a reformed Europe that works for all people. MPs

1.Debbie Abrahams MP

2. Rushanara Ali MP

3. Tonia Antoniazzi MP

4. Luciana Berger MP

5. Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

6. Roberta Blackman-Woods MP

7. Ben Bradshaw MP

8. Karen Buck MP

9. Chris Bryant MP

10. Ruth Cadbury MP

11. Ann Clwyd MP

12. Ann Coffey MP

13. Neil Coyle MP

14. Mary Creagh MP

15. Alex Cunningham MP

16. Janet Daby MP

17. Geraint Davies MP

18. Stephen Doughty MP

19. Rosie Duffield MP

20. Louise Ellman MP

21. Mike Gapes MP

22. Kate Green MP

23. Lillian Greenwood MP

24. John Grogan MP

25. Rupa Huq MP

26. Margaret Hodge MP

27. Darren Jones MP

28. Maria Eagle MP

29. Susan Elan Jones MP

30. Julie Elliott MP

31. Graham Jones MP

32. Liz Kendall MP

33. Ged Killen MP

34. Peter Kyle MP

35. David Lammy MP

36. Chris Leslie MP

37. Seema Malhotra MP

38. Kerry McCarthy MP

39. Siobhan McDonagh MP

40. Pat McFadden MP

41. Conor McGinn MP

42. Alison McGovern MP

43. Anna McMorrin MP

44. Catherine McKinnell MP

45. Madeleine Moon MP

46. Stephen Morgan MP

47. Ian Murray MP

48. Albert Owen MP

49. Bridget Phillipson MP

50. Jess Phillips MP

51. Ellie Reeves MP

52. Rachel Reeves MP

53. Joan Ryan MP

54. Virendra Sharma MP

55. Barry Sheerman MP

56. Gavin Shuker MP

57. Tulip Siddiq MP

58. Andy Slaughter MP

59. Angela C. Smith MP

60. Owen Smith MP

61. Jo Stevens MP

62. Wes Streeting MP

63. Gareth Thomas MP

64. Stephen Timms MP

65. Anna Turley MP

66. Chuka Umunna MP

67. Matt Western MP

68. Martin Whitfield MP

69. Paul Williams MP

70. Phil Wilson MP

71. Daniel Zeichner MP

MEPs

1. Richard Corbett MEP (Leader of EPLP / Shadow Cabinet)

2. Derek Vaughan MEP

3. Seb Dance MEP

4. Paul Brannen MEP

5. Catherine Stihler MEP

6. Wajid Khan MEP

7. Julie Ward MEP

8. Clare Moody MEP

9. John Howarth MEP

10. Theresa Griffin MEP

11. Jude Kirton Darling MEP

12. David Martin MEP

13. Mary Honeyball MEP