Stella Creasy, MP for Walthamstowe, Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North and Mike Gapes, MP for Ilford South, have all weighed in on the aftermath of the Salisbury poisoning.

The politicians took to Twitter to voice their opinions about Prime Minister Theresa May’s statement in response to the incident earlier this month.

On March 4, ex-KGB member Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were found collapsed on a park bench in Salisbury.

A poisonous nerve agent was found at the scene and the two remain in hospital.

A police officer who was first to the scene was also hospitalised.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Theresa May gave read a statement to the House of Commons in and set out the national response.

As a result, 23 Russian diplomats have been expelled from the UK as sanction for suspected Russian state involvement.

In the aftermath, Walthamstowe MP Stella Creasy has openly sided with the Prime Minister on the issue.

Ms Creasy took to Twitter to show her support.

She wrote: “Across parliament it’s clear and rightly so Russia’s conduct is inexcusable and that we need to show them the use of chemical weapons will not be tolerated.”

She added: “Now need our international institutions to live up to their worth and stand firm with us in taking action."

Ms Creasy also used the opportunity to announce her stance on alleged Russian interference in democratic processes.

She tweeted: “As a member of the council of Europe delegation from the U.K. parliament, [I] will be joining [Kerry McCarthy MP] and others in pushing need for Magnitsky law across Europe to tackle Russian interference in democracy in next session in April.”

In a similar show of solidarity, Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North, also used the social media site to support the government’s approach to the situation.

He wrote: “If expelling some Russian diplomats and applying tougher economic sanctions isn't a measured and proportionate response to hospitalising people with a chemical nerve agent in an English town, what is?”

Mike Gapes, MP for Ilford South and former chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, addressed the Prime Minister in parliament yesterday and said: “Can I also commend the Prime Minister for her remarks? The last time we had a clear, defined, state-sponsored act of terrorism was in 2006.

“It is clear that the Russians will retaliate and we will then be in a tit-for-tat process. They think we will back down. We have to say resolutely and strongly that we are not backing down.

“This is an act of terrorism and all Members of Parliament should stand together.”

Mr Gapes has also been using Twitter to discuss the issue further.