Sir David Amess: MPs respond to stabbing

Fellow MPs have reacted in the wake of the horrifying attack with many of them speaking out on Twitter.

Sir Keir Starmer MP Tweeted: "Horrific and deeply shocking news. Thinking of David, his family and his staff."

David Cameron Tweeted: "Very alarming and worrying news reports coming from Leigh-on-Sea. My thoughts and prayers are with Sir David Amess and his family."

Angela Rayner MP Tweeted: "I’m horrified by the reports regarding David Amess and an incident at his constituency surgery today. We don’t know the details yet but on behalf of all of us in the Labour Party I want to say all of our thoughts are with David and we all hope that he pulls through and is ok"

Scottish Labour MP Monica Lennon tweeted: "This is awful and frightening news."

"Thoughts with David Amess, his family and team at this worrying time. Hope he recovers fully from this serious attack."

Nick Jones tweeted: "Shocking to hear the reports of a serious incident with Sir David Amess MP (Southend West) today."

"My thoughts are with him, MPs must be able to serve their constituents in safety."