Original sentence: He was elected president of the Newcastle University Union Society, the first Lib Dem to hold the position, in 1991.In 1990 he was elected to the National Union of Students' National Executive
Edited sentence: He was elected president of the Newcastle University Union Society, the first ever Lib Dem to hold the position, in 1991.Tim has been a member of the Liberal Democrats since the age of 16 and gained a national profile in 1990 as sole Liberal Democrat on the National Union of Students' National Executive, one of the few members not on the far left