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Tim Farron
Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Tim Farron voted on key issues:

    • Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
    • Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
    • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
    • Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
    • Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
    • Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
    • Voted against equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
    • Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
    • Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Home Department, Communities and Local Government, Education and Skills

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Agriculture: Subsidies, Departmental Food, Food, Hill Farming, Police

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    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Tourism (9 Feb 2012)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the average expenditure per head by overseas tourists visiting (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency and (b) Cumbria in each of the last five years.”

    Written Answers — Transport: Blue Badge Scheme: Cumbria (9 Feb 2012)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Blue Badge permits for disabled drivers have been issued in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency in each of the last five years.”

    Written Answers — Transport: Roads: Accidents (9 Feb 2012)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatal road accidents involved drivers (a) under 25 years, (b) under the influence of alcohol, (c) using hand-held mobile telephones and (d) who passed their driving test in the 12 months preceding the accident in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency in each of the last five years.”

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    • Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 91 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
    • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
    • Has voted in 58.35% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
    • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 109 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
    (a) Donations to my constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by my party to the Electoral Commission:
    (a)
    (a) Name of donor: James Palumbo – Ministry of Sound
    (a) Address of donor: 103 Gaunt Street, London SE1 6DP
    (a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind:£15,000
    (a) Donor status: company
    (a) (Registered 20 December 2011)
    (b) Other support in the capacity as an MP:
    (b) Name of donor: Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
    (b) Address of donor: Garden House, Water End, York YO30 6WQ
    (b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,338 for work on a community politics project
    (b) Date of receipt: 25 August 2011
    (b) Date of acceptance: 08 September 2011
    (b) Donor status: company, registration no 357963
    (b) (Registered 14 October 2011)
    (b) Name of donor: CARE
    (b) Address of donor: 53 Romney Street, London SW1P 3RF.
    (b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Four days a week voluntary service from October 2011 to July 2012 from a volunteer intern who is self funding except for the receipt of a bursary as a member of the educational leadership programme at the Christian charity CARE.
    (b) Date of receipt: 26 September 2011
    (b) Date of acceptance: 26 September 2011
    (b) Donor status: company, registration no 3481417
    (b) (Registered 14 October 2011)

    Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register

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    Expenses

    Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
    Staying away from main home£23,484 (114th) £23,050 (176th) £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) £17,919        
    London costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
    Office running costs£22,815 (91st) £25,617 (45th) £22,190 (178th) £24,441        
    Staffing costs£99,583 (180th) £81,776 (501st) £85,519 (277th) £79,639        
    Communications Allowance£10,290 (204th) £8,655 (300th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£14,384 (84th)1 £15,183 (73rd)2 £16,009 (51st)3 £12,698        
    Members' Staff Travel£1,356 (52nd) £1,126 (joint 82nd with 1 other) £1,643 (57th) £633        
    Members' Spouse Travel£126 (296th) £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Family Travel£0 £180 (joint 69th with 1 other) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Purchased Stationery£6,887 (59th) £1,165 (173rd) £6,391 (9th) £2,985        
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£2,543 (289th) £17,383 (11th) £8,340 N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,138 (joint 434th with 5 others) £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) £1,082        
    Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £235        
    Total£178,924 (20th) £160,433 (94th) £172,327 (5th) £147,972        

    1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,624 (212th). Rail £10,368 (44th). Misc £354 (100th). Other: Mileage £38 (76th).

    2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,456 (162nd). Rail £10,703 (35th). Misc £24 (224th).

    3 Car £4,450 (202nd). Rail £11,559 (17th).

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    Other offices held in the past

    • Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (8 Jan 2009 to 11 May 2010)
    • Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (7 Oct 2008 to 8 Jan 2009)
    • Leader's Parliamentary Private Secretary, Cross-Portfolio and Non-Portfolio Responsibilities (27 Jul 2007 to 6 Mar 2008)
    • Leader's Parliamentary Private Secretary, Cross-Portfolio and Non-Portfoloio Responsibilities (20 Jul 2007 to 27 Jul 2007)
    • Shadow Minister, Home Affairs (5 Jul 2007 to 6 Mar 2008)
    • Member, Environmental Audit Committee (24 May 2006 to 13 Jul 2007)
    • Leader's Parliamentary Private Secretary, Cross-Portfolio and Non-Portfolio Responsibilities (21 Mar 2006 to 6 Jul 2007)
    • Youth Affairs, Non-Departmental & Cross Departmental Responsibilities (19 Oct 2005 to 21 Mar 2006)
    • Member, Education & Skills Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 24 May 2006)

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