«Breaking News» David Lidington: Who is the Remainer tipped to replace Theresa May?

A mild-mannered Remainer said to have 'no enemies' in the House of Commons, David Lidington is the unlikely face at the centre of a Cabinet coup. 

The Cambridge-educated minister, nicknamed the 'Grey Man', has been Theresa May's number two since last January but most outside Westminster would struggle to recognise him. 

Rumours have spread that Tory ministers could install Mr Lidington as a 'caretaker' Prime Minister if Mrs May is thrown out by her furious Cabinet - although some are said to prefer Michael Gove. 

Mr Lidington today insisted he had no interest in replacing Mrs May at Number 10, saying the PM was doing a 'fantastic job'.  

David Lidington is pictured outside his home in Buckinghamshire this morning, where he said he had no interest in taking over from Theresa May 

Born in 1956, he was privately educated at Haberdashers' Askes Boys' School in Hertfordshire before taking a History degree and later a PhD at Cambridge. 

As a student he appeared on University Challenge, captaining Sidney Sussex College to victory in 1978.  

Mr Lidington - married with four children - first worked in Westminster as an adviser to Douglas Hurd at both the Home Office and Foreign Office. 

He entered Parliament in 1992, the year John Major won a fourth term for the Tories with an upset victory over Labour's Neil Kinnock.  

Sitting for Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire, he has never faced a serious challenge to his majority - even at the height of Tony Blair's power in the New Labour years. 

During the parliamentary expenses scandal in 2009 it emerged he had charged taxpayers for dry cleaning and washing, eventually paying back around £1,300.  

He held a range of front bench roles during the Tories' 13 years in opposition, before becoming a junior Foreign Office minister under the coalition in 2010. 

Mr Lidington held the role throughout David Cameron's six-year premiership, serving under Foreign Secretaries William Hague and Philip Hammond. 

Mr Lidington (pictured third from right) read history at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge - captaining the college team which won University Challenge in 1978

As Europe minister, he backed Remain in the 2016 referendum, predicting Brexit would be difficult to negotiate.  

When Mrs May took Number 10 in 2016, Mr Lidington joined the Cabinet as Leader of the House of Commons. 

He became Justice Secretary in a reshuffle the following year, after Mrs May's disastrous snap election. 

His appointment was met with scepticism from LGBT advocates, after he voted the introduction of both civil partnerships and same-sex marriage. 

In 2003 he also voted to maintain Section 28, the widely despised part of the Local Government Act which prohibited the 'promotion of homosexuality' in schools.  

Mr Lidington moved again within months after Damian Green, who had been the PM's effective deputy, resigned in late 2017 amid a scandal over pornography found on his computer.  

Cabinet Office minister David Lidington speaking in the House of Commons about Brexit. He is effectively the PM's number two 

He was chosen as a loyal, unassuming replacement as Cabinet Office minister, and has filled in for Mrs May at Prime Minister's Questions when she has been away. 

However he sparked a row at his first such appearance when he told Labour's Emily Thornberry to 'grow up'. 

Number 10 distanced itself from Mr Lidington, saying Mrs May 'would not use that language'. 

He has also suggested that Britain could rejoin the European Union within a generation of leaving.   

'We may be looking in a generation's time at an EU that is also configured differently from what it is today,' he said. 

However he has been loyal to Mrs May amid the recent chaos in Parliament, calling on MPs to back her much-maligned withdrawal deal. 

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Main photo article A mild-mannered Remainer said to have ‘no enemies’ in the House of Commons, David Lidington is the unlikely face at the centre of a Cabinet coup. 
The Cambridge-educated minister, nicknamed the ‘Grey Man’, has been Theresa May‘s number two since last January but ...

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