Paul White, Baron Hanningfield
The Lord Hanningfield | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 31 July 1998 – 20 October 2024 | |
| Leader of Essex County Council | |
| In office February 2000 – February 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Mervyn Juliff |
| Succeeded by | Peter Martin |
| In office April 1998 – May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Mervyn Juliff |
| Succeeded by | Mervyn Juliff |
| Conservative Group Leader on Essex County Council | |
| In office 20 January 1994 – February 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Martin |
| Succeeded by | Peter Martin |
| Member of Essex County Council for Stock | |
| In office 15 April 1970 – 29 July 2011 | |
| Preceded by | William Hodgins |
| Succeeded by | Ian Grundy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paul Edward Winston White 16 September 1940 Chelmsford, England |
| Died | 20 October 2024 (aged 84) |
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| Alma mater | King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford |
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Paul Edward Winston White, Baron Hanningfield, DL (16 September 1940 – 20 October 2024), was a British politician and farmer. As a member of the Conservative Party, he served in various leadership roles in local government in Essex and was influential in establishing the Local Government Association. He was a member of Essex County Council from 1970 and 2011, and served in frontbench roles in the House of Lords after being nominated for a life peerage in 1998.
In the parliamentary expenses scandal, Hanningfield was convicted of false accounting in 2011, sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and expelled from the Conservative Party. He was twice suspended from the House of Lords for expenses fraud.