Don Dixon, Baron Dixon
British politician (1929–2017)
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Donald Dixon, Baron Dixon, PC, DL (6 March 1929 – 19 February 2017) was a British Labour Party politician.
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Dixon in 2011 | |
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons | |
| In office 16 July 1987 – 19 October 1995 | |
| Leader | Neil Kinnock John Smith Margaret Beckett Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Norman Hogg |
| Succeeded by | Nick Brown |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 9 June 1997 – 9 February 2016 | |
| Member of Parliament for Jarrow | |
| In office 3 May 1979 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest Fernyhough |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Hepburn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 March 1929 |
| Died | 19 February 2017 (aged 87) |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse | Doreen Morad |
| Children | 2 |
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| Education | Ellison Street Elementary School |
Early life
Dixon worked in the Tyne shipyards and was a workers' representative before being elected.[1]
Political career
Between 1963 and 1974, Dixon was leader of Jarrow Borough Council; after that council's abolition he spent five years as chairman of housing at South Tyneside.[2]
He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow from 1979 until his retirement in 1997, serving as a party whip, and considered on the Old Right of the Party. He was subsequently elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron Dixon of Jarrow in the county of Tyne and Wear.[3] He retired from the House of Lords on 9 February 2016.
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