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Richmond-upon-Thames's council leader backed Zac Goldsmith running as an independent candidate and said the Conservative Association is behind behind him.

But Nicholas True, also a Conservative peer, said of the former Tory MP: "I'm sure he regrets having made the commitment."

And he told Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil: "It may seem odd, it may seem old-fashioned, but here's a politician keeping a promise he made to his electors."