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Tim Farron
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
In office
16 July 2015 – 20 July 2017
DeputyJo Swinson(2017)
PresidentSal Brinton
Preceded byNick Clegg
Succeeded byVince Cable
President of the Liberal Democrats
In office
1 January 2011 – 1 January 2015
LeaderNick Clegg
Preceded byRos Scott
Succeeded bySal Brinton
Member of Parliament
forWestmorland and Lonsdale
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded byTim Collins
Majority21,472 (43.3%)
Liberal Democrat portfolios
2008–2010,
2017–2019,
2020,
2022–present		Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2015Foreign and Commonwealth Office
2019–2020Work and Pensions
2019–2020Northern Powerhouse
2019–2022Housing, Communities and Local Government
Personal details
Born
Timothy James Farron

(1970-05-27)27 May 1970(age 54)
Preston, Lancashire,England
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Other political
affiliations		Liberal(1986–1988)
Spouse
Rosemary Cantley
​
(m.2000)​
Children4
Alma materNewcastle University
Signature
Websitetimfarron.co.uk

Timothy James Farron(born 27 May 1970) is a British politician who served asLeader of the Liberal Democratsfrom 2015 to 2017. He has been theMember of Parliament(MP) forWestmorland and Lonsdalesince2005and is theLiberal Democrat spokespersonforEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs.[1]Before entering politics, he worked in higher education.[2]

Farron was thepresident of the Liberal Democratsfrom 2011 to 2014.[3][4][5]He was the Liberal Democrats'shadow foreign secretaryin 2015 underNick Clegg's leadership and Spokesperson forHousing, Communities and Local Governmentfrom 2019 to 2022, with responsibility for theNorthern Powerhousefrom 2019 to 2020.[6]He served as Spokesperson forWork and PensionsunderJo Swinsonfrom 2019 to 2020.

Early life and education

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Tim Farron was born on 27 May 1970 inPreston,and was educated atLostock Hall High SchoolandRunshaw College,Leyland,[7]before going on toNewcastle University,where he gained aBAin Politics in 1992.[8]Farron has described how, in his youth, his bedroom bore pictures of widely differing politicians as the assassinated United States PresidentJohn F. Kennedy,formerLiberal PartyleaderJo Grimond,and then–Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher.[9]

From 1987 to 1992, Farron fronted the Preston-based band Tim Farron and the Voyeurs, also known as Fred The Girl.[10]According to Farron, the band was popular amongstLancashire's youth after a series of highly successful tours. Farron said the band was offered a record deal withIsland Records.[11]However, this claim has been countered by former band members instead describing 'Tim Farron and the Voyeurs' as a "fourth rateNew Order".[12]

In 1990, he was elected to theNational Union of Students' National Executive.[8]The following year, he was elected president ofNewcastle University Students' Union,the first Liberal Democrat to hold the position,[8]having joined theLiberal Partyat the age of 16.[7]Before his election to Parliament, Farron worked in higher education atLancaster Universityfrom 1992 to 2002[8]andSt Martin's College,Ambleside,from 2002 to 2005.[13]

Parliamentary career

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Positions before 2005

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Farron contestedNorth West Durhamat the1992 general election,coming third with 14.6% of the vote behind the incumbentLabour PartyMPHilary ArmstrongandConservativecandidateTheresa May.[14][15]

He then served onLancashire County Councilfrom 1993 to 2000 and was also a councillor for Leyland Central ward onSouth Ribble Borough Councilfrom 1995 to 1999.[16]

Farron stood inSouth Ribbleat the1997 general election,coming third with 10.6% of the vote behind the Labour candidateDavid Borrowand the Conservative candidateRobert Atkins.[17]

He stood for the Liberal Democrats in theNorth West regionin the1999 European Parliament elections.[18]

At the2001 general election,Farron contested theWestmorland and Lonsdaleseat and finished second, reducing the majority of the sitting Conservative MPTim Collinsto 3,167.[19]He then served as a councillor for theMilnthorpeward on theSouth LakelandDistrict Council from 2004 to 2008.[20]

Westmorland and Lonsdale from 2005 win to 2009

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Farron in 2008

At the2005 general election,Farron again fought Collins inWestmorland and Lonsdale,and this time won the election by a narrow margin of just 267 votes.[13]He made hismaiden speechin Parliament on 25 May 2005.[21]As a new MP, he became a member of theEducation and SkillsSelect committeeand was appointed as Youth Affairs Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats.[7]In 2005 he founded theall-party parliamentary groupon hill farming, of which he was still chair as of March 2015.[22][23]

DuringMenzies Campbell's period as the Liberal Democrat leader, Farron was Campbell'sParliamentary Private Secretary.[7]In 2007 he was made a Liberal Democrat spokesman forHome Affairs.[24]

Farron resigned from thefront benchof the Liberal Democrats on 5 March 2008 in protest at the party's abstention from a parliamentary vote on a proposed Conservative referendum on Britain's accession to theLisbon Treaty.However he later returned to the party's front bench as spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.[25]He is a member of theBeveridge Groupwithin the Liberal Democrats.[26][27]

2010–2015

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At the2010 general election,Farron was re-elected, increasing his share of the vote to 60% and increasing his majority to 12,264.[28][29]This result was against the run of the rest of the party, making Westmorland and Lonsdale one of the few Liberal Democrat strongholds.[30]

On 27 May 2010, Farron stood for the position ofDeputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats,made vacant by the resignation ofVince Cable.On 9 June, Farron lost the competition to the former party President,Simon Hughes.Hughes won by 20 votes; having had 38 nominations from the parliamentary party, compared to Farron's 18.

Farron in March 2014
Farron the day before the2017 General Election

On 16 September 2010, Farron stood for the position of President of the Liberal Democrats followingBaroness Scott's decision not to seek re-election. He won the election with 53% of the vote, beating fellow candidateSusan Krameron 47%.[31]

In March 2012, Farron was one of three MPs who signed a letter sent to theAdvertising Standards Authority,criticising their recent decision to stop the Christian group "Healing on the Streets of Bath" from making explicit claims that prayer can heal. The letter called for the ASA to provide indisputable scientific evidence that faith healing did not work; Farron subsequently admitted that the letter was not "well-worded" and that he should not have signed it "as it was written".[32]

Farron was re-elected at the2015 general electionwith a decreased vote share of 51.5% and a decreased majority of 8,949.[33]After the election, he was considered a favourite to succeedNick CleggasLeader of the Liberal Democrats.[34]

Leadership of the Liberal Democrats

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In May 2015, Farron confirmed his candidacy for the2015 Liberal Democrats leadership electionon BBC Radio 4.[35]On 16 July he won the leadership election with 56.5% of the vote, ahead ofNorman Lambwho achieved 43.5%.[36]

Farron's first speech at the September 2015Liberal Democrat ConferenceinBournemouthwas praised in the press.[37]

At the2017 general election,Farron was again re-elected, decreasing his share of the vote to 45.8% and seeing his majority cut to just 777.[38]He stated he would step down as party leader following the election, stating that he had become "torn between living as a faithful Christian and serving as a political leader".[39]He remained in office until the unopposedelectionofVince Cableas party leader.[40][41]

Career after party leadership

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Farron was again re-elected at the2019 general election,increasing his share of the vote to 48.9% and increasing his majority to 1,934.[42][43]

At the2024 general election,Farron was again re-elected with an increased vote share of 62.7% and an increased majority of 21,472.[44]

Political positions

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Among political observers, Farron is widely seen as being ofleft-leaning political position.[45][46][47]In a September 2016 interview, he identified the Liberal Democrats under his leadership as beingcentre-left.[48]

Policy as Liberal Democrat leader

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In August 2015, Farron identified seven campaigning priorities for the Liberal Democrats. These wererural affairs,theEU referendum,mental health,immigration,civil liberties,thegreen economy,andhousing.[49]

Welfare

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Farron was one of only two Liberal Democrat MPs to vote against theunder-occupancy penalty(also known as the bedroom tax) in 2012.[13]

Education

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In December 2010, he voted against increasing the cap onundergraduate university tuition feesfrom £3,000 to £9,000.[50]Referring toNick Clegg's earlier pledge not to raise fees—and the previous long-standing Liberal Democrat policy of abolishing them—he said: "Integrity is important. You must not only keep your word but be seen to keep your word. You can say no."[51]

Migration

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He was the first senior British politician to back the EU proposal for a quota to take inrefugeesduring the Mediterranean crisis. He called for the UK to accept up to 60,000 non-EU refugees to help with the influx. He attended the Refugee solidarity march in London in September 2015 and gave the opening speech.[13]In the 2016 Liberal Democrat Spring Conference, Farron accused the government of cowardice and heartlessness over their current refugee policy.[52]

Representation of women and minorities

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Farron said in June 2015 that Lib Dem members of parliament were "too male and too pale", so at least half of the party's target seats would be given women candidates and 10 per cent would have black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates.[53]

Farron's appointment of party spokespeople was applauded for its diversity, with twelve women and ten men given such positions. Women also took high-ranking roles, such as the defence and economics portfolios.[13][54]

LGBT rights

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In 2007, he voted against theEquality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations,which for the first time imposed a general restriction on businesses discriminating against people on the grounds of sexual orientation.[55]In May 2015, regarding a court ruling which found that a Belfast bakery had acted unlawfully in refusing to carry out an order for a cake in support of gay marriage, Farron said that "it's a shame it ended up in court" and "it's important that you stand up for people's rights to have their conscience," but "if you’re providing a service, that’s the key thing – you need to do so without prejudice, without discrimination against those who come through your door."[56]

He voted in favour of allowing marriage between two people of same sex at thesecond readingof the 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill,but he voted not to timetable the debate on the Bill, which would have made it much more difficult to pass had the House of Commons agreed with his position,[57]over concerns of the impact the "spousal veto" could have on trans people.[58]He was absent for the vote for gay marriage on thethird readingof the Bill.[59]

In 2014, he voted in favour of extending the right to same sex marriage to Armed Forces personnel outside the United Kingdom.[60]He held a 90.4% rating on the issue of same sex marriage in September 2015, and 83.9% in February 2023, according to the websitePublic Whip.[60]

During an interview in 2015 withCathy NewmanforChannel 4 News,following his election as leader, Farron avoided a question from Newman on his personal beliefs regarding gay sex, saying that his "views on personal morality [did not] matter", adding that to "understand Christianity is to understand that we are all sinners".[61]In the build-up to the 2017 General Election he repeated similar lines in another Channel 4 News television interview, beforeNigel Evansasked him in Parliament whether he thought being gay was a sin, to which he replied, "I do not" and said that he was "very proud" to have supported his party's efforts to introduce gay marriage.[62]Later, in a BBC interview, he further stated that he did not believe "gay sex" was a sin.[63]Despite this,Lord Paddickresigned from his post as home affairs spokesperson in June 2017 "over concerns about the leader's views on various issues".[64]In 2018, Farron expressed regret over his previous assertions that he did not consider homosexual sex to be sinful, saying he felt under pressure from his party which led him to "foolishly and wrongly" make a statement "that was not right".[65]

Farron's handling of questions regarding LGBT rights and the sinfulness of homosexuality have been heavily criticised byLGBT+ Liberal Democrats,[66][67]as has his continued association withanti-gayevangelical groups, which has been seen as a "lack of care" to the LGBT community.[68]Former head of the LGBT+ Liberal Democrats, Chris Cooke, made unsubstantiated complaints to the party about Farron's personal conduct when "drunk", and admitted that he "made up a story to cause trouble" following his suspension over Twitter comments directed at Conservative MPAnna Soubry.[69]

European Union

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Despite describing himself as "a bit of aEurosceptic",[70]Farron strongly supported Britain's membership of theEuropean Union,[71]but criticisedDavid Cameron's renegotiation as "about appealing to careerist Tory MPs, who were selected by Europhobic party members, to persuade them to vote to remain".[72]

In June 2016, Farron stated following theUnited Kingdom European Union membership referendumin which 51.89% of the voters voted toleave the EUthat if the Liberal Democrats were elected in the next parliamentary election, they would not follow through with triggeringArticle 50of theTreaty on European Unionandleaving the EUbut would instead keep the UK in the European Union.[73]

In 2017, Farron spoke out against the government's proposed plan toreturn to the traditional blue British passport.He criticised the move publicly as part of "ever increasing list of the cost of Brexit" and held the position that the plan was "a completely superficial expenditure which could have been spent on our hospitals and our schools."[74]

Saudi Arabia

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Farron has criticised Britain's close ties withSaudi Arabia.In 2015 he said: "It is time to shine a light onto the shady corners of our relationship with Saudi Arabia. It is time we stood up for civil liberties, human rights and not turn a blind eye because theHouse of Saudare our 'allies'. "[75]

Cannabis regulation

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He supports the complete legalisation ofmarijuanafor both medical and recreational purpose, saying in 2016: "I personally believe the war on drugs is over. We must move from making this a legal issue to one of health."[76]

Personal life

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Farron is a lifelongnon-conformist Protestantand says that "becoming a Christian at the age of eighteen [was] the most massive choice I have made."[77]He is avegetarian,[78][79]and a lifelong fan ofBlackburn Rovers.[80]He married his wife Rosie in 1999.[81]In January 2018 he won an edition ofCelebrity Mastermind,with Blackburn Rovers as his specialist subject.[82]

In 2019 he published an autobiographyA Better Ambition: Confessions of a Faithful Liberaldescribing his life as a Christian and a Liberal.[83]

Farron completed the2021 London Marathonin a time of 4 h 44 min 44 s,[84]raising funds for theBrathay Trust.[85]

Selected publications

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  • Farron, Tim (2019).A Better Ambition: Confessions of a Faithful Liberal.SPCK.ISBN978-0281083589.

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