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Malcolm Offord has £1m Cape Town house in property empire


Reform UK‘s Scottish leader boasted to voters in the run-up to the election that he owned six houses, give cars and six boats.

Mr Offord, who finished third in the Inverclyde constituency vote, was elected to represent the West Scotland region.

In his register of interests published this week, details of five of those properties have been revealed – including a flat in Inverclyde.

The record shows Mr Offord owns a flat on the Isle of Wight with a market value of between £1.2 million and £1.3m and a house in the South African city of Cape Town which is worth up to £1m.

He rents out the Cape Town house and usually receives an annual income from this of between £25,000 and £30,000 a year. However, the register states that since the end of March the property has been vacant.

Elsewhere, Mr Offord owns a house in Argyll and Bute with a market value of between £1.5m and £1.6m and a flat in Kensington and Chelsea worth between £1.7m and £1.8m.

The register also shows his flat in Inverclyde is worth between £100,000 and £200,000.

A row erupted during a debate in the run-up to the Scottish election when the former Conservative Lord brought up his £45 million paid in tax over his 40-year career, before listing his extensive material wealth, highlighting his six homes, five cars and six boats.

Meanwhile, Mr Offord has this week claimed other parties are missing a chance to knock Reform UK leader Nigel Farage ‘out the ring’.

Mr Farage has resigned as MP for Clacton, saying he will fight the forthcoming by-election (Image: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)

Following intense scrutiny of support and gifts received by Mr Farage, he announced on Tuesday that he will resign from his Westminster seat and stand in the subsequent by-election in Clacton.

His only challenger so far is Jonathan David Harvey, who regularly participates in UK elections as a novelty candidate known as Count Binface.

The UK’s other major parties have confirmed they do not intend to stand candidates in the by-election.

Mr Offord told BBC Radio Scotland: “What does that tell you about who he’s up against?

“Talk about an establishment stitch-up, that’s what it is.

“Nobody wants to fight Nigel Farage.

“At the end of the day, this is an opportunity to knock Nigel Farage out of the ring, he’s anti-establishment, he’s anti the incumbent parties and he’s been a thorn in their side for 25 years.

“This is an opportunity for them to knock him out of the ring, and they’re feart.”





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