Terence Dicks

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For the screenwriter, see Terrance Dicks.

Terence Patrick Dicks, commonly known as Terry Dicks, (born March 17, 1937) was a British Conservative Party politician, and MP for Hayes and Harlington between 1983 and 1997 after unsuccessfully contesting the seat of Bristol South in 1979.

On the right wing of the Conservative Party, Dicks' opposition to state funding for the arts outraged fellow MP Tony Banks, and resulted in Banks observing that Dicks' presence in the House of Commons was "living proof that a pig's bladder on a stick can get elected to Parliament." [1]

He also made a comment about Farzad Bazoft, an Observer journalist hanged by Saddam Hussein in 1990, that he "deserved to be hanged" - on the eve of his execution [2], which was widely deplored.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Neville Sandelson	Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington 1983–1997	Succeeded by John McDonnell