Background
He is the son of Ferid Hickmet, who was from Turkey and Elizabeth Coster.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
He is the son of Ferid Hickmet, who was from Turkey and Elizabeth Coster.
University of Hull.
He went to Millfield School in Street, Somerset, then the Sorbonne in Paris. From the University of Hull he gained a Bachelor. He was called to the Bar in 1974, and practised at the Inner Temple. He was a councillor on Wandsworth Borough Council from 1978-1983.
However, he lost it to Labour candidate Elliott Morley at the 1987 election.
Hickmet was later an unsuccessful candidate at the Eastbourne by-election in 1990 caused by the murder of Ian Gow. His last recorded contribution in the House of Commons was during Prime Minister"s Questions on 5 May 1987, during which he said that "most parents are appalled by the promotion of gay rights" in schools, before suggesting that schools should be given more independence on such matters.
Hickmet is now a successful barrister at law specialising in family practice and planning cases. He is based in the West Country in Somerset but frequently travels to London with his work, and has a practice spanning the whole of the West Country and the Midlands.
He has also worked for Wolfestans in Plymouth, Alletsons in Bridgwater and is affiliated with Southernhay Chambers in Exeter.
49th United Kingdom Parliament.
