General election: Shropshire and Mid Wales MPs back Theresa May's pledge for no vote

Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies said having an election would be a "mistake" and believes it would be wrong to take advantage of Labour's current troubles.

Meanwhile, the MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham Daniel Kawczynski said it was important for Britain to officially leave the EU before a general election is held.

It comes after Theresa May said the country needed a period of stability after the shockwaves of the pro-Brexit vote in her first major interview since taking office.

She said that the UK should be prepared for "difficult times" ahead despite a slew of better than expected economic indicators.

The Prime Minister, who yesterday attended the opening of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, insisted controls on the movement of people from the EU to Britain needed to be imposed as part of an exit deal with Brussels.

Mr Davies said: "I didn't expect another election. If it happened I would have been surprised and it would have been a big mistake.

"It would have looked like we would have been taking advantage of Labour's troubles and I don't think people want that.

"I don't think anyone would argue that the last six months have been turmoil for politics.

"It is still very early days in the wake of the Brexit vote. Clearly negotiations have not started. Disappointments and ups and downs along the way are inevitable."

Mr Kawczynski said: "I am delighted she said has said there will not be a general election.

"Her priority is implementing Brexit, Only once that is implemented will it be appropriate to have a general election."

Brexit Secretary David Davis will make a statement to the Commons this week on the Government's emerging position on the terms of withdrawal, and what kind of relationship the UK wants with the EU, Mrs May said.

The Prime Minister also said the Scottish people did not want another vote on independence, and again firmly ruled out a second EU referendum.

Mrs May would not be drawn on whether she backed new grammar schools, and insisted she had not yet made up her mind on the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant deal with China.

Pressed on whether she was tempted to call a snap general election with polls showing she could increase her knife-edge majority to one of 130 seats, Mrs May said: "I'm not going to be calling a snap election. I've been very clear that I think we need that period of time, that stability – to be able to deal with the issues that the country is facing and have that election in 2020."

Mrs May said the EU referendum result showed Britain could no longer accept free movement of labour.

"What the vote, what leaving the European Union does enable us to do is, yes, to say what I think the British people are very clear about, which is that they don't want free movement to continue in the way that it has done in the past.

"They do want to see controls of movement of people coming in from the EU. Now, obviously we're looking at what – what those options are, what that might be.

"But people also want to see the job opportunities, to see the economic opportunities, and so getting a good deal in trading goods and services is also obviously important for us," the PM said.