A senior Labour MP who resigned from the front bench on Monday said that he thought Jeremy Corbyn secretly voted to leave the European Union in the referendum.

Chris Bryant, who stepped down as shadow Commons leader, claimed that Mr Corbyn refused to say how he had voted when the pair discussed his resignation.

The claim was contested from Mr Corbyn’s aides who pointed to a message the Labour leader had sent on social media on polling day saying he had just voted for Remain.