EXCLUSIVE: Wycombe MP Steve Baker says 'government needs to adjust' after helping lead Brexit push

One of the main driving forces behind the UK’s impending exit from the European Union, Wycombe MP Steve Baker, says the government “will need to adjust”.

The future of Prime Minster David Cameron is being questioned after the public voted against him, choosing to leave the EU following a historic referendum - and Mr Baker admits the PM will now need to consider his own future.

Labelled as a backbench Eurosceptic Tory rebel a year ago, the MP for Wycombe has quickly climbed the ranks, co-chairing the Conservatives for Britain group which has now defeated the government from within and secured what many did not think was possible - an exit from the EU.

Speaking exclusively to the Bucks Free Press moments after the shock win was confirmed, Mr Baker said: “The British public have chosen to change the course of European and world history.”

He added: “We now need to do what is necessary to take back control to the UK and respect all those people with different shades of opinion.”

The 45-year-old also revealed he is set to hold behind-closed-doors meetings discussing what the United Kingdom does next after this landmark vote.

Calls are also growing for a snap general election in the wake of the Vote Leave victory, while others simply believe Mr Cameron should step down.

Mr Baker said: “The government is going to need to adjust and that is a matter for the Prime Minister.

David Cameron, Prime Minister.

“I’m sure that there will be very many meetings today and over the weekend as the Prime Minister goes through the process of deciding what he is going to do, in order to implement what the British people have decided.

“I think the Prime Minister needs to, number one, calm and reassure everyone because we need to reunite the country.

“We need to stabilise the financial markets and we need to make sure there’s a government in place capable of beginning the process of leading us out of the European Union.”

Pushed on whether he believes Mr Cameron is the man to continue leading the UK, he said: “I’m agreed that David Cameron should be the Prime Minister who puts all of this in place, I believe he has got a mandate and a duty to do that.”

Steve Baker campaigned nationally and in Wycombe up until the last minute.

In results confirmed this morning, the Leave campaign won by 1,269,501 votes with 52 per cent of the vote.

The last 24 hours will unlikely ever be forgotten by Vote Leave supporters, however Mr Baker did not have it all his own way.

Despite months of hard fought campaigning on a national level and in his constituency, the majority of Wycombe residents voted against the Conservative politician at the polls, instead choosing to remain in the EU.

Across Bucks the results were split, with the Wycombe and Chiltern districts both choosing to remain while South Bucks residents opted to leave the EU.

But, the regional results now appear to be insignificant factors as the UK heads to the exit door of the EU.

Reacting to the result, Mr Baker said: “The British public have chosen to change the course of European and world history, they voted to become a normal, independent, self-governing, free-trading nation, with a fair migration policy based on British citizenship.”

MP Steve Baker caused controversy by parading a 'Vote Leaver' banner during the non-political mayor making event earlier this year.

He added: “Of course, I’m pleased that we’ve won. I think it’s the right decision for our country, the right decision for the prosperity of the people of our country.

“And, I think it’s the right decision to restore the quality of democratic politics in our country.

“I’m pleased with the decision and we’ve now got a great deal of work to do to bring it to fruition in a smooth and successful way.”

At the time of speaking to the Wycombe MP, he was heading back home from Manchester – where he played a key part in Vote Leave accepting the victory – to High Wycombe where he was expecting to then travel onwards to London for a series of meetings.