Damian Hockney

In June 2004 he was elected as a London-wide Member of the London Assembly for the United Kingdom Independence Party . On January 30 2005 he announced that he was defecting to the new Veritas Party , founded by ex-UKIP MEP Robert Kilroy-Silk . It was subsequently announced that he would serve as deputy leader of the new party. On 29 July 2005, following the resignation of Kilroy-Silk, Hockney announced his resignation as deputy leader {Link without Title} .

In September 2005 Hockney founded the One London Party with fellow London Assembly Member Peter Hulme-Cross .

Originally a member of the Conservative Party , he contested the constituency of Pendle for the Referendum Party at the 1997 General Election , narrowly losing his Deposit . He then moved to UKIP where he stood in Kensington And Chelsea at the 1999 By-election and the 2001 General Election .

By profession, Hockney is a magazine publisher. He also once entered A Song For Europe, the UK preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest .

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