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This is a list of Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom who are landlords of commercial, residential, agricultural or other property.
MPs who generate more than £10,000 per year income from rental property are required to declare this in the Register of Members' Financial Interests to ensure disclosure of interests that may influence their activities as an elected representative. [2] [3] This list includes all those sitting MPs who have declared rental income in this way as of September 2024 [update] , though Sky News suggests there may be many more landlord MPs whose rental income does not reach the level required to declare it. [2]
As of August 2024, 85 sitting MPs declared themselves as passing the threshold of £10,000 annual income from rental property. This is 13 per cent of parliamentarians in total, compared to 4% of the UK population who declare an income from rental property. [4] [5]
Referencing these statistics, Tom Darling of the Renters' Reform Coalition told the Financial Times "We must not have a repeat of the situation that occurred with previous rental reform efforts, where there was a suggestion that parliamentarians’ private interests were contributing to slow-walking and watering down vital renting legislation." [5] Similarly, campaign group 38 Degrees has said that "The perspectives of those who profit from renting may be more prominent in parliament than those of the tenants who remain at the mercy of this broken system [of renting in the UK]". [4]
However, in an article in Jacobin , housing lawyer Nick Bano wrote "it's too simplistic just to argue that some MPs are landlords, and that Parliament is going to look after its own. After all [...] housing makes up a massive part of the UK's economy, and the government would have an interest in protecting that market regardless of any landlords in its ranks." [6]
| Party | Number of landlord MPs | Party's total MPs [7] | % of MPs who are landlords [Note 1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 45 | 404 | 11% | |
| Conservative | 26 | 121 | 21% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 72 | 11% | |
| Independent | 2 | 14 | 14% | |
| Green | 1 | 4 | 25% | |
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | 4 | 25% | |
| Reform UK | 1 | 5 | 20% | |
| Scottish National | 1 | 9 | 11% | |
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