Original sentence: Farron was born in Preston, Lancashire and was educated at Lostock Hall High School and Runshaw College, Leyland, before going on to Newcastle University where he gained a BA in Politics in 1992.He was  president of Newcastle University Union Society, the first Lib Dem to hold the position, in 1991, having joined the Liberal Party at the age of the age of 16 and then the Liberal Democrats after the merger with the SDP.In 1990, he was elected to the National Union of Students' National Executive
Edited sentence: Farron was born in Preston, Lancashire, and was educated at Lostock Hall High School and Runshaw College, Leyland, before going on to Newcastle University where he gained a BA in Politics in 1992.He was elected president of the Newcastle University Union Society, the first Lib Dem to hold the position, in 1991.Tim was a member of the Liberal Party (UK) since the age of 16, later joining the Liberal Democrats after the merger with the SDP 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