Nic Dakin
Sir Nic Dakin | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
| Assumed office 16 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Lilian Greenwood |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing | |
| In office 23 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Gareth Bacon |
| Succeeded by | Jake Richards |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 10 July 2024 – 16 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Shadow Minister for Schools | |
| In office 18 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Kevin Brennan |
| Succeeded by | Mike Kane |
| Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | |
| In office 8 May 2015 – 18 September 2015 | |
| Leader | Harriet Harman (acting) |
| Preceded by | Thomas Docherty |
| Succeeded by | Melanie Onn |
| Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Holly Mumby-Croft |
| Majority | 3,542 (9.1%) |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 6 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Elliot Morley |
| Succeeded by | Holly Mumby-Croft |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicholas Dakin 10 July 1955 |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse | Audrey Balsom (m. 1979) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Hull King's College London |
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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.