Thousands of people from across south-east London have put their names to a petition calling for Brexit to be scrapped.

The campaign, which has five million signatures nationally, urges the government to revoke Article 50 following a huge demonstration through the streets of the capital over the weekend.

South-east London constituents have been backing the petition in their thousands.

In Bromley and Chislehurst, a Conservative area that narrowly voted to remain, 10,421 people have joined the campaign, equating to 10 per cent of the population.

MP Bob Neill said: “Given we had a narrow majority for remain, it’s not totally surprising.

“It’s a decent number of people, but remember we are looking at 25k either side that voted in the referendum. It’s well off half of those who voted remain.

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“But it is indicative that there remains very strong feelings on it, there are a lot of people who remain unhappy and who are unhappy with crashing out with no deal.

“I voted for the Prime Minister’s deal before and I continue to – the way I square the narrow majority is to say there is a national mandate for a Brexit but not for a hard Brexit – more of a soft Brexit with close economic ties.

“We can grit our teeth and work with the deal.”

In Erith and Thamesmead, a Labour area that voted to leave, the figures are much lower.

So far 5,257 people have signed the petition, which works out at just over four per cent of constituents.

Teresa Pearce, MP for Erith and Thamesmead, said: “I have been watching the rising number of people signing the Revoke Article 50 petition and it highlights the difficulty in representing so many different yet strongly held views.

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“My constituency voted to leave the EU but as MP you have to represent everyone so my job is to respect the majority wish to leave whilst trying to make sure the 48 per cent plus the approximately 5,000 voters in my constituency now aged 18 who were unable to vote in the referendum are heard.”

Bexley was one of a few London boroughs, along with Barking and Dagenham, Sutton, Havering and Hillingdon, to support Brexit in 2016.

A look at the petition stats:

  • Greenwich and Woolwich: 18,489
  • Eltham: 9,579
  • Erith and Thamesmead: 5,257
  • Old Bexley and Sidcup: 5,780
  • Bexleyheath and Crayford: 4,963
  • Orpington: 7,585
  • Lewisham and Penge: 19,007
  • Bromley and Chislehurst: 10,421
  • Beckenham: 11,497
  • Lewisham and Deptford: 23,630
  • Dartford: 5,882

The Prime Minister has said she did not believe in halting the deadline after the EU offered a delay plan last week, adding: “I do not believe that we should be revoking Article 50.”