Dickson Mabon
Politician
1925 – 2008
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Who was Dickson Mabon?
Dr. Jesse Dickson "Dick" Mabon PC FRSA was a Scottish politician, physician and company director. He was the founder of The Manifesto Group of Labour MPs, an alliance of moderate MPs against the perceived leftward drift of the Labour Party in the 1970s. He was a Labour Co-operative MP until October 1981, when he joined the Social Democratic Party. He left Parliament in 1983, and rejoined the Labour Party in 1991.
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- Born
- Nov 1, 1925
Glasgow - Spouses
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Glasgow
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- Glasgow
- Died
- Apr 10, 2008
Eastbourne
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on July 23, 2013
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