Offord 'mortified' over road tax blunder on campaign trail

Published: 19:47, 26 April 2026 | Updated: 19:47, 26 April 2026 Reform UK’s Scottish leader said he is ‘mortified’ after being spotted driving an untaxed vehicle on the campaign trail. Lord Malcolm Offord drove a Range Rover to last week’s televised leaders’ debates, which according to official records, should have been taxed on April 1. Reform UK said the failure to pay the £200 vehicle tax on time was an ‘administrative oversight’. Lord Offord later wrote on X: ‘It's mortifying. I've been constantly on the move for the campaign, and missed the letter that I owed £200 of road tax on one of my cars on April 1st.’ Lord Malcolm Offord drove an untaxed vehicle to the leaders' debaye Drivers caught driving an untaxed vehicle are liable to an £80 fine. Non-payers can also face a penalty of up to £1,000. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson put Mr Offord in the House of Lords after he made a sizeable donation to the Conservative Party in 2021 and stood as a candidate. He served as a Conservative minister but later defected to Reform in December, becoming its leader in Scotland a month later. A Reform spokesman added: ‘As soon as he became aware of the matter, he took immediate steps to rectify it. ‘This was an honest administrative mistake and the issue has now been resolved.’ The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.