Jim Dickson (politician)
Jim Dickson | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Dartford | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Gareth Johnson |
| Leader of Lambeth Council | |
| In office September 1994 – March 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Whaley |
| Succeeded by | Tom Franklin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Rowan Chatterton Dickson 16 January 1964 |
| Party | Labour |
| Domestic partner | Nicola |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Jim Dickson is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartford since 2024. He served as the local councillor for Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction ward in the London Borough of Lambeth for over 30 years. He was also Leader of Lambeth Council between 1994 and 2000.
At the 2024 general election, Dickson defeated Gareth Johnson of the Conservative Party in the longest standing bellwether seat, having previously led Lambeth Council, served as Politics Director at consultancy firm Four Communications, and been a Director at Canning Town-based charity the Thames Festival Trust. Jim Dickson is one of two Lambeth Councillors to have gone on to become Labour MP for Dartford, the first being his predecessor Jennie Adamson in 1938 - Dartford's wartime MP who also served in the Attlee government - who had previously served on the London County Council for Lambeth North.