“Like so many others I’m deeply shocked and dismayed at the death of Sir David. My thoughts are with him and his family.

I won’t speculate on what happened or why. That will no doubt come out in the course of the investigation.

Ultimately when violent acts like this happen – whether against Members of Parliament, lone women simply walking home alone or young people on a night out – it should give us pause to think about the kind of society we have created and the one we may yet want to build.”

Clive Lewis MP