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Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland & Lonsdale

• Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (since 8 Jan 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 267 votes. — 630th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Tim Farron voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Home Department, Education and Skills, Treasury

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

(based on written questions asked by Tim Farron and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Identity Cards Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)

“I am on early, but I probably will not keep my speech going for 40 minutes. In fact, you would not be grateful if I did, Mr. Key.”

Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)

“I concur with the comment from stage right; I will not be long at all. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again this morning, Mr. Key. I sincerely congratulate the hon. Member for Sunderland, South (Mr. Mullin), who secured the debate, on seeking it in the first place and on raising a tremendously important issue. The bulk of his speech was about caged eggs, which is a...”

Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)

“Yes. One measure of a civilised society is how we treat our fellow animals. What I am concerned about and what I know the hon. Gentleman is concerned about is how we use the power of the public purse to achieve the transformation to which he refers. It is incredibly important. The Government have not used their power appropriately or sufficiently and have failed to build animal welfare and...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 304 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• 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 63% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
• 90 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Tim Farron speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 75 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

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

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