Don Dixon, Baron Dixon
Donald Dixon, Baron Dixon, PC, DL (6 March 1929 – 19 February 2017) was a British Labour Party politician.
Early life
[edit]Dixon worked in the Tyne shipyards and was a workers' representative before being elected.[1]
Political career
[edit]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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References
[edit]- ^ "'He was voted the most awkward MP in Parliament' - tributes to former Jarrow MP Lord Dixon". Chronicle Live. 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Tributes paid to long-standing former Jarrow MP Don Dixon". Shields Gazette. 20 February 2017.
- ^ "No. 54791". The London Gazette. 12 June 1997. p. 6845.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
Sources
[edit]- "Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1992 edition.
- Dod's Parliamentary Companion.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byErnest Fernyhough
Member of Parliament for Jarrow 1979 – 1997
Succeeded byStephen Hepburn
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