The MP for Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner has taken to Twitter to assure constituents that in the event of the House of Commons being asked to vote on Brexit, he would vote to Remain in the European Union.

"When the vote on the EU comes before Parliament, my vote will reflect the overwhelming result in Cambridge", tweeted Zeichner.

In last Thursday's referendum, Cambridge voters overwhelmingly backed continued membership of the EU, Remain winning 73.8 per cent of the vote, compared to 26.2 per cent for Leave – a margin of 27,565 votes.

Zeichner published his initial thoughts about the result of the EU referendum on his website on Friday morning, writing that: “Yesterday the people of Cambridge overwhelmingly voted to remain members of the European Union. I am so proud of our city. Thank you for everything you did to help the campaign. Of course, I am deeply saddened that the result in Cambridge was not replicated across the country.

“I know across Cambridge many people are aghast at what has happened, as indeed are progressive people across the rest of the country and Europe.”

He also spoke to Cambridge News, saying that: "we must do everything in our power to reassure them that Cambridge remains strong, and that's what I'll be trying to do.

"The science jobs, the research, the university, they're all interlocked. There are such a range of consequences that I doubt many people who were voting appreciated."

In the wake of the Leave campaign’s victory on Friday morning, top lawyers have come forward saying that the government cannot unilaterally trigger a British exit from the EU under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, and must instead seek a vote from parliament, in order to repeal the 1972 European Communities Act.

Speaking to The Independent earlier today, Geoffrey Robertson QC said: “Under our constitution, speaking as a constitutional lawyer, sovereignty rests in what we call the Queen in parliament. It’s the right of MPs alone to make and break laws, and the peers to block them. So there’s no force whatsoever in the referendum result. It’s entirely for MPs to decide.”