- Paul White, Baron Hanningfield
Paul Edward Winston White, Baron Hanningfield DL (born
16 September 1940 ) is a British Conservative Party politician and currently the Opposition Spokesperson for Communities and Local Government and for Transport.The son of Edward Ernest William White and Irene Joyce Gertrude Williamson, he was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in
Chelmsford and has received aNuffield Scholarship for Agriculture .Lord Hanningfield is the Leader of
Essex County Council , to which he was first elected in 1970. White was a member of theAssociation of County Councils from 1981 to 1997 and its leader from 1995 to 1997. He was chair of the Council of Local Education Authorities (CLEA) between 1990 and 1992, and of theEastern Region Further Education Funding Council between 1992 and 1997. From 1997 to 2001, he was deputy chair and Conservative Group Leader of theLocal Government Association . Since 2001, he is chair and co-founder ofLocalis Think Tank . White is further a member of the Court ofEssex University and aDeputy Lieutenant . On31 July 1998 , he was made alife peer as Baron Hanningfield, of Chelmsford in the County ofEssex .References
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External links
* [http://lordhanningfield.essexcc.gov.uk/roller/ Lord Hanningfield—official website]
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