Member of Parliament for Greenock and Port Glasgow Greenock (1955–74)
In office 8 December 1955 – 13 May 1983
Preceded by
Hector McNeil
Succeeded by
Norman Godman
Personal details
Born
1 November 1925 Glasgow, Scotland
Died
10 April 2008 (aged 82) Eastbourne, England
Political party
Labour (1948–81; 1991–2008) SDP (1981–88) Liberal Democrats (1988–91)
Spouse
Elizabeth Zinn
(m. 1970)
Alma mater
University of Glasgow
Profession
Physician
Jesse Dickson MabonPC FRSA (1 November 1925 – 10 April 2008), sometimes known as Dick Mabon, was a Scottish politician, physician and business executive. He was the founder of The Manifesto Group of Labour MPs, an alliance of moderate MPs who fought the perceived leftward drift of the Labour Party in the 1970s. He was a Labour Co-operative MP until October 1981, when he defected to the SDP. He lost his seat in 1983, and rejoined the Labour Party in 1991.
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