article_snippet: The pledge mirrors that made in the last Tory manifesto in 2010.
article_snippet: The Lib Dems opposed the change as did a small number of Tory MPs known as ‘Blue Foxes’.
article_snippet: Ministers concluded that any vote would likely to fail in the Commons and so set back the cause.
article_snippet: The Tories are hopeful of picking up several seats in the South West of England from the Lib Dems.