Fianna Fáil’s Lisa Chambers voted for Dara Calleary after sitting ‘in wrong seat’

Frontbencher says she has since reported voting for deputy leader to Ceann Comhairle

Fianna Fáil Brexit spokesperson Lisa Chambers TD said she sat in the wrong seat in the Dáil. File photograph: Fran Veale/The Irish Times

Fianna Fáil Brexit spokesperson Lisa Chambers TD said she sat in the wrong seat in the Dáil. File photograph: Fran Veale/The Irish Times

A Fianna Fáil frontbencher has said she mistakenly voted for her deputy leader in the Dáil last week.

Lisa Chambers, the Fianna Fáil spokeswoman on Brexit, told The Irish Times she sat in the seat normally occupied by Dara Calleary, who was absent at the time.

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