Terry Dicks

For the screenwriter, see Terrance Dicks.

Terry Dicks
Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington
In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Neville Sandelson
Succeeded by	John McDonnell
Personal details
Born	17 March 1937 (1937-03-17) (age 74)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

Terence Patrick Dicks, commonly known as Terry Dicks, (born 17 March 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.

Dicks's opposition to state funding for the arts inspired Labour MP Tony Banks to claim 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]

On Farzad Bazoft, an Observer journalist hanged by Saddam Hussein in 1990, Dicks said he "deserved to be hanged" on the eve of his execution.^[2]

Dicks was born with cerebral palsy and referred to himself in the House of Commons as a "spastic".^[3]

From 1999 until he retired in June 2009 Dicks was a member of Surrey County Council representing the town of Addlestone.

References

^ "Iain Dale "The Right Hon wag", The Guardian, 10 January 2006.
^ Leader, The Observer, 18 March 1990.
^ "House of Commons Hansard", Column 544, 11 May 1994.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Terry Dicks

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

Persondata
Name	Dicks, Terence
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	17 March 1937
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