Tributes paid to Patrick Cormack, Tory peer and veteran MP, who has died at 84

The archbishop of Canterbury described Lord Cormack, who was an MP from 1970 to 2010, as ‘unfailingly kind’ and a ‘vivid character’

Tributes have been paid to the long-serving Conservative MP Patrick Cormack, who has died aged 84.

The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, described him as a “vivid character” and “unfailingly kind”.