Theresa May: Every MP has lost a friend following murder of David Amess

People from the UK Iranian community hold a vigil for David Amess in Parliament Square (Victoria Jones/PA)

Every MP has “lost a friend” following David Amess’s death, Theresa May said, as a sombre House of Commons gathered to pay tribute to the murdered MP.

Conservative former British prime minister Mrs May held up Mr Amess as an example of how MPs should go about serving the public if they want to be a “first-class constituency MP”.