The comments made by Karl Turner, the MP for East Hull, on 8 July 2026.
I am not an expert but as I understand it if an MP who is being investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards resigns their seat before the investigation is completed, the investigation is generally suspended rather than abandoned. If that person is then re-elected to the House of Commons, the investigation resumes from where it left off. That is the rule.
Nigel Farage cannot circumvent the rule and will likely face a second by-election.