Tories will not repeat vote pairing 'errors', says May's deputy

David Lidington responds to urgent question after Tory chairman broke voting pactTheresa May’s deputy, David Lidington, has said the Conservatives will not repeat the mistakes that led the party’s chairman to break a voting agreement he had with a Liberal Democrat MP on maternity leave.The Cabinet Office minister was responding to an urgent question over the pairing incident, which caused a bitter row with opposition parties after the Tory chief whip, Julian Smith, told MPs to breach