Don Dixon, Baron Dixon

Donald Dixon, Baron Dixon, PC, DL was a British Labour Party politician.

Early life

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

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.
He was Member of [Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament] for Jarrow from 1979 [United Kingdom general election|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. He retired from the House of Lords on 9 February 2016.