Damian Hockney is a British politician and deputy leader of the new Veritas party. In 2004 he was elected as one of the United Kingdom Independence Party's first two members of the London Assembly.

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.

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.

External links

• Official biography
• UKIP London website
• Mayorwatch interview with Hockney