Don Dixon, Baron Dixon

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

Dixon in 2011

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.

Arms
Coat of arms of Don Dixon, Baron Dixon
Crest
A sea-bee Or winged Proper.
Escutcheon
Gules between two flaunches voided Or three crosses flory in pale Argent.
Supporters
On either side a sea-dragon reguardant Argent gorged with a plain collar and supporting with the exterior foot a trident Or.
Motto
March With Dignity[4]

References
  1. "'He was voted the most awkward MP in Parliament' - tributes to former Jarrow MP Lord Dixon". Chronicle Live. 20 February 2017.
  2. "Tributes paid to long-standing former Jarrow MP Don Dixon". Shields Gazette. 20 February 2017.
  3. "No. 54791". The London Gazette. 12 June 1997. p. 6845.
  4. Debrett's Peerage. 2000.

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