About Tim Farron MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale since 2005 Tim and Rosie Farron and (some) of the family Tim first joined the Liberal Party aged 16 while he was still at School. After he gained a place at Newcastle University to read politics in 1988, Tim went on to become the first Liberal Democrat President of Newcastle University Union in 1991-92. In 1990 he also served as the sole Liberal Democrat on the National Union of Students National Executive. During this time Tim gained a national profile for standing up against extremism and intolerance in the, hard-left and Labour dominated, NUS