Ministerial role

Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)

Current role holder: Sir Nic Dakin MP

Responsibilities

Current role holder

Sir Nic Dakin MP

Sir Nic Dakin was appointed Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) on 16 September 2025.

He was previously Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) from 10 July 2024 to 16 September 2025, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice between 23 July 2024 and 7 September 2025.

He was elected as the MP for Scunthorpe in July 2024, having previously held the seat from 2010 to 2019.

Education

Nic holds a BA in History from Hull University and a PGCE from King’s College London.

Political career

Nic was the Shadow Minister for Schools from 2015 to 2016 and Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in 2015. He was also an opposition Whip from 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to 2019.

While serving as an MP from 2010 to 2019, Nic chaired several All-Party Parliamentary Groups including: Steel and Metal Related Industries; Pancreatic Cancer; Education, Skills and Employment; Bioethanol.

Before serving as an MP, Nic was leader of North Lincolnshire Council from 1997 to 2003.

Nic was knighted in the 2020 Birthday Honours for political service.

Career outside politics

Prior to entering politics, Nic trained as a teacher - teaching English in Sweden and then at John Leggott College, Scunthorpe, where he later became Principal.

Nic is currently a trustee of Lindsey Lodge Hospice and Healthcare (North Lincolnshire) and of North Lincolnshire MIND. He is also a Board Member of Hull & Humber Chamber.

Personal life

Nic is married and has 3 grown-up children.

More about this person

Previous holders of this role

  1. Lilian Greenwood MP

    2025 to 2025

  2. Samantha Dixon MBE MP

    2024 to 2025

  3. Stuart Anderson MP

    2023 to 2024

  4. Jo Churchill

    2022 to 2023

  5. The Rt Hon Michael Tomlinson KC

    2022 to 2022

  6. James Morris

    2021 to 2022

  7. The Rt Hon Marcus Jones

    2020 to 2021

  8. The Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP

    2019 to 2020

  9. The Rt Hon Craig Whittaker

    2019 to 2019

  10. The Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE

    2018 to 2019

  11. The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer

    2018 to 2018

  12. The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris

    2017 to 2018