Hilton Dawson
| Hilton Dawson | |
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| Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Wyre |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 11 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Ben Wallace |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 September 1953 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | The North East Party |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Williams |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University, University of Warwick |
Thomas Hilton Dawson (born 30 September 1953 in Stannington, Northumberland) was the Labour Party member of Parliament for the Lancashire constituency of Lancaster and Wyre from 1997 until 2005. In 2014, Dawson became the chairman of North East Party.
Dawson is the son of Harry Dawson and his wife Sally, both teachers. He attended Ashington County Grammar School (later known as Ashington High School) on Green Lane in Ashington. At the University of Warwick, he gained a BA in Politics and Philosophy in 1975. From Lancaster University, he gained a Diploma in Social Work.
He worked as a Social Work Manager from 1983–97, involving Children's Homes, Fostering and Adoption, and Day care.
In 2004 Dawson announced he would not be seeking re-election at the next General Election, seeking to return to work in children's services – his former career was as a social worker. The local Constituency Labour Party selected Anne Sacks as its new candidate, but the seat was won by the Conservative Party candidate, Ben Wallace, with a 4.5% swing from Labour.
Dawson was CEO of Shaftesbury Young People. In April 2009 he was appointed chief executive of the British Association of Social Workers. Hilton left BASW in January 2013 after mutual agreement and now runs his own company called Northumbria People. In March 2013 he published Frank Renner's Bairns - Looking at the world through the lives of a Northumbrian Family. He is Chair of the Newbiggin by the Sea Genealogy Project.
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