Tom Hooson

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Tom Hooson

| honorific-suffix =

| image = File:Tom_Hooson_1933-1985.png

| caption =

| constituency_MP = Brecon and Radnorshire

| parliament =

| majority =

| term_start = 3 May 1979

| term_end = 8 May 1985

| predecessor = Caerwyn Roderick

| successor = Richard Livsey

| birth_date = {{birth date |1933|03|16|df=yes}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|05|08|1933|03|16|df=y}}

| death_place = London, England

| party = Conservatives

| otherparty =

| spouse =

| relations = Emlyn Hooson (Cousin)

| education = University College, Oxford
Gray's Inn

}}

Tom Ellis Hooson (16 March 1933 – 8 May 1985) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Personal life and background

Hooson was the cousin (and political opponent) of Emlyn Hooson, former Liberal Party MP for Montgomeryshire.

Hooson was educated at Rhyl Grammar School, University College, Oxford and Gray's Inn.{{cite web |title=Tom Hooson |url=https://archives.library.wales/index.php/tom-hooson-mp-papers-2 |website=National Library of Wales |access-date=2 October 2021}} Before entering politics, he was as a journalist for The Times, and later worked in publishing and advertising, becoming a senior vice president with Benton & Bowles.{{cite news|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19850510&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title = Big by-election test looms|date = 10 May 1985|accessdate = 25 June 2022|newspaper = The Glasgow Herald|page = 1}}{{cite web|url = https://biography.wales/article/s6-HOOS-ELL-1933|title = HOOSON, TOM ELLIS (1933-1985), Conservative politician|website = Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher = National Library of Wales|last = Jones|first = John Graham|accessdate = 25 June 2022}}

Political career

He first stood for Parliament at Caernarvon in 1959, but was beaten by Labour's Goronwy Roberts. He was a chairman of the Bow Group.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom for Brecon and Radnor. He gained the seat from Labour in 1979, and held it until he died from cancer at his home in Chelsea, London on 8 May 1985, aged 52. The Liberals won the resulting by-election by a narrow margin of 559 votes over Labour.