Paul White, Baron Hanningfield

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Paul Edward Winston White, Baron Hanningfield , DL (born September 16, 1940 ) is an independent ( Non-Affiliated ) British politician . Before that he was a member of the Conservative Party until early 2010 .

life and career

White was born on September 16, 1940 to Edward Ernest William White and Irene Joyce Gertrude Williamson. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford and received a scholarship , the Nuffield Scholarship for Agriculture .

He was 1962 president ( chairman ) of Chelmsford Young Farmers , the same year he became a member of the local executive of the Conservative Party . White was leader of Essex County Council from 1998 to 1999 and 2001 to 2010 , to which he was first elected in 1970, where he also headed the Tories group from 2001 to 2010. There he was Chairman for Education from 1973 to 1998 and Chairman from 1989 to 1992.

He was from 1981 to 1997 a member of the Association of County Councils and from 1995 to 1997 its chairman ( leader ). From 1989 to 1993 he was chairman of the Education Committee there . From 1990 to 1992 he was Chair of the Council of Local Education Authorities (CLEA), and from 1992 to 1997 of the Eastern Region Further Education Funding Council . From 1997 to 2001 he was Deputy Chair and Conservative Group Leader of the Local Government Association . Since 2001 he has been chairman and co-founder of the Localis Think Tank . Hanningfield has also served on the University of Essex Court and Deputy Lieutenant of Essex since 1991.

White was a member of several international bodies. From 1990 to 2005 he was President of the Assembly of European Regions Sub-Commission . (EU Committee of the Regions: Leader, Conservative Group, UK Delegation -2005)

From 1998 to 2005 he was chairman of the Enlargement Group and from 2002 to 2005 of the Bulgarian Joint Consultative Committee . From 1998 to 2000 he was Vice-President of the Commission on Transport and the Information Society . Since 2007 he has served on the board of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum .

He is a member of the Conservative Party Board and Governor of the Brentwood School .

Membership in the House of Lords

White was named Life Peer as Baron Hanningfield, of Chelmsford in the County of Essex on July 31, 1998 . He gave his inaugural address in the House of Lords on November 30, 1998. His political interests include education, transportation and infrastructure, agriculture, foreign policy, constitutional issues and local politics.

From 2003 to 2007 White Whip was the opposition . He was opposition spokesman for the Deputy Prime Minister's Office for Municipalities and Local Government also from 2003 to 2007, for Education and Skills from 2004 to 2005, for Transportation from 2005 to 2009, and for Innovation and Skills from 2009 to 2010.

He last spoke up on February 4, 2010, House of Lords. He last took part in a vote on July 28, 2010.

On February 5, 2010, it was announced that he was charged with offenses under Section 17 of the Theft Act in connection with incorrectly received accommodation expenses. He immediately resigned as opposition spokesman for municipalities, municipal administration and transportation. Later that day, he resigned as chairman of Essex County Council . The Conservative Party suspended its membership.

On May 27, 2010, White, Jim Devine , Elliot Morley and David Chaytor appeared in Southwark Crown Court for a preliminary hearing. He was sentenced to prison in July 2011 and was released early in September of the same year.

  • Session period 1997/1998: 12 * days
  • Session period April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002: 68 days
  • Session period April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003: 95 days
  • Session period April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004: 94 days
  • Session period April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005: 129 days
  • Session period April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006: 107 days
  • Session period April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007: 110 days
  • Session period April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008: 107 days
  • Session period April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009: 102 days
  • Session period April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010: 44 days
  • Session period April 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010: 17 days
  • Session period July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010: 8 days
  • Session period October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010: 13 days
  • Session period January 1, 2011 to March 31, 2011: 15 days
  • April 2011: 5 days (out of 7)
  • May 2011: 2 days (out of 15)
  • June 2011: 0 days (out of 17)
  • July 2011: 0 days (out of 13)
  • August 2011: 0 days (out of 1)
  • September 2011: 0 days (out of 8)
  • October 2011: 0 days (out of 18)
  • November 2011: 0 days (out of 18)
  • December 2011: 0 days (out of 13)
  • January 2012: 0 days (out of 14)
  • February 2012: 0 days (out of 14)
  • March 2012: 0 days (out of 17)
  • April 2012: 4 days (out of 5)
  • May 2012: 10 days (out of 13)
  • June 2012: 12 days (out of 13)

His presence on meeting days has been in the medium to irregular range between 2001 and the suspension in July 2011. Since this ended in May 2012, he has been there regularly.

Honors

On March 18, 2009 he received the Rural Vision 2009 Award from the Countryside Alliance for his work to protect and promote rural communities. The Alliance felt his commitment and leadership in areas such as the operation against a second runway in Stansted shows that he is a politician with conservation interests.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Three MPs and one peer to be charged over expenses Article on BBC News on February 5, 2010
  2. ^ Four in court over expenses Article by Scotsman, May 28, 2010
  3. ↑ Lord Taylor of Warwick and Lord Hanningfield released from jail early article in the Guardian of September 12, 2011
  4. ↑ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed December 8, 2011
personal data
SURNAME White, Paul, Baron Hanningfield
ALTERNATIVE NAMES White, Paul Edward Winston, Baron Hanningfield (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (formerly Conservative Party) and life peer
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1940