Liberal Vision

Is Tim Farron the LibDems’ best campaigner?

Tim Farron may not be a household name yet, but keep a close eye on the 39 year old MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale. Having ended nearly a century of Tory dominance at the last General Election with a majority of less than 500,  you’d expect his seat to be categorised as ”ultra-marginal”. And no doubt Tim Farron is wisely treating it as such.

But some of the psephological info emerging from the Lake District is so amazing that computer programs would probably reject it as being too ridiculous. On Tim’s watch, the local election results in the area have been little short of sensational, including some wards where you may as well weigh the Liberal vote as count it. This was capped off with the news that,  in the Euro elections, South Lakeland produced the highest LibDem vote share anywhere in the United Kingdom.

If Tim Farron converts Westmorland into being a rock-solid seat at the General Election, watch his national profile soar in the next Parliament.