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

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Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin completed the purchase of a Grade II listed property on the southern coast of Anglesey for £800,000 two days after she submitted a written question on 15 June to housing minister Matthew Pennycook about the impact of second‑home ownership on coastal and rural communities. Pennycook replied 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 the purchase was made jointly with Pochin’s husband, Jonathan, and the couple retain another home in Cheshire. Pochin and her husband have submitted plans to Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn for changes to the Anglesey property. Anglesey recorded 2,635 furnished homes that were not an individual’s sole or main residence as of March 2026, and the local authority now applies a 100% council tax premium on second homes. Robin Wyn Williams, deputy leader of Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn, warned that concentrations of second homes can reduce school rolls and local services and weaken community identity. Pochin became Reform UK’s first female MP after winning the Runcorn and Helsby by‑election in May 2025 and previously served as a Conservative mayor and Cheshire East councillor before joining Reform.

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...

13183d ago

Sarah Murphy153

I mean… How stupid and hypocritical are these people? Is it even possible to measure? Pochin seems to manage to plumb Mariana Trench type depths…

John41

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

Nik Love-Gittins35

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 Dawson21

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

Gerri McGerriface21

She probably wouldn’t even recognise the hypocrisy, so thick and self serving is she.

Nualaatpeace17

Pochin with two houses we know of. Farage with so many he doesn't know who paid for them? It pays to be in Reform. The private company for grifters.

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Forza Bahab103

And again, the shock is that you're not shocked...

Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉21

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

Russell England 6

Quelle surprise... And her Glorious Leader, Nigel Farage, has at least 5 homes in the UK

Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him)2

Our "representatives" are the very worst of us.

Macca2

As with most "issues" reform complain about, it all boils down to "Rules for thee but not for me"

paulusthewoodgnome

@paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social

On-brand. 'Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin completed the purchase of an £800,000 Grade-II listed property on the southern coast of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) two days after raising concerns in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities.' www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

323d 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...

213d ago

Denise3

I believe her husband is a member family that owned the Pochin Construction Family. Pochin went into administration in 2019 reportedly due to …….. BREXIT😂😂😂😂

David Hardstaff2

Anglesey is a good place for her, although having a bridge is a bit of a downside ... maybe we can find a smaller, more out of the way island to dump her on.

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Grumpy4

Or you can live this dream bsky.app/profile/andr...

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...

193d ago

Chris

@oakymoron.bsky.social

Pochin is either very dim or acts as one rule for her and different ones for the rest of us Again another Reform hypocrite www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

173d ago

Brendan Murphy 🇪🇺 ♥️2

It's not 'either or . . .'. Pochin is both very dim and an enormous hypocrite

Ed Cruwys1

Maybe time for the Welsh Nationalists to re-kindle their old interests

Bristol in Spring1

She's just a grifter, she says what she thinks her base want to hear, but has no belief in anything.

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

113d 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...

163d ago

Andrew Harrison

@nndroid.bsky.social

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

153d 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

53d 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...

53d ago

The Delicious Legacy Podcast

@deliciouslegacy.bsky.social

Crooks! They are all crooks and liars and scammers! All of them And people vote for them for some reason! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

63d ago

Ian Moody

@ianmoody.bsky.social

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

23d 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.