Brecon and Radnor MP Chris Davies says MP's need to face up to the job of delivering Brexit for the country, and says a second referendum would be a "disaster for democracy".

Davies was one of 196 Conservative MPs plus six others who voted in favour of Theresa May's proposed EU Withdrawal Bill this week as the house of commons decisively rejected the deal by 432 votes to 202.

The vote represented a record level of defeat for a modern government bill as 118 Tory rebels defied party whips to head through the 'No' lobby.

But Mr Davies, a "lifelong Eurosceptic", said he remained '100% committed' to delivering on Britain's exit from the EU.

"I voted for the deal because I think there's a very real chance of losing Brexit, and this is the first stage in delivering that process. It has some things that I'm not comfortable with but it's easier to address those once we're out of the European Union which is why I was for it," he said.

"The EU is a failing organisation and the direction of travel is now against the EU. I'm still 100% committed to delivering Brexit. "

Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn called a vote of no confidence in the government in the immediate aftermath of the vote, and Davies says that although he expected the Government to survive the vote, the country was now in 'uncharted territory' with the government having been unable to negotiate a satisfactory deal and opponents to Brexit pressing hard for a second referendum.

"I think a second referendum is the will of the house at the moment. The majority of the house seems to be in favour of a second referendum and that worries me, as I think there's a danger we could lose Brexit," he said.

"I personally feel that a second referendum would be a disaster for democracy. We need to get on with the job of delivering Brexit, that's what the country wants and that's what we now need to deliver.

"All colleagues should respect the result of the 2016 referendum. A second referendum would cost us months of uncertainty and I believe we would end up with a similar result, MPs across all parties should face up to the facts of that. "

Conservative Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies, who voted in favour of the deal, said he felt "a bit like Burton Albion" in a social media post following the vote.

But he insisted that he was 'more confident' that the UK would leave the EU following the result, despite the Government's Brexit deal being dead in the water.

"Feel a bit like Burton Albion, who lost 9-0 to Man City last week - But then if you’re going to lose, best do it properly," he said.

"Don’t see much point in trying to tweak the Withdrawal Agreement, it looks like a 'dead parrot’.

Mr Davies said the 'no deal' option was 'dead as a dodo', and that a Norway style arrangement which could allow the UK to leave while remaining in the customs union was now the best way forward.

"Not sure what the ‘Leave without a Dealers’ are thinking tonight, that idea certainly looks dead as a dodo.

"I’ve been trying to point out the reality that a majority of MPs and the Speaker were determined to stop No Deal. But without much success.

"Looks like the Norway option to me now - with free movement and the customs union. Strangely perhaps feel more confident we will actually leave than I did before the vote."