An MP has taken the debate on flight path changes, that “will cause misery” for people living beneath it, to Parliament.

The public consultation ended last week and London City Airport is due to make an announcement on plans before Christmas.

Under the proposal, most planes travelling to and from the airport would be installed with new navigation technology, enabling flights to use a narrower flight corridor over Leyton, Leytonstone and Wanstead.

But the plans and consultation process have met intense criticism, the latest of which has come in the form of Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead, John Cryer, who put forward the early day motion in the House of Commons on Friday.

The motion read: “That this house notes with concern proposed measures by London City Airport to revise flight paths in and out of the airport; recognises that, under the proposals, air traffic will be concentrated over a narrower corridor, affecting many residents profoundly; further notes the lamentable lack of engagement with elected representatives and residents' groups; and calls on City Airport to devise a more equitable solution to address the distribution of aircraft noise.”

It was seconded by five other MPs serving London, and signed by two more, by far the most popular motion of the morning.

Speaking about the issue, Mr Cryer said: “Dozens of residents have been moved to contact me regarding the misery this will cause and I have written twice to the airport chief executive, asked for an adjournment debate and put down an early day motion condemning the proposals and the frankly inadequate consultation.

“I am pleased to see councillors in Wanstead and Waltham Forest taking action against these unwanted changes.”

Redbridge council passed a motion calling on a fresh consultation to take place, and campaigners organised two public meetings in Wanstead and Leytonstone over the last few weeks.

London City Airport has said that it has been following Civil Aviation Authority guidelines on consultation “to the letter”.