Background
DIXON, Don was born on March 6, 1929. Parents: the late Albert Dixon.
DIXON, Don was born on March 6, 1929. Parents: the late Albert Dixon.
Ellison Elementary School, Jarrow. Spoken languages: England.
Member. General and Municipal Workers Union, Branch Secretary. Councillor, South Tyneside, 1963. Member of Parliament for Jarrow, since 1979.
Chairman, Parliamentary Labour Party Shipbuilding Group. Former Chairman, Labour Group of Northern Member of Parliament’s. Secretary, Parliamentary Labour Party Trade Union Group.
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip, since 1987.
Church of England.
Clubs: Jarrow Labour and Ex-Servicemens Club.
Spouse Doreen Dixon (née Morad), 1971. Children: one son, one d.