Nigel Farage has told friends that he is worried about facing a by-election if he is found to have broken rules over an undeclared £5m gift from a crypto billionaire, The i Paper can reveal.
The Reform UK leader awaits the verdict of an investigation by Parliament’s standards commissioner into whether he should have declared the gift, from British-Thai businessman Christopher Harborne.
Sanctions for a breach of the rules range from an apology in the House of Commons to a suspension. If he was punished with a ban of 10 days or more from the Commons, Farage would face the prospect of a recall petition that could trigger a by-election in his Clacton constituency.
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A recall petition is a process that can trigger a by-election if at least 10 per cent of eligible voters in a constituency sign the petition.
