Portrait of Nigel Farage

Former Member of Parliament

Nigel Farage

Reform UK MP for Clacton

At a glanceNigel Farage was a Reform UK MP for Clacton. They have cast 173 votes in Commons divisions (30% attendance), tabled 20 written questions and registered 20 financial interests.

Votes cast173
Attendance30%
Voted Aye84
Voted No89
Voted with party100%
Rebellions0

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Nigel Farage did not vote in 395. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.

Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Voting recordlatest 15 shown
Register of financial interests20 entries

From the official Register; shown as registered.

Employment and earnings1
  • Speaking engagement - The Club for Growth (registered 19 Feb 2026)
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments13
  • Payment received on 29 May 2026 - £270,000.00 (registered 18 Jun 2026)
  • Payment received on 15 June 2026 - £18,402.00 (registered 18 Jun 2026)
  • Payment received on 20 May 2026 - £14,052.64 (registered 21 May 2026)
  • Payment received on 31 March 2026 - £40,662.00 (registered 15 Apr 2026)
  • Payment received on 19 March 2026 - £16,400.00 (registered 15 Apr 2026)
  • Payment received on 11 March 2026 - £67.70 (registered 16 Mar 2026)
  • Payment received on 04 March 2026 - £456.69 (registered 16 Mar 2026)
  • Payment received on 20 February 2026 - £42,548.76 (registered 16 Mar 2026)
  • Payment expected for services on 07 March 2026 - £27,856.88 (registered 19 Feb 2026)
  • Payment received on 13 February 2026 - £432.18 (registered 18 Feb 2026)
  • Payment received on 04 February 2026 - £893.69 (registered 18 Feb 2026)
  • Payment received on 07 January 2026 - £794.78 (registered 26 Jan 2026)
  • Payment received on 21 January 2026 - £504.14 (registered 26 Jan 2026)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
  • Avi Lasarow - £1,749.00 (registered 20 Apr 2026)
Visits outside the UK3
  • International visit to United States between 06 March 2026 and 08 March 2026 (registered 12 Mar 2026)
  • International visit to Maldives between 19 February 2026 and 22 February 2026 (registered 9 Mar 2026)
  • International visit to Switzerland between 21 January 2026 and 22 January 2026 (registered 23 Jan 2026)
Miscellaneous2
  • Shares in Stack BTC PLC that are wholly owned by Thorn in the Side Ltd. (registered 20 Apr 2026)
  • Shares in Stack BTC PLC that are wholly owned by Thorn in the Side Ltd. (registered 20 Apr 2026)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions20 tabled
Local Government: Elections 10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with (a) local authority officers and (b) local authority elected representatives on the cancellation of the local elections in Essex, and if she wil

Answer · 13 Feb 2025

The Secretary of State has not had discussions with these local authorities on the cancellation of the local elections. Discussions on the applications to the Devolution Priority Programme have been had with all upper tier and unitary councils in the prep...

Muslim Brotherhood 13 Jan 2025 · Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to prescribe Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation.

Answer · 16 Jan 2025

I refer the Hon. member to the answer provided to question UIN 23462.

Muslim Brotherhood: Sanctions 13 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure sanctions are taken against companies which have been sanctioned by other nations for links with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Answer · 30 Jan 2025

We keep all evidence and potential designations under close review. We will consider targets, guided by the objectives of the relevant sanctions regime and the evidence. It would not be appropriate to speculate about potential future sanctions designation...

Visas: Overseas Visitors 3 Dec 2024 · Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries have had visitor visas reinstated since 5 July 2024.

Answer · 11 Dec 2024

Since 5 July 2024, the UK has reintroduced visitor visa requirements for nationals of Jordan on 10 September 2024 and for nationals of Colombia on 26 November 2024.

Protection 22 Oct 2024 · Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on police protection provided to people other than Ministers and members of the Royal Family.

Answer · 30 Oct 2024

The government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on protective security arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ securit...

Prisoners: Foreign Nationals 22 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders are incarcerated in the United Kingdom as of 22 October 2024.

Answer · 30 Oct 2024

As of 30 June 2024, there were 10,435 foreign nationals in HMPPS custody. The number of foreign national offenders (FNOs) in prison in England and Wales is published quarterly in table 1_Q_11 of Offender Management Statistics, with the latest data (30 Jun...

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel 22 Oct 2024 · Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of illegal migrants crossing the English Channel who are not intercepted by Border Force.

Answer · 30 Oct 2024

On a daily basis, the Home Office publishes data on the number of small boats crossing the Channel that have been involved in uncontrolled landings. The latest such publication, and a time series dating back to 2018, can be found at: Small boat activity i...

Flood Control: Clacton 14 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve flood defences in (a) Jaywick, (b) St Osyth, (c) Point Clear and (d) other high-risk areas in Clacton constituency.

Answer · 17 Oct 2024

Protecting communities around the country from flooding is one of the new Secretary of State’s five core priorities. That’s why this Government launched a Flood Resilience Taskforce to provide oversight of national and local flood resilience and preparedn...

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Speeches in the chamber69 on record

3 Jun 2026   Engagements

Following the horrendous circumstances of Henry Nowak’s death, I urge the Prime Minister to consider this: it is now clear to growing millions in this country that we are living under two-tier policing. The instructions that are given to p…

1 Jun 2026   Child Sexual Offender Data

While this debate is very welcome, it is on the broad range of sexual offences against children and the gathering of data about the perpetrators. I suggest, and certainly my constituents in Clacton suggest, that there is something uniquely…

25 Mar 2026   Engagements

“Smash the gangs”—that is what the Prime Minister promised us. “Trust me, I will stop the boats from coming.” But 70,000 people later, with 1,000 in the last week and too many young men who pose a threat to national security, is it not tim…

18 Mar 2026   Engagements

Q8.   Over the course of the last year, our North sea neighbours, Norway, have opened 49 drill sites for gas and oil. On our side of the North sea, the number is zero. Given that our critical reserve of natural gas is down to two days and…

2 Mar 2026   Power to Cancel Local Elections

No taxation without representation is quite a powerful political adage, and it has worked well over the years. What people were facing in many parts of the country was paying their council tax, but not being able to have a say and, in cert…

25 Feb 2026   Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean Territory

Stop the boats!

25 Feb 2026   Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean Territory

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Well, the situation in America has changed, as you know. The British Government went around America and said a whole load of things, such as that it was legally necessary to give away the Chagos Islands, which of co…

25 Feb 2026   Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean Territory

(Urgent Question): To ask His Majesty’s Government to give us an update on the situation with regard to the Diego Garcia American military base and the British Indian Ocean Territory, especially in light of the recent comments of the Ameri…

25 Feb 2026   Engagements

At the age of 14, Michel Mandarin was forcibly removed from his home, the coral atoll of Île du Coin, dumped on the quayside in Mauritius, and forced to live on food scraps out of bins. He has resettled on those islands, yet he now faces a…

4 Dec 2025   Local Elections

rose—

4 Dec 2025   Local Elections

I could scarcely believe it last year when the county council elections in Essex and elsewhere were postponed for a year. Clearly there is no reason at all why they cannot go ahead in 2026—although, I know that the local Conservative admin…

12 Nov 2025   Engagements

The Prime Minister—[Interruption.] No, I have only got 30 seconds. The Prime Minister has stated very clearly that he wants to close the migrant hotels by the end of this Parliament. Reform-led West Northamptonshire Council—a brilliantly l…

29 Oct 2025   European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)

I ask the Liberal Democrats and others in this place: what is wrong with you? Do you not believe that this country is good enough to make its own laws? Do you not believe in the country that since Magna Carta has developed the principle of…

29 Oct 2025   European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was talking about fear and anger growing in the country—and I sense there is also a bit of that growing in this Chamber. When it comes to controlling our borders and to who should be able legally to li…

29 Oct 2025   European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)

It is marvellous to see the intellectual levels of debate in this place—it really is. Is it any wonder—[Interruption.] Is it any wonder that out in the country there is growing frustration—[Interruption.]

29 Oct 2025   European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sure you will allow me the opportunity to continue to try to say something despite such constant interventions. The British people voted clearly, by a massive margin, to bring back the sovereignty—[…

29 Oct 2025   European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)

I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, and to make further provision in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingd…

20 Oct 2025   Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

When the Americans realise that, actually, Mauritius is not a trustworthy nation—it is bankrupt; it needs the money; it will not honour this treaty—we will be in a very different place. I do ask the question about the role of our National …

20 Oct 2025   Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

I can assure you that America is not backing this deal. What it is saying is, “What we have is what we hold.” That is the American attitude at the moment, but as I said, when it wakes up to the satellite observation deal done with India al…

20 Oct 2025   Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

I certainly will, and I will come to that in short order. The opportunity for marine tourism is massive; it is worth billions of pounds a year, and it would provide a lot of jobs for Chagossians. On top of that—perhaps more controversia…

Source: contributions on parliament.uk.

Full parliamentary career9 past posts

Previous seats

  • Clacton · Elected 1 time 4 Jul 2024 – 8 Jul 2026

Elections contested

  • South Thanet 7 May 2015
  • Buckingham 6 May 2010
  • Bromley and Chislehurst 29 Jun 2006
  • South Thanet 5 May 2005
  • Bexhill and Battle 7 Jun 2001
  • Salisbury 1 May 1997
  • Eastleigh 9 Jun 1994

Party affiliation

  • Reform UK 4 Jul 2024 – 8 Jul 2026

Source: parliamentary career on parliament.uk.

Expenses£4,856 · 2025/26
Office Costs£4,856

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about Nigel Farage, answered from official Parliament data.

Who is Nigel Farage?

Nigel Farage was a Member of Parliament who represented Clacton in the House of Commons. See Nigel Farage's official Parliament profile.

Which party did Nigel Farage represent?

Nigel Farage sat as Reform UK. See Nigel Farage's official Parliament profile.

Which constituency did Nigel Farage represent?

Nigel Farage was the Member of Parliament for Clacton. See Nigel Farage's official Parliament profile.

What registered interests are listed for Nigel Farage?

Nigel Farage has 20 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Nigel Farage's official Parliament profile.

Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.