According to celebrity sites, Priti Patel has a net worth of around £2.2 million. The MP for Witham was born in Hertfordshire to Guajarati parents who had fled, almost penniless, to England in the 1960s. Over time Priti’s parents acquired a chain of newsagents across south-east England, and the politician has said in past interviews that she used to help them in the shop while growing up. Priti attended a comprehensive school in Watford, London, and studied Economics at Keele University. Afterwards, she went on to do a postgraduate degree in British government and politics at the University of Essex.