The Labour politician was one of 524 MPs who voted overwhelmingly in favour of air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East following a request from the Iraqi goverment.

Britain’s three biggest parties, the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats all voted for military action in the House of Commons on September 26, while 43 voted against.

SNP MPs were among those opposed to the bombings, arguing that the UK Government strategy lacked a coherent post-conflict peace plan and warned of the prospect of a third Iraq war. The UK has now joined the US-led coalition of around 40 countries, including Arab states, that has vowed to destroy IS.

In past months they have made significant gains across the region — and the Iraqi government also called for help from the West in tackling the terrorists, who are also referred to as ISIS and ISIL.

Gemma Doyle MP said: “Islamic State of the Levant (ISIL) are a murderous and barbaric regime — indiscriminately killing people of all religions and none.

“Left unchallenged their territory will simply grow and they will become a greater and greater threat to people in Iraq, the wider Middle East region and here at home. “The decision to carry out military action should never be taken lightly and given the previous, recent UK intervention in the region it is incumbent on us to learn the lessons of previous conflicts.

“These limited, targeted air strikes are being carried out at the request of the Iraqi Government to support their troops, and the Kurdish Peshmerga on the ground, to tackle ISIL.

“I support the action on the basis that it is a last resort, it is legal and proportionate.” In stark contrast, Scottish Socialist Party Councillor Jim Bollan believes the West Dunbartonshire MP’s stance is “sickening”.

“Gemma Doyle the Labour MP’s support for the bombing of Iraq, which will lead to the invasion of Syria, is sickening,” he said.

“The fact that the US and the West were arming the IS group, who they are now bombing, 12 months ago seems to be lost on Gemma as she slavishly supports the Labour Party line of taking the Country into another war. “A war that will solve nothing but will radicalise thousands more young people in the Middle East. Gemma voted at the referendum to keep the Tories in office in Scotland enabling them to once again penalise the poor while providing tax cuts to the rich. “It is reprehensible that she voted with a Tory Government in finding the billions of pounds to kill and bomb innocent people in Iraq while more and more poverty-stricken families in her constituency of West Dunbartonshire are turning to foodbanks to feed their families.”