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Don Dixon, Baron Dixon’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Author

John Parsons

Published Feb 21, 2026

IntroBritish politician
IsPolitician 
FromUnited Kingdom 
TypePolitics 
Gendermale
Birth6 March 1929
Age:91 years

Donald Dixon, Baron Dixon, PC, DL (born 6 March 1929) is a British Labour politician.
He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow from 1979 until his retirement in 1997, serving as a party whip. 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.