Former Scotland Office minister Malcolm Offord has defected to Nigel Farage 's Reform UK .

The millionaire peer's decision to jump ship will be a huge blow to Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay .

Not only has the Edinburgh -based financier been a major donor to the Tories but he was also the Scottish party's treasurer.

He will be Reform's first Scottish member in the House of Lords . The party currently has one MSP and 19 councillors.

Lord Offord was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Business and Trade from April 2023 to July 2024. He was also previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the Scotland Office from October 2021 to March 2024.

Born and educated in Greenock , Offord ran the pro-Union No Borders campaign during the 2014 re

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