Patrick Rock
| Patrick Rock | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Patrick Robert John Rock de Besombes 17 November 1951 Kensington, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
Stonyhurst College Worcester College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Political aide to the Prime Minister |
| Employer | British government |
| Criminal charge | Possession of 59 indecent images of children, Child grooming, Child pornography |
| Criminal penalty | two year conditional discharge |
| Conviction(s) | 1 June 2016 (guilty plea) of possessing and downloading indecent images of children |
Patrick Robert John Rock de Besombes (born 17 November 1951), is a British former political aide, special adviser and convicted child sex offender. He was deputy director of policy for David Cameron, Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, until he resigned in 2014 over allegations of making and possessing indecent images of children.
Educated at Stonyhurst College and Worcester College, Oxford, where he studied Modern History, he was widely credited in Westminster with coining the phrase 'Cows moo, dogs bark, Labour puts up taxes.'
At the age of 28 he stood unsuccessfully for the Woolwich East constituency in the 1979 General election and was also unsuccessful in Crewe and Nantwich in 1983.
In 1984 the sitting MP for the Portsmouth South constituency, Bonner Pink, died, causing a By-election. At the time the Conservative Party had a majority of over 12,000, however he was defeated by 1,341 votes by the Social Democratic Party candidate Mike Hancock, leading to his defeat being described as the 'biggest election [upset in] years'
Rock tried one last time to become a Conservative MP. In 1990 he attempted to be selected as the Conservative candidate for Devizes but lost out to former Conservative MP Michael Ancram QC, who was elected in 1992.
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