Brian White (British politician)

Brian White (British politician)

Brian Arthur Robert White (born 5 May 1957, Belfast) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. White was formerly Member of Parliament for North East Milton Keynes between 1997 and 2005.

Early life

He went to the Methodist College Belfast grammar school on "Malone Road" in Belfast.

He worked for HM Customs and Excise in Southend-on-Sea where he helped to design a lot of the VAT accounting system (still in use), then became an IT consultant, working in the USA, Finland and Canada, and for Abbey National until 1997.

White had been Deputy Leader of Milton Keynes Council and the Secretary of the Local Government Association Labour Group. He joined the local council in 1987.

Parliamentary career

He was first elected to Parliament in the Labour victory at the 1997 general election with a 240 seat majority, [cite web | url= http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/constit/278.htm | title= Milton Keynes North East | work= Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources | accessdate= 2007-09-18] when he overturned the 14,000-vote majority of the sitting Conservative MP Peter Butler. [cite web | url= http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge92/i14.htm | title= 1992 General Election Results | work= Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources | accessdate= 2007-09-18]

He was returned at the 2001 election with a slightly increased majority of 1,829, but at the 2005 election he lost his seat to the Conservative candidate Mark Lancaster whose 1,665 majority represented a 3.6% swing. [cite web | url= http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0,,-1131,00.html | work= Guardian Unlimited Politics | title= Milton Keynes North East | accessdate= 2007-09-18]

In the local elections of May 2007, he was elected to Milton Keynes Council as a member for Stantonbury.

He is Chair of the National Energy Foundation, Chair of Milton Keynes Energy agency and has recently been appointed to the Board of the Renewable Fuels Agency.

Personal life

He married Leena Lindholm on July 4 1984 in Finland. He has two stepsons.

External links

* [http://www.brianwhite.org.uk His website]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/brian_white/north_east_milton_keynes TheyWorkForYou.com - Brian White]
* [http://cmis.milton-keynes.gov.uk/CmisWebPublic/Member.aspx?personID=472 Stantonbury Ward - MK Council]

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