MOMENTUM will conduct a ballot of its members on whether to press Labour to back another referendum on EU membership, it announced today.

An online poll of Momentum members has just passed 4,200 signatories and the left Labour organisation says a motion backed by 10 per cent of the membership prompts a ballot of all members.

Pro-EU campaign People’s Vote youth wing For Our Future’s Sake co-founder Amanda Chetynd-Cowieson said: “Momentum are a significantly influential voice within the Labour Party and this shows the ever-increasing pressure on Labour’s leadership to support a People’s Vote.”

Backing a second referendum would reverse Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge to respect the decision taken by the British electorate in 2016 and shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner warned this week it would risk sparking civil disorder as Leave supporters would conclude they could not express their opinions democratically.

But shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer countered that he believes a rerun of the result should be “on the table.”