THE amount of money donated to south Cumbrian MPs Tim Farron and Michelle Scrogham before and after the election has been revealed. 

Labour's Michelle Scrogham now represents the constituency of Barrow and Furness after beating the Conservative incumbent Simon Fell in this year's election on July 4. 

Tim Farron, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, has represented Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency since 2005, with its largest town being Kendal.

All MPs have to sign a publicly-accessible register of financial interests which lays bare how much money they are making from another job or from donations, or the value of advice from lobbying groups and think tanks.

Former MP Fiona Mactaggart donated £51,000 to fund an organiser for 12 months for Mrs Scrogham.

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In response to this, the Barrow MP said: "The £51,000 was a generous donation that was aimed at returning a higher number of women for Parliament and funded a full-time organiser." 

Mrs Scrogham also received a £2,000 donation from the GMB union. Before the election, she received £10,000 from the think tank Labour Together. Its former director Morgan McSweeney was the campaign director for Sir Keir Starmer's bid to lead the Labour party and the 2024 Election. 

Mrs Scrogham added: "Other donations helped to pay for leaflets and their distribution, along with social media adverts telling voters more about me and the Labour Party." 

Mr Farron's register of interests revealed he received policy advice as a donation from Faith in Public and the Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP), valued at £30,744 (between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025) and £18,720 (1 April and 31 December 2024) respectively. 

Faith in Public was set up by Mr Farron 'to encourage the creation of space and understanding for plural voices in the public square.' 

Mr Farron, who has often discussed his Christian beliefs and how it shapes his politics, writes on the website: "Faith in Public aims to foster the understanding that people of faith are motivated by their beliefs to take part in practical social action, that this action legitimately flows from the faith that they hold, and that it can be a positive agent for change in critical areas of public policy." 

RAMP works with parliamentarians with the aim of informing debate on migration, asylum and integration issues. 

Mr Farron said: "These donations pay for policy advisors to support me in my work on housing, homelessness, poverty, migration, refugees and faith in politics.”