WMG 290410 Photo by Glen Gater. All four candidates for the Westmorland & Lonsdale Constituency as Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat), Gareth McKeever (Conservative), John Mander (UKIP) and Jonathan Todd (Labour) go head to head at the Riverside Hotel in Kend
WESTMORLAND and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has been re-elected chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming. He said he would continue “fighting the corner” of upland farmers and their families who struggled to survive on an average income of £14,500.
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