Donald Dixon, Baron Dixon, PC, DL (6 March 1929 – 19 February 2017) was a British Labour Party politician.

Early life

Dixon worked in the Tyne shipyards and was a workers' representative before being elected.

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

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. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from

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until his retirement in

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, serving as a

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, and considered on the Old Right of the Party. He was subsequently elevated to the

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as a

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with the title Baron Dixon of Jarrow in the county of

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. He retired from the

on 9 February 2016.

Arms

References

Sources

* "Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1992 edition. *

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. 1929 births 2017 deaths Deputy lieutenants of Tyne and Wear GMB (trade union)-sponsored MPs Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Labour Party (UK) life peers Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 Life peers created by Elizabeth II Peers retired under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 {{Life-peer-stub