POLITICIANS last night decided action should be taken and proceed with the bombing of Islamic extremists in Syria.

The debate in the House of Commons lasted more than 10 hours resulting in a 397 MPs voting in favour of air strikes, which included three local MPs, as opposed to 223 against.

With the debate going long into the night, RAF jets and drones acted quickly once the final votes had been counted, with the first strikes carried out earlier this morning.

North East Hampshire MP Ranil Jayawardena said it is imperative that Britain works together with their allies to eliminate the threat of the so-called Islamic State.

Speaking in the Commons Mr Jayawardena said: “Although we may not approve of the actions undertaken by the Assad regime, our overwhelming priority must be to protect the United Kingdom and support our allies.

“To do that, we must stabilise Syria, avoiding the creation of further ungoverned spaces in which terrorism will thrive.”

Fellow Conservative colleagues Maria Miller, MP for Basingstoke and former London deputy mayor for policing and current MP for North West Hampshire Kit Malthouse, both voted for the strikes to take place backing David Cameron’s plea.

The Prime Ministeragreed that Britain had to answer the plea of its allies to ‘defeat the regime’ as he moved to call the group ‘Daesh’ – a term offensive to fanatics.  

RAF jets were in the air just 57 minutes after MPs had voted for bombing against Isil to take place, with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn calling Mr Cameron’s plea an ‘ill thought-out rush to war.