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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.
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MP → buy → communities
Sarah Pochin completed the purchase of a Grade-II listed property on the southern coast of Anglesey (Ynys Môn).
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Pochin → complete → Anglesey
The MP for Runcorn and Helsby in Cheshire bought the property two days after she submitted a written question on 15 June to the housing minister Matthew Pennycook, according to the Will Hayward newsletter.
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she → buy → newsletter
Pochin asked Pennycook “what assessment he has made of the potential impact of second home ownership on housing availability in coastal and rural communities”.
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he → ask → communities
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.”
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residents → reply → homes
According to the Land Registry, the purchase was made jointly with Pochin’s husband, Jonathan.
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purchase → accord → husband
The couple, who have submitted plans at Anglesey county council for changes to the property, retain ownership of another home in Cheshire.
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who → submit → Cheshire
Anglesey, famous for its coastline and ancient Celtic and Roman history, has become a hotspot for second home ownership in recent years.
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Anglesey → become → years
The island had the largest increase in holiday home users among local authorities from 2011 to 2021, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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island → have → Statistics
As of March 2026, Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn (Anglesey county council) recorded 2,635 furnished homes that were not an individual’s sole or main residence.
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that → record → homes
The local authority introduced a council tax premium on second homes in 2016.
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authority → introduce → 2016
Initially set at 25% on top of the standard rate, it has since risen incrementally to the current 100% premium, to address local housing affordability.
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it → set → affordability
Critics have argued that second homes and short-term holiday rentals can adversely affect local communities by reducing housing supply, inflating property prices and putting a strain on infrastructure.
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homes → argue → infrastructure
Robin Wyn Williams, the deputy leader of Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn, said: “It has a longer-term impact on things like the provision of schools and other local services.
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It → say → schools
That community spirit gets killed off.
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spirit → kill → ?
We’ve seen it in the likes of Rhosneigr, where it appears to have lost its identity because it is very much a village of second homes in the main these days.
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it → see → main
“It tends to be more middle-aged and older people, and that then can bring with it pressures on our adult services.
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that → tend → services
Obviously then that has an impact on the situation whereby families are being displaced from certain parts of the island.
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families → have → island
And then you just end up in a situation where you have fewer children in the community and that has an impact on schools.”
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that → end → schools
Pochin became Reform UK’s first female MP after winning the Runcorn and Helsby byelection in May 2025.
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Pochin → become → May
She previously served as a Conservative mayor and a local councillor on Cheshire East council, latterly as an independent, before joining Nigel Farage’s party.
Reform did not respond to a request for comment.
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Reform → serve → comment
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