It was one of those moments that will go down in history – last Wednesday night at 10pm, Parliament took a vote on whether to take part in airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, writes Shane Brennan.

MPs voted in favour of bombing by 397 votes to 223, and very quickly the first bombing crew was airbourne.

A total of 66 Labour MPs helped David Cameron secure a larger than expected Commons majority.

Vale of Clwyd MP James Davies, voted with most of his colleagues to authorise the bombing.

The Conservative MP said: “This is not about starting a war; there is already a war in Syria and neighbouring Iraq. The clear aim of the UK’s involvement in Syria must be to help to bring the war to an end, difficult though that will be to achieve.

 “Neither is this about risking the lives of innocent civilians – it is precisely the opposite. 

The leadership of the Labour party opposed the bombing but many of the party’s MPs rebelled against their leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

One of the rebelling MPs was Clwyd South’s MP, Susan Elan Jones.

She said: “I would like to thank all my constituents who have contacted me since the atrocities in Paris, Beirut, Sinai, Tunisia and Ankara with their views on how best we should deal with the global threat that our country and the rest of the free world faces from ISIL/Daesh.

 “With our security services having foiled at least seven serious terror plots in the past year and our country's threat of attack at 'severe' level, I am not surprised that most people in our area paid little regard to the argument peddled by some that we as a country are to blame for standing up for the security and defence of our nation.”

Plaid Cymru opposed the bombings, Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP, Liz Saville Roberts, said: “I acted as a teller on the Syrian airstrikes vote last Wednesday night, which means that I made sure the number of MPs who walked through the pro-bombing lobby was counted correctly.

"David Cameron was fourth from last to come out of the yes vote lobby, by the way, having rallied his supporters.

"He didn't look comfortable with the gravity of the situation. 

“As I was a teller against the government vote, I am recorded in Hansard as being against airstrike. Plaid Cymru MPs were unanimous in their opposition.”