Big pay days and top of the polls: Nigel Farage’s first year as an MP | Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage has had one of the best years of his political career after voters finally elected him to parliament at the eighth time of asking. He is odds on to be the UK’s next prime minister, vying with Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting, with Kemi Badenoch trailing behind.

Here are the key facts and numbers behind his first year in the House of Commons.

Topping the polls

Farage has been flying high in the polls, leading the pack in terms of popularity and outstripping Keir Starmer in some areas – although opinion is still divided. One achievement, aided by Starmer, is that the public is now more likely to see Farage as the main opposition rather than Badenoch, according to the pollster Ipsos.

Although many people have no confidence in any party, the pollster found they are more likely…