Tom Brake, MP for Carshalton and Wallington, has tweeted his support for action to be taken in Iraq ahead of the parliamentary debate on whether the UK should get involved in military action against Islamic State (IS).

He posted: "I am voting for action in Iraq later today. I voted against the 1st Iraq war, this time, what is different is the Iraqis have asked for help."

Mr Brake had previously voted against war in the gulf state. His voting record included calling on the country to seek the backing of a UN resolution before taking any action in Iraq in 2002.

In 2003 Mr Brake voted to say the case for military action against Iraq is as yet unproven.

Later that year, in March 2003, he voted against a motion stating the Government should use all means necessary to ensure the disarmament of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

The motion, which was backed by the majority of the house, led to the UK joining the US invasion of Iraq two days later.