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Foremost among these was the party's backing for raising the cap on university tuition fees to £9,000, a u-turn which broke a pre-election pledge not to do so. Unlike Mr Farron, Mr Lamb supported the move in the key Commons vote in December 2010.

Despite these apparent disadvantages, Mr Lamb, who has been portrayed as the "centrist" candidate in the race, has said there is little to separate him from his rival on policy, citing his support for legalising assisted dying as their one major area of disagreement.

But that is not to say the two contenders are identikit politicians, far from it.

They were born a generation apart and while Mr Farron has spoken openly about how his Christian faith influences his political values, Mr Lamb has said he is agnostic and does not draw his liberalism from any personal faith.

This distinction, it appears, was at the heart of the one acrimonious moment of an otherwise good-natured campaign, when Mr Lamb was forced to dismiss two aides who had, unbeknownst to him, privately polled party members about Mr Farron's beliefs.

Norfolk born lawyer, William Armstrong was Coroner in Norfolk for eighteen years, has always had a passionate interest in protecting and advancing the rights of those living with any form of mental disorder or disability. He practised as a Solicitor for over thirty years when one of his principal specialisms was the law relating to mental disorder and mental disability. He was a Mental Health Tribunal Judge for thirty years and also sat as a Legal Assessor to the General Medical Council (Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.) Mr Armstrong has taken a leading role in public affairs and organisations in Norfolk for many years. He was Sheriff of Norwich in 2014/2015 and founder Chair of Healthwatch Norfolk of which he is now the Honorary President. He is a Lay Canon and member of the Chapter of Norwich Cathedral. Awarded the OBE in 2014 he has an honorary doctorate from the University of East Anglia. William Armstrong is Chair of the group which has produced the Carers’ Charter for Norfolk.

Fiona Gullon-Scott has been researching and working clinically with Asperger syndrome and autism for over 25 years, initially undertaking a PhD with Prof Simon Baron-Cohen, then later working at the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge for over a decade. She r

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