Hyndburn’s MP has asked fellow supporters of the EU Remain campaign to accept the result of last week’s referendum as the democratic result of the people.

GRaham Jones said he believes the Leave campaign’s victory would damage the country’s economic prospects, and has launched a scathing attack on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn amid claims he failed to rally the party’s voters towards the Remain camp.

More than 2,300 people from Hyndburn have now signed a national petition calling for a second In/Out referendum on our membership of the EU. The petition has now gathered more than 4 million signatures overall.

However, Mr Jones, who also said UKIP’s handling of the referendum campaign locally was “a credit”, said now was the time to move on from the recriminations.

He said: “It is a sadness to me that Remain lost the recent EU referendum but we/I have to accept the result. The concerns that Leave voters have are genuine. Notably concern about immigration which I have expressed, and will continue to express in Parliament.

“I’d like to thank Councillor Paul Thompson for his approach in Hyndburn, a credit.

“Hyndburn was always heading towards 35 per cent /65 per cent in favour of Vote Leave. There was an easy route, I chose the harder argument because on balance I believed it.

“Democracy and debate are to be cherished and the public’s deep interest and voter turnout to be welcomed. The EU referendum is now a week gone and it is time to resolve our changing future.”

Hyndburn council leader Miles Parkinson, who backed ‘Brexit’ saying that the borough suffered from mass migration from Europe, said the Leave campaign had a clear mandate and the “will of the people” should be followed.

He said: “The democratic will of the people has spoken and now we have to come together and accept that.

“Whoever got the mandate after the referendum, the status quo is not an option for the UK or Europe.

“The pound and the stock market go up and down depending on circumstance. There will be negatives in terms of people going on holiday and the exchange rate, but there will be benefits for the UK in terms of exports.”

Remain voter Stephen Dunne, managing director of North West Logistics Ltd, is worried about the political instability caused by Brexit.

He said: “As predicted after the Leave result there is both economic instability with sterling and the markets crashing, and political instability.

“In both Labour or Conservative we don’t have strong leadership and I am very, very fearful of the future of the country without that.”