Philip Hocking

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Philip Norman Hocking (born 27 October 1925) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament for Coventry South from 1959 to 1964. During his tenure in the House of Commons he was PPS to the Foreign Office. Hocking's victory in Coventry was certainly an achievement as the constituency was seen as a fairly strong Labour area and indeed he remains to this day the only Conservative to have won the seat. Hocking's most memorable contribution to the politics of the day was when he appeared on BBC Television following the Profomo Affair. Hocking was asked if Harold Macmillan was finished politically, Hocking compared Macmillan to a pheasant once it has been shot. "It may have been shot," he said, "but it is still going to run and run." Philip now lives in the Cotswolds. Having replaced Elaine Burton in 1959 with the song "High Hopes" as his anthem Philip lost the 1964 election to William Wilson.