Commenting on last night's by-election result in Shap which saw the Liberal Democrats gain the seat from the Conservatives, Tim Farron said:

"I want to say a massive well done to the Liberal Democrat team in Shap and Neil McCall who will be a fantastic local councillor.

"The result shows that people in Cumbria have had enough of the Conservatives neglecting our area, cutting our NHS, schools and police.

Last night, local Lib Dem members in Westmorland and Lonsdale re-adopted Tim Farron as their candidate for next month's General Election.

Tim was proposed by well-known former Queen Katherine School teacher Sylvia Emmott and seconded by green activist and former local councillor Edward Acland.

Tim has been the Member of Parliament for Westmorland and Lonsdale since 2005, when he ended 95 years of Tory rule.

Tim Farron is calling for a meeting to 'knock heads together' to get Gooseholme Bridge in Kendal replaced.

The bridge was damaged by Storm Desmond back in 2015. Cumbria County Council contractors are ready to start work to replace the bridge, but the council say this could be delayed by a year because of objections put forward Friends of the Lake District and the Open Spaces Society.