1. Sir Nicholas Dakin was born on 10 July 1955 and is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe since 2024, having previously served from 2010 to 2019.
17 Facts About Nic Dakin
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Nic Dakin was the Shadow Minister for Schools from 2015 to 2016, Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in 2015, and an opposition whip from 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to 2019.
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Nic Dakin's 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.
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Nic Dakin 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.
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Nic Dakin taught English in Gavle, in eastern Sweden, and then at John Leggott College in Scunthorpe, where he became principal.
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Nic Dakin was the deputy chair of Yorkshire Forward from 2005 to 2007.
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Nic Dakin was selected in October 2009 to stand for Labour in the Scunthorpe constituency and won the seat in May 2010 with a majority of 2,549.
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Nic 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.
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In October 2011 Nic Dakin was appointed an Opposition Whip under Ed Miliband.
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Nic Dakin was then given the additional role of Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in May 2015.
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Nic Dakin resigned his Shadow Cabinet position in June 2016 citing loss of confidence in the Labour leader.
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Nic Dakin supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.
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Nic Dakin was the chair of several All-Party Parliamentary Groups including: Steel and Metal Related Industries, Pancreatic Cancer, Education, Skills and Employment, and Bioethanol until his election defeat.
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Nic Dakin lost his seat to former Conservative North Lincolnshire Council Councillor Holly Mumby-Croft in the 2019 general election.
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Nic Dakin was knighted in the 2020 Birthday Honours for political service.
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In November 2024, Nic Dakin voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.
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Nic Dakin married Audrey B m in 1979 in Leicester; his wife was a midwife, and a representative of the National Childbirth Trust, and the Royal College of Midwives.