Ex-environment minister Zac Goldsmith is banned from driving after being caught speeding in London four times in one year in his VW Golf hybrid

Two driving offences happened when Goldsmith was a minister for Rishi Sunak 

Conservative peer Lord Goldsmith has been banned from driving after being caught speeding four times.

Zac Goldsmith, 48, was spotted in his black hybrid electric Volkswagen Golf breaking the speed limit between April and August last year.

Two of the driving offences were committed when Goldsmith was a minister in Rishi Sunak’s government before his resignation in June.

Speed cameras caught him twice on Chertsey Road in Twickenham going above the 40mph limit at 46 and 47mph on May 31 and August 3.

While on Cheyne Walk in Chelsea on 27 April, he was picked up going nine miles above the 20mph limit which he also broke on 18 July on Bayswater Road, Paddington by travelling at 28mph.

Goldsmith, Baron of Richmond Park, previously admitted two of the four speeding offences but his lawyer admitted two more on his behalf today at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

Zac Goldsmith, 48, was spotted in his black hybrid electric Volkswagen Golf breaking the speed limit between April and August last year

Goldsmith was caught out by one of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s 20mph zones

It emerged that Goldsmith has three other driving matters which will be resolved on 18 March when he is sentenced for the other four cases.

Details of the three cases were vague at the brief hearing save for mention that one is related to an allegation of speeding.

It was also not clarified whether Goldsmith had entered pleas.

District Judge Nina Tempia imposed an ‘interim disqualification’ on the former Minister for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment.

Benjamin Waidhofer, representing Goldsmith suggested to Judge Tempia that his client be placed on the temporary ban before the full sentence is passed down.

Mr Waidhofer said his client was ‘anxious’ that all the matters against him be resolved quickly and that he had no intention of driving in the meantime.

He added, he did not expect his client to attend court in March as there is no requirement for him to do so.

‘Mr Goldsmith is anxious to ensure these matters are resolved as quickly as possible,’ Mr Waidhofer said.

Judge Tempia said: ‘I will impose an interim disqualification that means Mr Goldsmith cannot drive on any public road in England or Wales from now.’

Goldsmith said in June he was resigning as a minister because of ‘apathy’ in the government towards environmental concerns.