Keir Starmer has sold his family’s donkey sanctuary for around £400,000, the Sunday Mirror understands.
The Labour leader purchased a plot of land in the 1990s to give to his parents, who used it to look after neglected donkeys whose owners could no longer care for them.
But Mr Starmer lost his mother, Josephine in 2015 - after a long battle with debilitating Still’s disease. His father died three years later in 2018.
Last year, he decided to sell up and put the Surrey field on the market.
But the Labour leader fell foul of Commons rules on declaring ownership of expensive plots of land.
According to a report by Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone, Mr Starmer had failed to realise the plot’s value had risen above the £100,000 threshold requiring MPs to declare their holdings.
The Sunday Mirror understands he finally sold the seven-acre field - which does not have planning permission - in early December for around £350-£400,000.
A neighbouring field, slightly smaller in size, was sold for £400,000 earlier this year - and local estate agents confirmed the two fields were worth roughly the same amount.
He sold the house adjoining the plot in 2020, after putting it on the market for £480,000.
A Labour source confirmed the sale had completed, but Mr Starmer’s office did not comment further.
In a 2020 interview, Mr Starmer said of his mother’s love of donkeys: “It’s her passion. I sometimes think she loves them more than she loves my sisters, my brother and me.”
