Damian Hockney
{{Short description|British politician}}
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|office1 = Deputy leader of Veritas
|leader1 = Robert Kilroy-Silk
|term_start1 = 30 January 2005
|term_end1 = 29 July 2005
|predecessor1 = Party established*
|successor1 = Howard Martin
| office2 = Member of the London Assembly
for Londonwide
| term_start2 = 10 June 2004
| term_end2 = 1 May 2008
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| predecessor2 = Noel Lynch
| successor2 = Richard Barnbrook
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| nationality = British
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| party = UKIP (1997–2005)
Veritas (2005)
One London (2005–2008)
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Conservative (before 1997)
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| office = Leader of One London
| term = September 1, 2005 – November 17, 2008
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| successor = Party dissolved*
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Nicholas Richard Alexander Damian Hockney is a British former politician who was the leader of the One London party from 2005 to 2008. He was a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide, and was also a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority
from 2004 to 2008.
Political background
Previously a member of the Conservative Party, Hockney contested the constituency of Pendle for the Referendum Party at the 1997 general election, narrowly losing his deposit. He then moved to UKIP, for which he stood in Kensington and Chelsea at the 1999 by-election and the 2001 general election. He was the UKIP London Mayoral candidate in 2000, and in June 2004 he was elected as a London-wide Member of the London Assembly for UKIP.
On 30 January 2005, he announced that he was defecting to Veritas, the new party founded by ex-UKIP MEP Robert Kilroy-Silk. It was subsequently announced that he would serve as deputy leader of Veritas. On 29 July 2005, following the resignation of Kilroy-Silk, Hockney announced his resignation as deputy leader.[http://www.veritasparty.com/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=News&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0372 ]{{dead link|date=March 2017}}
In September 2005, Hockney founded the One London Party with fellow London Assembly Member Peter Hulme-Cross.
In February 2008, the One London Party announced that Hockney would be its candidate in the 2008 Mayoral election.[http://onelondonweb2.blogspot.com/2008/02/damian-hockney-one-london-party-mayoral.html ]{{dead link|date=March 2017}} However, on 27 March 2008, Hockney announced that he was pulling out of the race to become the Mayor of London. He cited a lack of media opportunities for the candidates representing smaller parties as the reason, but confirmed that the party would still contest the Assembly election.{{cite web |url=http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/Hockney-Confirms-Mayoral-Race-Withdrawal-article_id-1450.html |title=Hockney Confirms Mayoral Race Withdrawal | MayorWatch® |accessdate=2008-03-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329020925/http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/Hockney-Confirms-Mayoral-Race-Withdrawal-article_id-1450.html |archivedate=2008-03-29 }} One London won no seats, and he was not re-elected; the party was wound up later that year.
By profession, Hockney is a magazine publisher. He also once entered A Song for Europe, the UK preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Hockney is distantly related to artist David Hockney.{{cite web |author=Isabel Oakeshott, Evening Standard Political Correspondent |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/new-faces-are-a-mix-of-colour-and-controversy-6983598.html |title=New faces are a mix of colour and controversy |work=London Evening Standard |date=2004-06-13 |accessdate=2017-04-29}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.onelondon.org.uk One London website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060209222245/http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/members/hockneyd.jsp London Assembly biog]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040807114428/http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/article.php?article_id=124 Mayorwatch interview with Hockney]
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Category:UK Independence Party Members of the London Assembly
Category:One London members of the London Assembly
Category:Veritas (political party) members of the London Assembly
Category:UK Independence Party parliamentary candidates