WARRINGTON remains deeply divided over Brexit as under-fire Theresa May fights to gain enough support to get a deal through Parliament.

Warrington was one of the areas that voted to exit the EU in the referendum in 2016 – with Leave winning 62,487 votes in the town, which amounted to 54.3 per cent.

Warrington for Brexit held a peaceful protest in the town centre on Saturday.

Group members have told politicians 'we knew exactly what we voted for'.

"We know we made our decisions, we made our choices – our choice was to leave," added a spokeswoman.

"Our MPs just think they can go against what we voted for.

"62,000 Warringtonians said leave.

"We want a future for our children, our grandchildren, our town and our country.

"We think, slowly but surely, everything has been eroded from this country.

"It is about time we said 'enough is enough' and we take it back.

"It was a democratic vote and democracy means the rule of the people."

In October, borough councillors backed a motion calling on the council to support the need for a People's Vote on the final Brexit deal.

Campaign group Warrington for Europe is among those backing calls for another vote.

Chairman Graham Gowland says 'a lot of people are unhappy' with the Prime Minister's deal.

"In 2016, we had a vote on whether to stay in or leave the European Union," he said.

"It was an advisory referendum that the Government took away and spoke to Europe about what sort of deal we could get.

"It is very important, I think, that if the MPs can't make a decision for us that it is put back to the people and we are given the actual terms of what we are leaving.

"There are the issues, as well, that the 2016 referendum is quite seriously flawed.

"The people who ran the leave campaign have been found guilty of breaching electoral law."

Both of Warrington's MPs voted against Mrs May's Brexit deal as she suffered a crushing defeat last Tuesday.

But she is now bidding to secure cross-party support to ensure Parliament accepts a deal.

Andy Carter, deputy chairman of Warrington Conservatives, believes a second referendum would be 'incredibly divisive' and would 'enhance the wounds, rather than heal'.

And he threw his support behind the Prime Minister.

He said: "It is going to take a long time to heal the issues.

"I think the steps she is now taking, where she is looking to bring all parties together to form a coalition to try and find a solution to get us out of this situation, is absolutely the right one.

"Her decision at this present point not to take no deal off the table is absolutely the right one.

"I can't say I'm particularly for no deal but anybody that is going into a negotiation knows that you need to be able to walk away if the deal people are putting on the table is not right for you.

"We do need to come together once we have found a way forward."