'Lamborghini Councillor' Found to Have Breached Code of Conduct
Farhaan Rehman parked in disabled bay and failed to declare interests
Left: Cllr Farhaan Rehman. Right: His blue Lamborghini in a disabled parking bay
April 3, 2026
A Hounslow Labour councillor has been found in breach of the council code of conduct after the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) revealed he had parked his Lamborghini in disabled parking bays and failed to declare interests in three companies.
A report not made public but obtained by the LDRS indicates that Councillor Farhaan Rehman was found to have breached the code of conduct on two occasions out of four submitted in the complaint. In September 2025, the LDRS revealed that Cllr Rehman had parked a blue Lamborghini in a disabled parking bay without a blue badge, despite other spaces being available.
As a result, Cllr Rehman resigned as Chair of the Licensing Committee and made a donation of £160 to charity – the equivalent to a fine for parking breaches in the borough.
In relation to this allegation, the report states: “A facilities officer confirmed that councillors are permitted to park in the Hounslow House car park. They would be expected to use the correct parking bays, but there are no formal penalty procedures in place; therefore anyone parking in an inappropriate bay would simply be notified of this and reminded of where they should park. No records are kept of any such incidents.”
The officer ruled that the “distinctive nature” of the blue Lamborghini made it unlikely anyone else had parked in the disabled bay. The officer added, “I conclude that there was a breach of the Code of Conduct because it represented the misuse of the authority’s facilities or a failure to act in accordance with the authority’s requirements, i.e. not abiding by the disabled parking indications given in relation to the disabled parking facilities in Hounslow House car park, contrary to the Code of Conduct Part 7 Use of local authority resources and facilities.”
In October, the LDRS found that Cllr Rehman had failed to declare an interest in three companies he had been a director of. At the time, Cllr Rehman insisted he had not been paid for these roles, and Hounslow Labour argued that he had not broken any rules in not declaring an interest.
However, the investigating officer disagreed, and concluded that he should have declared an interest – even if the role was unpaid.
He was cleared on two separate allegations. One related to the allegation he parked in a “car club only” parking bay on Corban Road after a witness alleged to see him park there and leave the car for a council meeting – the officer could not find enough evidence to prove this.
He was also reported for allegedly failing to declare an interest or hospitality given to him on a 2025 trip to Pakistan with the Adam Mercer Group. He had appeared in social media videos referred to as Cllr Farhaan Rehman.
The investigator found no evidence that Cllr Rehman had a personal financial interest in the company, used his position improperly to advantage his family’s business, or received reportable hospitality, aside from potentially being handed a bouquet of flowers.
The investigator noted that Cllr Rehman had already accepted his conduct regarding the two specific breaches and had taken voluntary corrective steps before the report was finalised.
The Hounslow Conservative Group said in a statement, “These are serious breaches of the council code of conduct. Councillors should serve their community, but Cllr Rehman’s misuse of council resources and failure to declare his business interests have made his position untenable.
“Nominations for council candidates don’t close until next week: if the Hounslow Labour Party had a shred of integrity left, they would withdraw him as a candidate.”
Responding to a request for comment, Cllr Rehman said: “The matters you have raised are not new and you reported on them in November. The report you are quoting from acknowledges that I have already accepted the breaches and sought to remedy them.
“You will know that there is nothing unknown in the public domain here. I am very concerned by your statement that you are in possession of a full, unredacted copy of a report into my conduct, and your intention to publish material based on it today.
“This report forms part of a formal standards process conducted by the council and, to my knowledge, remains confidential at this stage. It contains personal data, including information relating to third parties, and has not been lawfully placed in the public domain. The disclosure of an unredacted draft report is highly likely to constitute a breach of data protection obligations under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, as well as a breach of the council’s own procedures governing standards investigations.
“I am therefore respectfully asking for publication to be paused to allow all parties time to digest and respond to the report before final publication. The right of natural justice is for everyone.”
While the two incidents in the report are not new information, the council’s decision that they amount to two breaches of the code of conduct is new information.
Hounslow Labour was asked to comment, and questioned specifically about whether the group intends to allow Cllr Rehman to stand as a Labour candidate. However, Hounslow Labour declined to answer questions posed by the LDRS.
A spokesperson said: “It seems odd that you would be coming to us, as the Hounslow Labour Party, over a question of council procedure.
“It is worrying that you claim to have an unredacted version of the report. You will know at this point it is draft allowing for comments from all parties as is correct in such a process.
“You have been reporting on this since November, your questions suggest that there is nothing in the report which is new from November and you will be aware Cllr Rehman took immediate action to remedy his mistakes.”
Philip James Lynch - Local Democracy Reporter
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