Almost 34,000 members voted in the leadership election, with Mr F arron securing 19,137 votes and Mr Lamb 14,760.
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When the Care Bill was being debated in the House of Lords in 2013, Lamb made the case for strengthening the role of advisers in long-term care provision.
The proposed European Union referendum will, however offer the Liberal Democrats – the most Europhile party in British politics – a platform and an opportunity, given that the Conservatives and Labour will have to cope with far more internal divisions on the issue.
The new leader exclusively revealed to IBTimes United Kingdom that he had dropped his support for a 50% tax rate, a stance he had come into conflict with Clegg over. “I know Tim will do us proud”, he tweeted.
“I am liberal to my fingertips and I’m not seeing this party die on my watch”, he said during campaigning.
“Westmorland will always be my home and will remain my top priority”.
Dismissing Mr Osborne’s promise of a new minimum age, Mr Farron scoffed: “Just because you call something a living wage, doesn’t mean it is one”.
“We all together have to be absolutely united behind his leadership”, he added.
In a campaign the party named #LibDemFightBack, alluding to the devastating General Election defeat, the party announced the victor on Twitter.
The tuition fee U-turn led to a sense of betrayal among former Lib Dem voters, particularly students.
Liberal Democrat Clive Jones has welcomed the election of new leader Tim Farron MP to succeed Nick Clegg. ‘I think he will bring the liberal, the left-leaning side back to the party – they’ve gone too right wing in the past couple of years, ‘ he said.
The Lancastrian will deliver his first speech as leader to party supporters later this evening (16 July) at a London venue. We need a massive housing programme of council, social rent, and other affordable housing, and help for the mentally ill.
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“This leadership election has energised and united our party”, he said. Mr Farron thinks the United Kingdom should not spend up to £100bn on what he has described as “a Cold War relic”.
