Samantha Dixon | |
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Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
Assumed office 10 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Stuart Anderson |
Member of Parliament for Chester North and Neston City of Chester (2022–2024) | |
Assumed office 1 December 2022 | |
Preceded by | Chris Matheson |
Majority | 11,870 (26.6%) |
Leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council | |
In office 21 May 2015 –21 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Mike Jones |
Succeeded by | Louise Gittins |
Member of Cheshire West and Chester Council | |
In office 5 May 2011 –4 May 2023 | |
Ward | Chester City and the Garden Quarter |
Personal details | |
Born | Samantha Kate Georgeson Reading,Berkshire,England |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Sheffield (BA) |
Website | Official website |
Samantha Kate Dixon MBE (née Georgeson) is a British politician who serves as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chester North and Neston. She sat for City of Chester from 2022 until the seat's abolition in 2024. [1] A member of the Labour Party,she was Leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council from 2015 to 2019. [2]
Samantha Kate Georgeson was born in Reading,Berkshire. [3] Her family moved to Chester when she was four-years-old,and she has lived Hoole and Upton-by-Chester. She was educated at Christleton High School. [4] [5]
Dixon received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from University of Sheffield in 1987. She worked for Sotheby's as a senior press officer from 1989 to 1997. [6]
Dixon was first elected to Cheshire West and Chester Council in 2011,representing Chester City and the Garden Quarter ward. [7] She was re-elected in 2015 and 2019,but didn't seek election in 2023.
Labour won control of the council in 2015,and she was subsequently elected to become its first woman leader. [8] [9] [2] [10] She stood down as leader after the 2019 local elections,when Labour retained the council leadership but lost their majority. [2] [11] [12]
Dixon was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for 'political service'. [13] [14]
In October 2022,Dixon was selected as the Labour candidate for the City of Chester by-election. [15] The by-election was triggered after the resignation of incumbent Labour MP Chris Matheson. [16] One of her campaign pledges was to make the historic Chester Rows a World Heritage Site. [17]
The by-election itself saw nine candidates,with 28,541 votes in total and a turnout of 41.2% of the local electorate. Dixon won with 60.8% of the vote,17,309 votes,and a majority of 10,974. [18] After her victory she said she would "fight Chester's corner" in Westminster. [19]
She was sworn into the House of Commons on 5 December, [20] and was welcomed to Parliament on 7 December by Keir Starmer and Labour MPs. [21] She was also the first Member of Parliament to swear her Oath of Allegiance to Charles III.
Dixon was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rachel Reeves in February 2023. [22] She was promoted to become an opposition whip in September of the same year. [23] In April 2024,a man was found guilty of the stalking and harassment of Dixon. [24]
Dixon stood in the new constituency of Chester North and Neston in the 2024 general election, [25] and she was elected. [26] Following the election,she was appointed a Government Whip (Vice-Chamberlain of the Household). On 17 July 2024,she was "taken hostage" during the 2024 State Opening of Parliament. [27]
In November 2024,Dixon voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill,which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [28]
Dixon is married to Nicholas and has three children. [29] Her recreations include knitting. [5]
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