Nic Dakin

Sir Nic Dakin
Official portrait, 2024
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Assumed office
16 September 2025
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byLilian Greenwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing
In office
23 July 2024 – 7 September 2025
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byGareth Bacon
Succeeded byJake Richards
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
10 July 2024 – 16 September 2025
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Shadow Minister for Schools
In office
18 September 2015 – 27 June 2016
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byKevin Brennan
Succeeded byMike Kane
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office
8 May 2015 – 18 September 2015
LeaderHarriet Harman (acting)
Preceded byThomas Docherty
Succeeded byMelanie Onn
Member of Parliament
for Scunthorpe
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byHolly Mumby-Croft
Majority3,542 (9.1%)
In office
6 May 2010 – 6 November 2019
Preceded byElliot Morley
Succeeded byHolly Mumby-Croft
Personal details
BornNicholas Dakin
(1955-07-10) 10 July 1955
PartyLabour
SpouseAudrey Balsom (m. 1979)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Hull
King's College London
Profession
  • Politician
  • teacher
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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 served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household since September 2025. 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.