Education
University of Oxford. Balliol College.
Member of the European Parliament politician
University of Oxford. Balliol College.
Khanbhai joined the Conservative Party, and stood for them in Norwich South at the 1997 general election, but was not elected. In 2004, Khanbhai repaid £7,000 of wrongly claimed travel expenses. Although he lived in Sevenoaks, Kent, he had registered a boatyard in Wroxham as his home address.
He subsequently claimed that he had been treated differently from other Conservative MEPs in similar positions, ascribing this to racist elements within the party.
Born in Tanga, Tanzania, Khanbhai worked in the family business and took a degree in pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy, University of London, then a masters" in politics, philosophy and economics at the University of Oxford. In light of this expenses scandal, he was deselected by his party, and did not stand in the 2004 election.
He also became a member of the Standing Committee of the Oxford Union.