Reform MP Sarah Pochin buys £800,000 second home after raising concerns about issue

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Reform MP Sarah Pochin completed the purchase of an £800,000 Grade II listed house on the southern coast of Anglesey two days after submitting a written question on 15 June to housing minister Matthew Pennycook about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Pennycook answered that "excessive concentrations of short-term lets and second homes impact on the availability and affordability of homes for local residents to buy and rent, as well as local services." Land Registry records show Pochin bought the property jointly with her husband, Jonathan; the couple retain another home in Cheshire and have submitted plans to Anglesey county council for changes to the property. Anglesey has seen the largest increase in holiday home users among local authorities from 2011 to 2021, and as of March 2026 Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn recorded 2,635 furnished homes that are not an individual’s sole or main residence. The local authority introduced a council tax premium on second homes in 2016 and has raised it incrementally to a current 100 percent premium to address housing affordability. Local deputy council leader Robin Wyn Williams warned that high concentrations of second homes reduce school rolls, strain services, and can erode community identity.

Otto English

@ottoenglish.bsky.social

Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

4092h ago

John21

Wait. Reform are full of sh*t? This changes everything. Cheers.

Nik Love-Gittins15

Where do these cunts get their money ? Why do normal decent people struggle while thick, horrible people like her get to buy an extra house for nearly a million quid ?

Dr Dawson10

Presumably she is mainly concerned that they are very expensive (for her)

Kit7

'No, I didn't mean ME.'

Ceri P 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇳🇵5

Surely exactly what you would expect from her?

Lorraine Driver4

Oooh It’s all do as I say not as I do isn’t it I think homes are to live in , I’d tax 2nd homes, buy to let and air b@b to the hilt

Quoting this

Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉6

Legitimate concerns don’t apply to Reform they voice them regularly and then do exactly what they want in order to benefit themselves..

Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE

@stayeuropean.bsky.social

"A Reform UK MP bought an £800,000 second home on a picturesque Welsh island two days after raising concerns in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities."

103h ago

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Barbara Nadel10

Oh rules don't apply to THEM. No. They're better than us and so they 'deserve' things like second homes. Typical Reform bullshit.

Frenchie McFrenchface3

Do as I say not as I do..

Boothby Graffoe

@boothbygraffoe.bsky.social

Reform MPs are fully self-contained comedy. Set up, punchline, daft expression, & no basketball. They provide everything you need to be able to laugh out loud at the blatant hypocrisy. Just don't vote for one after midnight. Or before. Or at all. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

122h ago

Andrew Whiteley

@andrewwhiteley.bsky.social

Leaving aside the question of how an MP on @£90K can afford a house costing £800K, the hypocrisy is off the scale. This is typical Reform - do as I say, not as I do. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

93h ago

fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU

@fife4europe.bsky.social

Reform MP Sarah Pochin raising concerns in Parliament about second homes ruining rural communities, only to buy an £800,000 property in Anglesey 48 hours later, reveals staggering hypocrisy. Posing as populists while snapping up property is shameless. #FBPE

74h ago

Andrew Harrison

@nndroid.bsky.social

Thick as wallpaper paste and a hypocrite to boot. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

143h ago

Jo Kibble (Political Animal)

@politicanimal.bsky.social

Ok, so *now* we get to understand why the MP for Runcorn was so obsessed with not being platformed by a student society at Bangor Uni. It’s the most convenient for her. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

72h ago

UK Politics News // Papernaut

@ukpolitics.papernaut.co

THE GUARDIAN: Reform MP Sarah Pochin questioned second homes’ impact on rural housing, then bought an £800,000 Anglesey property two days later. The island has 2,635 non-primary residences and a housing crisis. - by Nadeem Badshah

54h ago

Nick Langley

@nicklangley.bsky.social

'Pennycook replied: “Excessive concentrations of short-term lets and second homes impact on the availability and affordability of homes for local residents to buy and rent, as well as local services.”' She bought it anyway. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

43h ago

Ian Moody

@ianmoody.bsky.social

Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

23h ago

KimBo

@zapperfan7.bsky.social

Reform MP Sarah Pochin stood up in Parliament and fretted about the damage second homes do to rural communities. Forty-eight hours later she bought an £800,000 second home in Wales.

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Jack London

@jacklondonbluesky.bsky.social

These people really think their potential supporters are very, very stupid www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

14h ago

Grumpy Brummie 🔶💻🏉🎵🍺🕵️‍♂️

@grumpybrummie.bsky.social

Well there's one thing that Reform Ltd are far better at than the Tories, that's double standards!

21h ago

Alyx

@mrrambler.bsky.social

Hey Sarah Pochin. Two tier policing you say? You daft harpy

23h ago

David Louis Price

@daimonddai.bsky.social

Whatever the wisdom of the Green Party's stand against Zionism, the brass neck of Sarah Pochin accusing them of racism is staggering. You'd think she'd learn to zip it after that monumental gaffe about the French in WW2, but no, she just keeps on shooting straight from the lip. Incredible 🤯

14h ago

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Reform MP Sarah Pochin buys £800,000 second home after raising concerns about issue

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