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'''Tim Farron''' has been the [[Liberal Democrats]] MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale since 2005.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/tim-farron/1591 Tim Farron], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.</ref>
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'''Tim Farron''' has been the [[Liberal Democrats]] MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale since 2005<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/tim-farron/1591 Tim Farron], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.</ref> and since July 2015, the leader of the [[Liberal Democrats]].<ref> Frances Perraudin [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/16/tim-farron-named-liberal-democrat-party-leader Tim Farron named Liberal Democrat party leader] ''Guardian'', 16 July 2015, accessed 23 July 2015.</ref>
  
 
In the 2015 election, Farron was just one of eight Liberal Democrats MPs to retain their sears. Farron defeated his closest competitor [[Conservative]] candidate [[Ann Myatt]] with a majority of 8,949 and 51 per cent of the vote. <ref> [http://www.nwemail.co.uk/home/breaking-tim-farron-retains-seat-with-reduced-majority-1.1210623 TIM FARRON RETAINS SEAT WITH REDUCED MAJORITY] ''North West Evening Mail'', 8 May 2015, accessed 14 May 2015 </ref>  
 
In the 2015 election, Farron was just one of eight Liberal Democrats MPs to retain their sears. Farron defeated his closest competitor [[Conservative]] candidate [[Ann Myatt]] with a majority of 8,949 and 51 per cent of the vote. <ref> [http://www.nwemail.co.uk/home/breaking-tim-farron-retains-seat-with-reduced-majority-1.1210623 TIM FARRON RETAINS SEAT WITH REDUCED MAJORITY] ''North West Evening Mail'', 8 May 2015, accessed 14 May 2015 </ref>  
 
In May 2015, Farron announced that he will stand in the Liberal Democrats leadership contest. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32732772 Liberal Democrat leadership: Tim Farron confirms his bid] ''BBC News'', 14 May 2015, accessed 20 May 2015 </ref>
 
  
 
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Revision as of 11:07, 23 July 2015

Tim Farron

Tim Farron has been the Liberal Democrats MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale since 2005[1] and since July 2015, the leader of the Liberal Democrats.[2]

In the 2015 election, Farron was just one of eight Liberal Democrats MPs to retain their sears. Farron defeated his closest competitor Conservative candidate Ann Myatt with a majority of 8,949 and 51 per cent of the vote. [3]

Notes

  1. Tim Farron, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.
  2. Frances Perraudin Tim Farron named Liberal Democrat party leader Guardian, 16 July 2015, accessed 23 July 2015.
  3. TIM FARRON RETAINS SEAT WITH REDUCED MAJORITY North West Evening Mail, 8 May 2015, accessed 14 May 2015