Tim Farron

Tim is the Member of Parliament for Westmorland and Lonsdale.

Tim’s win in 2005 ended a 95-year rule by the Tories, winning by 267 votes. In the 2010 general election Tim maintained his seat and achieved an 11.1% swing from the Conservatives.

Tim lives in Milnthorpe, south Cumbria, with his wife Rosie, his daughters Isabella and Gracie and his sons Jude and Laurie.

Tim was elected as President of the Liberal Democrats in January 2011 by an all members ballot. He was re-elected in autumn 2012, until handing over the role at the beginning of January 2015.