Nic Dakin

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Sir
Nic Dakin
MP
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Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
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Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byLilian Greenwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing
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Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byGareth Bacon
Succeeded byJake Richards
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
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Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
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Shadow Minister for Schools
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LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byKevin Brennan
Succeeded byMike Kane
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
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LeaderHarriet Harman (acting)
Preceded byThomas Docherty
Succeeded byMelanie Onn
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Member of Parliament
for Scunthorpe
Incumbent
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4 July 2024
Preceded byHolly Mumby-Croft
Majority3,542 (9.1%)
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Preceded byElliot Morley
Succeeded byHolly Mumby-Croft
Personal details
BornNicholas Dakin
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PartyLabour
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Audrey Balsom
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University of Hull
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  • Politician
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Sir Nicholas Dakin (born 10 July 1955) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Scunthorpe since 2024, having previously served from 2010 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Vice-Chamberlain of the Household since September 2025.[1]

He was the Shadow Minister for Schools from 2015 to 2016, Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in 2015, an opposition whip from 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to 2019, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing from 2024 to 2025.[2]

Early life

Dakin grew up at 22 Main Street in Cossington, where he went to Cossington C of E Primary School.[3] His parents were Roy Dakin and Elsie Lee. His mother was, originally, a nurse. In the early 1970s, his mother trained as a teacher at Leicester College of Education at Scraptoft, now part of De Montfort University.[4] With his mother's elder sister Edith, his mother appeared as Florrie and Ada on Radio Leicester. His uncle was Jack Lee. Both Nic and his mother took part in productions by the Sileby Methodist Players.[5] His mother taught from 1972 to 1980 at St Peter's and St Paul's Primary School at Syston, and part-time from 1980, working with special needs and remedial, teaching embroidery for her last six years, retiring in July 1988. His mother worked with the Women's Institute.[citation needed]

He went to secondary school there, before studying at the University of Hull and then King's College London, completing his undergraduate degree and then his PGCE respectively.[6] He had previously trained as an accountant.[7]

He taught English in Gävle, in eastern Sweden, and then at John Leggott College in Scunthorpe, where he became principal.[8]

While teaching at John Leggott College, he was also a local councillor for Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens and then leader of North Lincolnshire Council from 1997 to 2003. He was also the deputy chair of Yorkshire Forward from 2005 to 2007.[6]

Parliamentary career

In October 2009 he was selected to stand for Labour in the Scunthorpe constituency[8] and won the seat in May 2010 with a majority of 2,549.[9] Subsequently, he won in 2015 and 2017. In 2017 he won with a 52% share of the vote.[2]

Dakin has previously served on the Education Select Committee and was a member of the House of Common's Procedure Committee and the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art.[2]

In October 2011 Dakin was appointed an Opposition Whip under Ed Miliband. In May 2015 he was given the additional role of Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons. After Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership of the Labour Party in September 2015, Dakin was made Shadow Minister for Schools.[10] In June 2016 Dakin resigned his Shadow Cabinet position, citing loss of confidence in the Labour leader.[11][12] He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.[13]

In October 2016 Dakin re-joined the Opposition Whips' office.[2]

Until his election defeat, Dakin was the chair of several All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) including: Steel and Metal Related Industries; Pancreatic Cancer; Education, Skills and Employment; and Bioethanol.[14]

In the 2019 general election he lost his seat to the Conservative former North Lincolnshire Council Councillor Holly Mumby-Croft.[15]

Dakin was knighted in the 2020 Birthday Honours for political service.[16] In December 2022 he was chosen to stand again as the Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Scunthorpe in the 2024 general election, which he won against Conservative MP Holly Mumby-Croft, regaining his seat as MP and assuming office on 4 July.

In November 2024, Dakin voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.[17][non-primary source needed]

Personal life

In 1979 Dakin married Audrey Balsom in Leicester; his wife was a midwife, and a representative of the National Childbirth Trust, and the Royal College of Midwives.[18][19] Dakin has two daughters and a son.

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sir Nic Dakin MP". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nic Dakin MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. ^ Leicester Mercury Thursday 28 June 1973, page 18
  4. ^ Leicester Mercury Saturday 16 January 1971, page 5
  5. ^ Leicester Mercury Thursday 30 November 1972, page 27
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nic Dakin MP | All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skills & Employment". www.policyconnect.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Radford, Eleanor (14 June 2013). "Nic Dakin, MP for Scunthorpe". FE Week.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."College head to fight for Labour". BBC News. 1 November 2009.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Election 2010-Constituency:Scunthorpe". Election 2010. BBC. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Whittaker, Freddie (18 September 2015). "New shadow education frontbench team unveiled". Schools Week. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Elliott, David (27 June 2016). "Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin resigns from shadow schools minister role". Scunthorpe Telegraph. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nic Dakin resigns after 'further failure of leadership' from Corbyn at PLP meeting". ITV. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups" (PDF).
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Scunthorpe parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". "No. 63135"]. The London Gazette (Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".). 10 October 2020. p. Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".. {{cite magazine}}: Check |url= value (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading". Votes in Parliament. 29 November 2024.
  18. ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 2 December 1993, page 14
  19. ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 12 May 1992, page 16

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