Sam Gyimah has become the sixth MP to defect to the Liberal Democrats this year. The former universities minister, who sat as an Independent after losing the Conservative whip was introduced to the audience at the Lib Dems party conference by leader Jo Swinson to cheers and applause. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn