One in five MPs are landlords, register reveals

One in five MPs are landlords, it is has been revealed following the release of MPs’ financial interests for the first time since this year’s General Election. MPs are required to give information on buy-to-let properties if they are worth more than £100,000 and/or generate an income of more than £10,000 a year. High profile MPs with rental properties include Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake (pictured, left), MP for Thirsk and Malton, who owns a third share in six residential properties in York as well as former housing ministers Brandon Lewis and Mark Prisk (pictured, right). Other notable MPs who are landlords include Hilary Benn, speaker John Bercow, Dr Liam Fox, Zac Goldsmith, Chancellor Phillip Hammond, Jeremy Hunt, Oliver Letwin, John Redwood, Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry and Keith Vaz. These are just some of the 123 MPs who have registered buy-to-let interests. Properties include houses, flats, farm and holiday cottages, says Channel 4’s FactCheck. Labour MP Laura Pidcock (pictured, left), who recently revealed she couldn’t afford to bet on the property ladder despite her £76,000 MPs salary, told Channel 4 that she thought “anyone who is a landlord should not be able to vote on legislation affecting landlords, it is a complete…

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