Douglas Carswell is due to return to his Clacton constituency alongside UKIP leader Nigel Farage, as pressure mounted on the Prime Minister from Eurosceptic backbenchers.
Speaking in the wake of an announcement that took Tory leader David Cameron by surprise, Mr Farage told Sky News other MPs were "considering their options".
Reports suggest no further imminent Conservative defections to UKIP following Mr Carswell's departure and resignation from the House of Commons - prompting a by-election.
But while Eurosceptic Tory backbencher Bernard Jenkin has distanced himself from Mr Carswell, whose constituency his borders, he issued a warning to Mr Cameron.
Mr Cameron labelled Mr Carswell's decision 'self-defeating' "I think the Prime Minister has got to spell out in far more detail what he means when he says we want to be an independent nation state," the Harwich and North Essex MP told the Daily Telegraph.
"We're going to have to change our relationship fundamentally with the EU, it's not about ameliorating the existing treaties."
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg also ruled out defecting to UKIP, but suggested his party should reach an agreement whereby the two parties put up candidates on a joint ticket.
Mr Farage previously insisted Mr Carswell, 43, was not the only sitting MP who backed his policies.
He told Sky News: "I've spoken to people in the Conservative Party and the Labour Party who do not want Britain to be borderless, who think this is doing great damage to the working opportunities of people in Britain.
"I don't think Douglas Carswell is going to be considered an isolated eccentric - there are other MPs out there considering their options."
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