13 Facts About Terry Dicks

Terence Patrick "Phil" Dicks was a British Conservative Party politician.

Terry Dicks was MP for the constituency of Hayes and Harlington from 1983 to his retirement in 1997, having unsuccessfully contested Bristol South in 1979.

Terry Dicks obtained the nickname Phil for, according to The Telegraph, "elevating Philistinism to an art form".

Terry Dicks was born in Bristol on 17 March 1937 with cerebral palsy.

Terry Dicks was educated at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics.

Terry Dicks was suspended in 1982 when the Greater London Council took issue with comments he made regarding arrears from the Strongbridge Housing Association.

Terry Dicks was selected as the Conservative Party's candidate for the seat of Bristol South in the 1979 general election, but he lost out to Labour's Michael Cocks.

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

Terry Dicks was elected as the Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington in 1983 in succession to Neville Sandelson.

Terry Dicks was known for his hardline right-wing views and caused controversy over several public statements he made.

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

Terry Dicks called for the BBC soap opera EastEnders to be cancelled or screened after 11pm, following a storyline involving a gay kiss between two men.

Terry Dicks was supportive of measures to decrease periods for abortion.