Eric Paul Cockeram (4 July 1924 – 25 December 2021) was a British Conservative Party politician.
[4] He worked in his family's tailoring and outfitters firm, Watson Prickard, becoming company chairman.
[6] This followed the Thatcher government's privatisation of both organisations, which allowed members of the public to buy shares in them.
One of the share applications was for Cockeram's grandchildren but he denied wrongdoing and the Crown Prosecution Service decided he had no case to answer.
[7] At time of his death he was married with four children[4] and was one of the few surviving former MPs who saw active service during World War II.