Gregory Campbell said Catherine Connolly ‘missed the opportunity’ to demonstrate ‘reconciliation’ in her speech in the Guildhall in Derry City.

Catherine Connolly told the DUP MP she is ‘here to listen’ adding, ‘at the end of the day we’re human beings and we have to have respect’.

In the Commons, Gregory Campbell argued that ‘peace is welcome, but not people trying to turn peace into a victory parade’.

Sinn Fein has emerged for the first time as the party in Northern Ireland with the largest representation at Westminster.

The DUP’s Mr Campbell took the seat by just 179 votes over Kathleen McGurk.