Charlie Elphicke’s cliffside house has sold for a whopping £700,000 profit after the disgraced former MP lost his job and claimed Universal Credit was established in his wake.
Elphicke, 50, lived at the property in Dover, Kent, with his estranged wife Natalie, 51, He was sentenced to a 2-year term in jail for sexual assault, half of which he spent behind bars.
The house in St Margaret’s Bay, which boasts an office, veranda, cellar, and stunning views over the bay, was bought for £825,000 in August 2012, but the property sold for £1,525,000 in March 2021.
Uxbridge Magistrates Court heard that Elphicke received £51,000 from the sale of his marital home, but most of the money went towards ‘legal fees and rent’.
Elphicke’s barrister Ian Winter QC had told the court his client had ‘a fair bit of debt’, and that his estranged wife, Natalie Elphicke, now the MP for Dover, loaned him £100,000 to pay for legal bills.
Elphicke, who was released from prison in September after serving half of his sentence, had been brought before the court for allegedly failing to pay £35,000 in prosecution costs following his sentence for sexually assaulting two women.
Natalie and Elphicke, who had been married 25 years and are now divorcing, lived together at the house before their careers were ruined by revelations about his sex attacks shame. Natalie was elected MP for Dover.
New owners are expected to knock the property down.
Charlie Elphicke’s cliffside house has sold for a whopping £700,000 profit after the disgraced former MP lost his job and claimed Universal Credit in the wake of his prison sentence for sexual assault
It was his stunning ex-marital home in St Margaret’s Bay. Dover. Kent that sold nearly twice the price he and Natalie paid.
It can now be revealed that the plush pad – with stunning views over the bay – has sold for £1,525,000
Elphicke, 51 and Natalie, who had been married 25 years and are currently divorcing, lived together there before his sex attack shame. She took over as Dover MP from him.
The Commons Standards Committee concluded that five Conservatives including Natalie Elphicke had violated the code over their ‘egregious attempt’ to influence Elphicke’s legal proceedings.
Accordingly, the House of Commons was suspended for a single day by Mrs Elphicke (Sir Roger Gale) and Theresa Villiers (Theresa Villiers).
Together with Bob Stewarts and Adam Holloway they had written to the top members of judiciary raising concern that a junior judge would consider publishing Mr Elphicke’s character references.
Elphicke served as a Government whip in Cameron’s 2015 premiership, but was forced to resign when Theresa May became Prime Minister.
The party whip was suspended by him in 2017, when the allegations of sexual abuse first surfaced. It was controversially reinstated in 2018 for a critical confidence vote in Mrs May’s then-prime minister.
In the summer following, Elphicke was charged by the Crown Prosecution Service.
The former MP, who was first elected in 2010, said in December last year that he paid six months rent upfront for a flat in Fulham, south-west London, that was valued online at nearly £475,000.
Elphicke claimed that he applied for Universal Credit last month and stated: “I have no job, no career, I’m long-term unemployed.
I am currently working together with the job centre, my probation officer, and other professionals to help me find a new profession.
It can now be revealed that the plush pad – with stunning views over the bay – has sold for £1,525,000
Elphicke, who spent half of his sentence behind bars, was an ex-Government whip. (pictured: Bathroom in the house)
Uxbridge magistrates court heard in November that Elphicke only got £51,000 from the sale of the marital home – and the money went in legal fees and to pay rent on his new, £475,000 one-bed flat, in Fulham, west London
His stunning ex-marital home in St Margaret’s Bay Dover Kent, however, sold almost for twice what Natalie, his estranged spouse, paid.
Elphicke, who spent half of his sentence behind bars, was an ex-Government whip. Three counts of sexual assault on two women were brought against him. (Photo: View from the inside of the house).
Elphicke and Natalie, who had been married 25 years and are now divorcing, lived together in the same place before Elphicke’s career collapsed amid scandals over his sex attacks shame. Natalie was elected MP for Dover.
“I have separated from my spouse who filed for divorce.”
Elphicke was a former Government whip. He served the half of his custodial sentence behind bars.
Three counts of assault on two female victims were brought against him.
Before kissing and touching both of his victims, the former MP made a pact with them.
He chased after his victim during a 2007 attack and then said, “I’m just a nasty Tory.”