A pro-Brexit MP has backed the campaign for a second referendum.

Roger Godsiff, Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green, said he still backed Brexit - but he thought it was right to ask voters if they wanted to go ahead with leaving the EU.

He said: "I voted Leave because I don’t believe the EU is capable of reform from within.

"I have not changed my mind but my job as an MP is to represent the people in my constituency.

"The majority of them voted to Remain two years and I have no problem whatsoever supporting the idea of any final deal being put back to the people in another referendum with an option to Remain.

"It might produce the same result but let’s let the people decide."

It follows the publication of an opinion poll which suggested a majority of voters in constituencies across Birmingham wanted a so-called "People's Vote" on Brexit.

This would be a referendum on whether to accept the deal agreed between the UK and the EU, with the option of simply not going ahead with Brexit on the ballot paper.

Birmingham Hall Green divided 66% to 34% in favour of staying in the EU in 2016.

A study by polling company YouGov estimate that voters in the seat would now vote 71% to 29% to keep our membership of the EU.

Overall, 70 per cent of his constituency favours a Peoples’s Vote, a proportion that rises to 76% among Labour voters, according to the YouGov study.

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Mr Godsiff is the second Birmingham MP to back a People's Vote, after Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips also supported a second poll.

Peter Kellner, a past president of YouGov and one of Britain’s most respected pollsters, said: "Many MPs who are resisting a People’s Vote risk losing local support."

Mr Kellner said: "YouGov’s latest analysis contains clear warning signs both for Labour MPs representing seats that voted Leave in 2016 – and Conservative MPs with narrow majorities."

He added: "If Parliament faces deadlock over Brexit in the next few weeks, MPs who nail their colours to the anti-referendum mast could be in trouble."