The Rt Hon Lord Dixon, PC

The Rt Hon Lord Dixon, PC's Biography

Forename(s)
Donald (Don) Dixon
Sex
Male
Decorations
PC (1996), DL (Tyne & Wear 1997)
Date of Birth
6/3/1929
Foretitle(s)
Baron (Life Peer UK 1997), of Jarrow in the County of Tyne & Wear;
Surname
DIXON
Style
The Rt Hon Lord Dixon, PC
Recreations
football, boxing, reading

The Rt Hon Lord Dixon, PC's Professional Career

Career
shipyard worker 1947-74, branch sec GMWU 1974-79, cncllr S Tyneside MDC 1963-; MP (Lab) Jarrow 1979-97, formerly Lab dep chief whip until 1996; Freeman: Borough of Jarrow 1972, Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside 1997

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