Tim Farron
Liberal Democrat Westmorland and Lonsdale
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
See Tim Farron’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →
Every Commons division on file for Tim Farron — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,489 of 2,376 (63%). Recorded in both lobbies (a deliberate abstention) 1 time.
Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.
Government & opposition roles
Tim Farron currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Tim Farron →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Name of donor: Faith in Public Ltd
Address of donor: C/O Sedulo Office 605, Albert House, 256 - 260 Old Street, London EC1V 9DD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a public relations company, value £15,264
Date received: 1 March 2025 to 28 February 2026
Date accepted: 1 March 2025
Donor status: company, registration 11134849
(Registered 5 March 2025; updated 14 October 2025)
Name of donor: Faith in Public Ltd
Address of donor: C/o Sedulo Office 605, Albert House, 256 - 260 Old Street, London EC1V 9DD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of two policy advisers for a total of 30 hours a week between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026, value £29,982.51
Date received: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026
Date accepted: 1 April 2025
Donor status: company, registration 11134849
(Registered 2 April 2025; updated 15 July 2025, 14 October 2025 and 24 March 2026)
Name of donor: Refugee, Asylum & Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a policy adviser for one day per week from 1st April 2025 until 31st December 2025, value £9,750
Date received: 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 1 April 2025
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 2 April 2025)
Name of donor: Faith in Public Ltd
Address of donor: C/O Sedulo Office 605, Albert House, 256 - 260 Old Street, London EC1V 9DD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,982.03
Date received: 29 September 2025 to 28 February 2026
Date accepted: 29 September 2025
Donor status: company, registration 11134849
(Registered 24 March 2026)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 June 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Faith in Public Ltd
Address of donor: 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,264 the services of a public relations company
Date received: 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2027
Date accepted: 1 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 11134849
(Registered 20 May 2026)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 June 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Refugee, Asylum & Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a policy adviser for one day per week from 1 February 2026 - 30 April 2026, value £3,250
Date received: 1 February 2026 to 30 April 2026
Date accepted: 1 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 20 May 2026)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 June 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Faith in Public Ltd
Address of donor: C/O Sedulo Office 605, Albert House, 256 - 260 Old Street, London EC1V 9DD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £30,141.62 the services of two policy advisers for a total of 30 hours a week
Date received: 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
Date accepted: 1 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 11134849
(Registered 20 May 2026; updated 19 August 2026)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 June 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Refugee, Asylum & Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a policy adviser for 52 days per year, value £13,400
Date received: 1 May 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 1 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 20 May 2026)
Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: honorary life membership as Leader of the Liberal Democrats (£735 pa in 2015, plus £367.50 entrance fee), value £1,102.50
Date received: 1 August 2015
Date accepted: 1 August 2015
Donor status: friendly society
(Registered 10 August 2015)
Name of donor: ELNET UK / Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel
Address of donor: ELNET UK, 4th Floor, 6 Princes Street, London W1B2LG
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation (£915), flights (£936), food (£446), value £2,297
Destination of visit: Israel
Dates of visit: 15 February 2026 to 19 February 2026
Purpose of visit: Fact-finding visit to Israel and Ramallah. Meeting with Israeli and Palestinian co-existence campaigners, politicians, academics and diplomats.
(Registered 20 May 2026)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 June 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Advisory Board Member of BOMAD Investments Ltd (trading as HomeNow), an affordable housing scheme. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 20 January 2021
(Registered 21 January 2021)
Trustee of the Parliamentary Christian Trust. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 7 January 2019
(Registered 9 June 2025)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Tim Farron yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Tim Farron has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£320,404.55 paid out to or for Tim Farron across 100 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Tim Farron’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
Tim Farron has tabled 17 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 409 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Tim Farron personally tabled — not motions Tim Farron may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Tim Farron is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) — about £23,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration).
Showing the top 5 of 13 funders.
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Tim Farron personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Tim Farron is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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