Nigel Farage has accumulated a property portfolio valued at approximately £4 million, comprising five residences in Kent, Essex, and Surrey acquired since 2017. However, only two of these properties have been declared to Parliament, according to Land Registry documents.
Four of the five properties were purchased outright in cash, with three of these acquisitions occurring in the year following the UK's official departure from the European Union. Farage's primary residence is a five-bedroom home in Surrey, bought for £1.42 million in May 2024. He also maintains a constituency home in Clacton, Essex, purchased by his wife, Laure Ferrari, for £885,000 in November 2024, where he reportedly spends half his week.
Another property in Kent, which Farage retained after his divorce from his second wife, Kirsten, is now occupied by his daughter, Isabelle. The Reform leader also owns two beachfront properties in Kent, along with an adjacent parcel of land. These two Kent seafront properties are held through his company, Thorn in the Side Ltd.
Farage has listed only two properties on his register of interests: one in Tandridge, believed to be his Surrey home, and another in Folkestone and Hythe, one of the Kent beachfront properties. Parliamentary rules exempt MPs from declaring homes legally owned by their spouses, which applies to the Essex property. Farage stated that the beachfront property was not declared as it is owned by his company, which is noted in a separate section of the register.
While MPs are exempt from declaring homes occupied by family and friends, provided no rent exceeding £10,000 annually is received, it remains unclear if any rent is being paid for the Kent property occupied by his daughter. Farage asserted that he has acted with "an abundance of caution" regarding his asset declarations, and a spokesperson stated that "everything had been checked by the registrar."
However, former chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt commented that rules for declaring interests are clear, and one must avoid actions that could be perceived as improper. Nicholas Allen, an expert on the MPs' Code of Conduct, noted that MPs are expected to err on the side of caution when registering interests, and failure to do so can lead to investigations.
Farage has become the second-highest earning MP after Rishi Sunak, having accrued nearly £2 million in outside earnings since his election as MP for Clacton in 2024. A Reform UK spokesperson reiterated that all declarations were proper and verified by the parliamentary registrar.