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href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Leader of the Liberal Democrats">Leader of the Liberal Democrats</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 July 2015 – 20 July 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats">Deputy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Jo Swinson</a> (2017)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="President of the Liberal Democrats">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sal_Brinton" title="Sal Brinton">Sal Brinton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Vince Cable</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="President of the Liberal Democrats">President of the Liberal Democrats</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 January 2011 – 1 January 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ros_Scott" class="mw-redirect" title="Ros Scott">Ros Scott</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sal_Brinton" title="Sal Brinton">Sal Brinton</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Westmorland_and_Lonsdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)">Westmorland and Lonsdale</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />5 May 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Collins_(politician)" title="Tim Collins (politician)">Tim Collins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">21,472 (43.3%)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Liberal Democrat portfolios</th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">2008–2010,<br />2017–2019,<br />2020,<br />2022–present</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2015</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign and Commonwealth Office">Foreign and Commonwealth Office</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2019–2020</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Work and Pensions</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2019–2020</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Powerhouse" title="Northern Powerhouse">Northern Powerhouse</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2019–2022</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Levelling_Up,_Housing_and_Communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities">Housing, Communities and Local Government</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Timothy James Farron</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1970-05-27</span>) </span>27 May 1970<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 54)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston, Lancashire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> (1986–1988)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/Tim_Farron_signature.svg/192px-Tim_Farron_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/Tim_Farron_signature.svg/256px-Tim_Farron_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="156" data-file-height="45" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timfarron.co.uk">timfarron<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Timothy James Farron</b> (born 27 May 1970) is a British politician who served as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Leader of the Liberal Democrats">Leader of the Liberal Democrats</a> from 2015 to 2017. He has been the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Westmorland_and_Lonsdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Westmorland and Lonsdale">Westmorland and Lonsdale</a> since <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a> and is the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_frontbench_team" title="Liberal Democrat frontbench team">Liberal Democrat spokesperson</a> for <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before entering politics, he worked in higher education.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Farron was the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="President of the Liberal Democrats">president of the Liberal Democrats</a> from 2011 to 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the Liberal Democrats' <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Foreign_Secretary" title="Shadow Foreign Secretary">shadow foreign secretary</a> in 2015 under <a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a>'s leadership and Spokesperson for <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Levelling_Up,_Housing_and_Communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities">Housing, Communities and Local Government</a> from 2019 to 2022, with responsibility for the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Powerhouse" title="Northern Powerhouse">Northern Powerhouse</a> from 2019 to 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as Spokesperson for <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Work and Pensions</a> under <a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Jo Swinson</a> from 2019 to 2020. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tim Farron was born on 27 May 1970 in <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>, and was educated at <a href="/wiki/Lostock_Hall_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Lostock Hall High School">Lostock Hall High School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Runshaw_College" title="Runshaw College">Runshaw College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyland,_Lancashire" title="Leyland, Lancashire">Leyland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph11740888_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph11740888-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before going on to <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_University" title="Newcastle University">Newcastle University</a>, where he gained a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a> in Politics in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-graun16072015_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-graun16072015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Farron has described how, in his youth, his bedroom bore pictures of widely differing politicians as the assassinated United States President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a>, and then–Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1987 to 1992, Farron fronted the Preston-based band Tim Farron and the Voyeurs, also known as Fred The Girl.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Farron, the band was popular amongst <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>'s youth after a series of highly successful tours. Farron said the band was offered a record deal with <a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Island Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this claim has been countered by former band members instead describing 'Tim Farron and the Voyeurs' as a "fourth rate <a href="/wiki/New_Order_(band)" title="New Order (band)">New Order</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1990, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Students_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Union of Students (United Kingdom)">National Union of Students</a>' National Executive.<sup id="cite_ref-graun16072015_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-graun16072015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, he was elected president of <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_University_Students%27_Union" title="Newcastle University Students' Union">Newcastle University Students' Union</a>, the first Liberal Democrat to hold the position,<sup id="cite_ref-graun16072015_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-graun16072015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having joined the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> at the age of 16.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph11740888_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph11740888-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before his election to Parliament, Farron worked in higher education at <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_University" title="Lancaster University">Lancaster University</a> from 1992 to 2002<sup id="cite_ref-graun16072015_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-graun16072015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/St_Martin%27s_College" title="St Martin's College">St Martin's College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ambleside" title="Ambleside">Ambleside</a>, from 2002 to 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph16072015_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph16072015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Positions_before_2005">Positions before 2005</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Positions before 2005"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Farron contested <a href="/wiki/North_West_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="North West Durham">North West Durham</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>, coming third with 14.6% of the vote behind the incumbent <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Armstrong" title="Hilary Armstrong">Hilary Armstrong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1992_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1992-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He then served on <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Lancashire County Council</a> from 1993 to 2000 and was also a councillor for Leyland Central ward on <a href="/wiki/South_Ribble_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="South Ribble Borough Council">South Ribble Borough Council</a> from 1995 to 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Farron stood in <a href="/wiki/South_Ribble_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Ribble (UK Parliament constituency)">South Ribble</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, coming third with 10.6% of the vote behind the Labour candidate <a href="/wiki/David_Borrow" title="David Borrow">David Borrow</a> and the Conservative candidate <a href="/wiki/Robert_Atkins_(politician)" title="Robert Atkins (politician)">Robert Atkins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-psr_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-psr-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He stood for the Liberal Democrats in the <a href="/wiki/North_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="North West England (European Parliament constituency)">North West region</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999 European Parliament elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1999eur_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1999eur-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 general election</a>, Farron contested the <a href="/wiki/Westmorland_and_Lonsdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Westmorland and Lonsdale">Westmorland and Lonsdale</a> seat and finished second, reducing the majority of the sitting Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/Tim_Collins_(politician)" title="Tim Collins (politician)">Tim Collins</a> to 3,167.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then served as a councillor for the <a href="/wiki/Milnthorpe" title="Milnthorpe">Milnthorpe</a> ward on the <a href="/wiki/South_Lakeland" title="South Lakeland">South Lakeland</a> District Council from 2004 to 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-southlakes_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-southlakes-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Westmorland_and_Lonsdale_from_2005_win_to_2009">Westmorland and Lonsdale from 2005 win to 2009</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Westmorland and Lonsdale from 2005 win to 2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_Farron_(2008).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Tim_Farron_%282008%29.jpg/220px-Tim_Farron_%282008%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Tim_Farron_%282008%29.jpg/330px-Tim_Farron_%282008%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Tim_Farron_%282008%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="401" data-file-height="545" /></a><figcaption>Farron in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>, Farron again fought Collins in <a href="/wiki/Westmorland_and_Lonsdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Westmorland and Lonsdale">Westmorland and Lonsdale</a>, and this time won the election by a narrow margin of just 267 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph16072015_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph16072015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his <a href="/wiki/Maiden_speech" title="Maiden speech">maiden speech</a> in Parliament on 25 May 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a new MP, he became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education_and_Skills_(United_Kingdom)" title="Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)">Education and Skills</a> <a href="/wiki/Select_committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Select committee (United Kingdom)">Select committee</a> and was appointed as Youth Affairs Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph11740888_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph11740888-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005 he founded the <a href="/wiki/All-party_parliamentary_group" title="All-party parliamentary group">all-party parliamentary group</a> on hill farming, of which he was still chair as of March 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-davies2005_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davies2005-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Menzies_Campbell" title="Menzies Campbell">Menzies Campbell</a>'s period as the Liberal Democrat leader, Farron was Campbell's <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary">Parliamentary Private Secretary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph11740888_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph11740888-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007 he was made a Liberal Democrat spokesman for <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-yearbook_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yearbook-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Farron resigned from the <a href="/wiki/Front_bench" class="mw-redirect" title="Front bench">front bench</a> of 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 the <a href="/wiki/Lisbon_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisbon Treaty">Lisbon Treaty</a>. However he later returned to the party's front bench as spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Beveridge_Group" title="Beveridge Group">Beveridge Group</a> within the Liberal Democrats.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jardine_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jardine-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010–2015"><span id="2010.E2.80.932015"></span>2010–2015</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2010–2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, Farron was re-elected, increasing his share of the vote to 60% and increasing his majority to 12,264.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2010_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2010-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This result was against the run of the rest of the party, making Westmorland and Lonsdale one of the few Liberal Democrat strongholds.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 27 May 2010, Farron stood for the position of <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats">Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats</a>, made vacant by the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Vince Cable</a>. On 9 June, Farron lost the competition to the former party President, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Hughes" title="Simon Hughes">Simon Hughes</a>. Hughes won by 20 votes; having had 38 nominations from the parliamentary party, compared to Farron's 18. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_farron_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Tim_farron_2014.jpg/220px-Tim_farron_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Tim_farron_2014.jpg/330px-Tim_farron_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Tim_farron_2014.jpg/440px-Tim_farron_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1412" data-file-height="1887" /></a><figcaption>Farron in March 2014</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TimFarronPortrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/TimFarronPortrait.jpg/220px-TimFarronPortrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/TimFarronPortrait.jpg/330px-TimFarronPortrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/TimFarronPortrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption>Farron the day before the <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 General Election</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 16 September 2010, Farron stood for the position of President of the Liberal Democrats following <a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Scott,_Baroness_Scott_of_Needham_Market" title="Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market">Baroness Scott</a>'s decision not to seek re-election. He won the election with 53% of the vote, beating fellow candidate <a href="/wiki/Susan_Kramer" class="mw-redirect" title="Susan Kramer">Susan Kramer</a> on 47%.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2012, Farron was one of three MPs who signed a letter sent to the <a href="/wiki/Advertising_Standards_Authority_(United_Kingdom)" title="Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)">Advertising Standards Authority</a>, 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".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Farron was re-elected at the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a> with a decreased vote share of 51.5% and a decreased majority of 8,949.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2015_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2015-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the election, he was considered a favourite to succeed <a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a> as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Leader of the Liberal Democrats">Leader of the Liberal Democrats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15lead_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15lead-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership_of_the_Liberal_Democrats">Leadership of the Liberal Democrats</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Leadership of the Liberal Democrats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2015, Farron confirmed his candidacy for the <a href="/wiki/2015_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election</a> on BBC Radio 4.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 July he won the leadership election with 56.5% of the vote, ahead of <a href="/wiki/Norman_Lamb" title="Norman Lamb">Norman Lamb</a> who achieved 43.5%.<sup id="cite_ref-leader_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leader-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Farron's first speech at the September 2015 <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Conference" title="Liberal Democrat Conference">Liberal Democrat Conference</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a> was praised in the press.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 general election</a>, Farron was again re-elected, decreasing his share of the vote to 45.8% and seeing his majority cut to just 777.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained in office until the unopposed <a href="/wiki/2017_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2017 Liberal Democrats leadership election">election</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Vince Cable</a> as party leader.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_after_party_leadership">Career after party leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Career after party leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Farron was again re-elected at the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a>, increasing his share of the vote to 48.9% and increasing his majority to 1,934.<sup id="cite_ref-GE2019_SOPN_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GE2019_SOPN-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>, Farron was again re-elected with an increased vote share of 62.7% and an increased majority of 21,472.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received 31,061 votes, the highest number of any candidate in the election. <sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among political observers, Farron is widely seen as being of <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">left</a>-leaning political position.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a September 2016 interview, he identified the Liberal Democrats under his leadership as being <a href="/wiki/Centre-left" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre-left">centre-left</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Policy_as_Liberal_Democrat_leader">Policy as Liberal Democrat leader</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Policy as Liberal Democrat leader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2015, Farron identified seven campaigning priorities for the Liberal Democrats. These were <a href="/wiki/Rural_area" title="Rural area">rural affairs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/EU_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="EU referendum">EU referendum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mental_health" title="Mental health">mental health</a>, <a href="/wiki/Modern_immigration_to_the_United_Kingdom" title="Modern immigration to the United Kingdom">immigration</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties" title="Civil liberties">civil liberties</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Green_economy" title="Green economy">green economy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Housing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Housing in the United Kingdom">housing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Welfare">Welfare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Welfare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Farron was one of only two Liberal Democrat MPs to vote against the <a href="/wiki/Under-occupancy_penalty" class="mw-redirect" title="Under-occupancy penalty">under-occupancy penalty</a> (also known as the bedroom tax) in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph16072015_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph16072015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2010, he voted against increasing the cap on <a href="/wiki/Tuition_fees_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Tuition fees in the United Kingdom">undergraduate university tuition fees</a> from £3,000 to £9,000.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Referring to <a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a>'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."<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Migration">Migration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Migration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was the first senior British politician to back the EU proposal for a quota to take in <a href="/wiki/Refugee" title="Refugee">refugees</a> during 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.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph16072015_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph16072015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2016 Liberal Democrat Spring Conference, Farron accused the government of cowardice and heartlessness over their current refugee policy.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Representation_of_women_and_minorities">Representation of women and minorities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Representation of women and minorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph16072015_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph16072015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBT_rights">LGBT rights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: LGBT rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, he voted against the <a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations" class="mw-redirect" title="Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations">Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations</a>, which for the first time imposed a general restriction on businesses discriminating against people on the grounds of sexual orientation.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He voted in favour of allowing marriage between two people of same sex at the <a href="/wiki/Second_reading" class="mw-redirect" title="Second reading">second reading</a> of the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill</a>, 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,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> over concerns of the impact the "spousal veto" could have on trans people.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was absent for the vote for gay marriage on the <a href="/wiki/Third_reading" class="mw-redirect" title="Third reading">third reading</a> of the Bill.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, he voted in favour of extending the right to same sex marriage to Armed Forces personnel outside the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-publicwhip.org.uk_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-publicwhip.org.uk-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 website <a href="/wiki/Public_Whip" title="Public Whip">Public Whip</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-publicwhip.org.uk_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-publicwhip.org.uk-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During an interview in 2015 with <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Newman" title="Cathy Newman">Cathy Newman</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Channel_4_News" title="Channel 4 News">Channel 4 News</a></i>, 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".<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the build-up to the 2017 General Election he repeated similar lines in another Channel 4 News television interview, before <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Evans" title="Nigel Evans">Nigel Evans</a> asked 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.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, in a BBC interview, he further stated that he did not believe "gay sex" was a sin.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Paddick" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Paddick">Lord Paddick</a> resigned from his post as home affairs spokesperson in June 2017 "over concerns about the leader's views on various issues".<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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".<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Farron's handling of questions regarding LGBT rights and the sinfulness of homosexuality have been heavily criticised by <a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Liberal_Democrats" title="LGBT+ Liberal Democrats">LGBT+ Liberal Democrats</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as has his continued association with <a href="/wiki/Anti-LGBT_rhetoric" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-LGBT rhetoric">anti-gay</a> evangelical groups, which has been seen as a "lack of care" to the LGBT community.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 MP <a href="/wiki/Anna_Soubry" title="Anna Soubry">Anna Soubry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Union">European Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: European Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite describing himself as "a bit of a <a href="/wiki/Eurosceptic" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurosceptic">Eurosceptic</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Farron strongly supported Britain's membership of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but criticised <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>'s renegotiation as "about appealing to careerist Tory MPs, who were selected by Europhobic party members, to persuade them to vote to remain".<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2016, Farron stated following the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">United Kingdom European Union membership referendum</a> in which 51.89% of the voters voted to <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">leave the EU</a> that if the Liberal Democrats were elected in the next parliamentary election, they would not follow through with triggering <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Consolidated_version_of_the_Treaty_on_European_Union/Title_VI:_Final_Provisions#Article_50" class="extiw" title="s:Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union/Title VI: Final Provisions">Article 50</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_European_Union" title="Treaty on European Union">Treaty on European Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leaving_the_EU" class="mw-redirect" title="Leaving the EU">leaving the EU</a> but would instead keep the UK in the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, Farron spoke out against the government's proposed plan to <a href="/wiki/British_passport#The_old_blue_passport" title="British passport">return to the traditional blue British passport</a>. 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."<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saudi_Arabia">Saudi Arabia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Saudi Arabia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Farron has criticised Britain's close ties with <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>. 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 the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Saud" title="House of Saud">House of Saud</a> are our 'allies'."<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cannabis_regulation">Cannabis regulation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Cannabis regulation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He supports the complete legalisation of <a href="/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana">marijuana</a> for 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."<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Farron is a lifelong <a href="/wiki/Nonconformist_(Protestantism)" title="Nonconformist (Protestantism)">non-conformist Protestant</a> and says that "becoming a Christian at the age of eighteen [was] the most massive choice I have made."<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a <a href="/wiki/Vegetarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Vegetarian">vegetarian</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a lifelong fan of <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackburn Rovers">Blackburn Rovers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married his wife Rosie in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2018 he won an edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Mastermind_(British_game_show)" title="Mastermind (British game show)">Celebrity Mastermind</a>,</i> with Blackburn Rovers as his specialist subject.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019 he published an autobiography <i>A Better Ambition: Confessions of a Faithful Liberal</i> describing his life as a Christian and a Liberal.<sup id="cite_ref-chandler_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chandler-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Farron completed the <a href="/wiki/2021_London_Marathon" title="2021 London Marathon">2021 London Marathon</a> in a time of 4 h 44 min 44 s,<sup id="cite_ref-london2021_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london2021-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> raising funds for the <a href="/wiki/Brathay_Trust" title="Brathay Trust">Brathay Trust</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-brathay_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brathay-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_publications">Selected publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Farron&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Selected publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFarron2019" class="citation book cs1">Farron, Tim (2019). <i>A Better Ambition: Confessions of a Faithful Liberal</i>. <a href="/wiki/SPCK" class="mw-redirect" title="SPCK">SPCK</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Leader of the Liberal Democrats">Leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">Steel</a> <i>(Liberal)</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Maclennan,_Baron_Maclennan_of_Rogart" title="Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart">Maclennan</a> <i>(SDP)</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Ashdown" title="Paddy Ashdown">Ashdown</a> (1988–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Kennedy</a> (1999–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzies_Campbell" title="Menzies Campbell">Campbell</a> (2006–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Clegg</a> (2007–2015)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Farron</a> (2015–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Cable</a> (2017–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Swinson</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Davey</a> (from 2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats">Deputy leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Johnston" title="Russell Johnston">Johnston</a> (1988–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Beith" title="Alan Beith">Beith</a> (1992–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzies_Campbell" title="Menzies Campbell">Campbell</a> (2003–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Cable</a> (2006–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Hughes" title="Simon Hughes">Hughes</a> (2010–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Bruce" title="Malcolm Bruce">Bruce</a> (2014–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Swinson</a> (2017–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Davey</a> (2019–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Cooper" title="Daisy Cooper">Cooper</a> (from 2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats_in_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords">Leaders in the Lords</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Seear,_Baroness_Seear" title="Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear">Seear</a> <i>(Liberal)</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Diamond,_Baron_Diamond" title="Jack Diamond, Baron Diamond">Diamond</a> <i>(SDP)</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Jenkins" title="Roy Jenkins">Jenkins</a> (1988–1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Rodgers,_Baron_Rodgers_of_Quarry_Bank" title="Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank">Rodgers</a> (1997–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Williams" title="Shirley Williams">Williams</a> (2001–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McNally,_Baron_McNally" title="Tom McNally, Baron McNally">McNally</a> (2004–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Wallace</a> (2013–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Newby,_Baron_Newby" title="Richard Newby, Baron Newby">Newby</a> (from 2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="President of the Liberal Democrats">Presidents</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Wrigglesworth" title="Ian Wrigglesworth">Wrigglesworth</a> (1989–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Kennedy</a> (1991–1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Maclennan,_Baron_Maclennan_of_Rogart" title="Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart">Maclennan</a> (1995–1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Maddock,_Baroness_Maddock" title="Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock">Maddock</a> (1999–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navnit_Dholakia,_Baron_Dholakia" title="Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia">Dholakia</a> (2001–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Hughes" title="Simon Hughes">Hughes</a> (2005–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Scott,_Baroness_Scott_of_Needham_Market" title="Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market">Scott</a> (2009–2010)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Farron</a> (2011–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Brinton" title="Sal Brinton">Brinton</a> (2015–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pack" title="Mark Pack">Pack</a> (from 2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A"><div id="Leadership_elections" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Leadership elections</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_Social_and_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="1988 Social and Liberal Democrats leadership election">1988 (Ashdown)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="1999 Liberal Democrats leadership election">1999 (Kennedy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2006 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2006 (Campbell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2007 (Clegg)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2015 (Farron)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2017 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2017 (Cable)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2019 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2019 (Swinson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2020 (Davey)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Deputy leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2003 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2003 (Campbell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2006 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2006 (Cable)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2010 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2010 (Hughes)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2014 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2014 (Bruce)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2017 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2017 (Swinson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2019 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2019 (Davey)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A"><div id="Frontbench_team" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_frontbench_team" title="Liberal Democrat frontbench team">Frontbench team</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Leader of the Liberal Democrats">Leader of the Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats">Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Treasury_spokesperson" title="Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson">Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Home_Affairs_spokesperson" title="Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson">Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A"><div id="Structure" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Structure</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">MPs and Frontbench</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_Liberal_Democrat_MPs_(2024%E2%80%93present)" title="List of United Kingdom Liberal Democrat MPs (2024–present)">Current members of Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_frontbench_team" title="Liberal Democrat frontbench team">Frontbench team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats">Chief whip</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Frontbench in opposition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Paddy_Ashdown" title="Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown">Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown</a> (1997–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Charles_Kennedy" title="Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy">Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy</a> (1999–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Menzies_Campbell" title="Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell">Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell</a> (2006–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Frontbench_Team_of_Vince_Cable" title="First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable">First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Nick_Clegg" title="Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg">Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg</a> (2007–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Tim_Farron" title="Frontbench Team of Tim Farron">Frontbench Team of Tim Farron</a> (2015–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Frontbench_Team_of_Vince_Cable" title="Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable">Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable</a> (2017–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Jo_Swinson" title="Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson">Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Ed_Davey" title="Frontbench Team of Ed Davey">Frontbench Team of Ed Davey</a> (2020-present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">State parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_Liberal_Democrats" title="English Liberal Democrats">English Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Regional parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Liberal_Democrats" title="London Liberal Democrats">London Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Liberal_Democrats" title="Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats">Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Conference</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Conference" title="Liberal Democrat Conference">Liberal Democrat Conference</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Committees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Board_(Liberal_Democrats)" title="Federal Board (Liberal Democrats)">Federal Board</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Specified_Associated_Organisation" title="Specified Associated Organisation">SAOs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Liberal_Democrats" title="LGBT+ Liberal Democrats">LGBT+ Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Liberals_(UK)" title="Young Liberals (UK)">Young Liberals</a> (<a href="/wiki/English_Young_Liberals" title="English Young Liberals">English Young Liberals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Young_Liberals" title="Scottish Young Liberals">Scottish Young Liberals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Young_Liberals" title="Welsh Young Liberals">Welsh Young Liberals/Rhyddfrydwr Ifanc Cymru</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A"><div id="Related_organisations" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Related organisations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beveridge_Group" title="Beveridge Group">Beveridge Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Christian_Forum" title="Liberal Democrat Christian Forum">Christian Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Friends_of_Israel" title="Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel">Friends of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Friends_of_Turkey" title="Liberal Democrat Friends of Turkey">Friends of Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_History_Group" title="Liberal Democrat History Group">History Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Reform" title="Liberal Reform">Liberal Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Liberal_Forum" title="Social Liberal Forum">Social Liberal Forum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Glee_Club_(UK_politics)" title="Glee Club (UK politics)">Glee Club (UK politics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Land_(song)" title="The Land (song)">The Land (song)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberator_(magazine)" title="Liberator (magazine)">Liberator (magazine)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Club" title="National Liberal Club">National Liberal Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peelite" title="Peelite">Peelites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Party" title="Scottish Liberal Party">Scottish Liberal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon">Coalition Coupon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1918)" title="Independent Liberal Party (UK, 1918)">Independent Liberal Party (Asquith)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1922)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)">National Liberal Party (Lloyd George)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberals_(UK,_1931)" title="Independent Liberals (UK, 1931)">Independent Liberals (Lloyd George)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal Party ("Simonites")</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lib%E2%80%93Lab_pact" title="Lib–Lab pact">Lib–Lab pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campaigning_in_the_2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum#Liberal_Leave" title="Campaigning in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">Liberal Leave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_more_heave" title="One more heave">One more heave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK)">Social Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SDP%E2%80%93Liberal_Alliance" title="SDP–Liberal 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FAA61A; color:black;;width:1%">Yorkshire and the Humber</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gordon_(British_politician)" title="Tom Gordon (British politician)">Tom Gordon</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FAA61A; color:black;;width:1%">West Midlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Morgan_(politician)" title="Helen Morgan (politician)">Helen Morgan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manuela_Perteghella" title="Manuela Perteghella">Manuela Perteghella</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FAA61A; color:black;;width:1%">East 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Babarinde" title="Josh Babarinde">Josh Babarinde</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alison_Bennett" title="Alison Bennett">Alison Bennett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Brewer_(politician)" title="Alex Brewer (politician)">Alex Brewer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jess_Brown-Fuller" title="Jess Brown-Fuller">Jess Brown-Fuller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Chambers" title="Danny Chambers">Danny Chambers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Coghlan_(politician)" title="Chris Coghlan (politician)">Chris Coghlan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Dillon" title="Lee Dillon">Lee Dillon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Will_Forster" title="Will 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