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Tim Farron
Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Tim Farron voted on key issues:
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. 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 very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Communities and Local Government, Home Department, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Agriculture: Subsidies, Departmental Food, Food, Hill Farming, Police
(based on written questions asked by Tim Farron and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (4 out of 11)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Mobile Phones (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of the likely revenue to the Exchequer from the auction of the 4G mobile broadband spectrum under minimum coverage requirements of (a) 98 per cent, (b) 98.5 per cent, (c) 99 per cent, (d) 99.5 per cent and (e) 100 per cent.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Mountain Rescue (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to pay emergency service provider Mountain Rescue £4 million from the Consolidated Fund equivalent to the fine paid by Network Rail as a result of the 2007 Grayrigg accident.”
- Written Answers — Health: Radiotherapy (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the number of cancer patients in each primary care trust area in England who have to travel for more than 45 minutes in order to access their nearest radiotherapy treatment centre.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 193 written questions in the last year — well 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 58.44% 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") 113 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).
