MPs across Worcestershire voted for military action in Iraq this evening - saying they felt it was "the right course of action".

A clean sweep of county parliamentarians, all of whom are Conservative, joined a cross-party Commons consensus to go to war against the Islamic State (IS) terrorists in the last few minutes after a plea from the Prime Minister.

The 'yes' camp included Worcester MP Robin Walker, who was openly sceptical earlier this week but said he had become convinced after David Cameron's speech.

In the end the Government won with a majority of 481, with 43 against including 24 Labour rebels and five from the Tories.

But the yes votes have angered Worcester's Stop the War Coalition, which says more people will be killed.

Mr Walker joined the yes camp along with Mid-Worcestershire MP Sir Peter Luff and West Worcestershire's Harriett Baldwin, who is a Government whip.

Councillor Neil Laurenson, who belongs to Worcester Green Party and is a member of Stop the War, said: "I don't see how you can stop IS by bombing a region, but what it will do is kill lots of innocent civilians.

"If we had a criminal in The Tything in Worcester, you wouldn't say 'let's bomb the whole area to catch him' because you'd harm others.

"If you value human life you wouldn't do it. Al-Qaeda was tiny in 2001 but look what's happened since then - if you do these things they grow and more people get killed."

But Mr Walker said he felt the case had been made for a "limited targeted intervention" as part of a much wider strategy laid out by the Government to tackle extremism and provide humanitarian help.

"I understand the reservations of many constituents but equally the strongly held beliefs of many that we need to act," he said.

He added; "It was a very important debate and it's hugely important we avoid civilian casualties.

"By being involved, we get to set the terms of engagement on this rather than have other countries do it for us."

Mr Luff said: "I've had a very small number of emails, six or seven and it was 50/50 for and against.

"David Cameron has asked all the right questions and the motion was a very narrow one."

Mrs Baldwin told your Worcester News the situation in Iraq was an "unfolding crisis".

She said: "The UK has been asked by the legitimate Iraqi Government to help rid them of the scourge of Islamist terrorist anarchy."

Wyre Forest MP Mark Garnier admitted this afternoon that he had yet to make his mind up, but in the end backed it.

Among the other county MPs to back it included culture secretary Sajid Javid and Redditch's Karen Lumley.

David Cameron today warned the campaign could last for years against what he called “psychopathic” forces of evil.

The premier, who was challenged across the house by MPs from all parties during a mammoth six-hour debate, also said air strikes would be limited to targets in Iraq connected to IS.

He did not rule out extending it to Syria, but for now it will be limited to Iraq.

It emerged minutes ago that Labour MP Rushanara Ali has resigned from the opposition frontbench in response to the decision to back air strikes.