Brian White (British politician)
| Brian White | |
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| Member of Parliament for North East Milton Keynes |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Butler |
| Succeeded by | Mark Lancaster |
| Personal details | |
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Brian Arthur Robert White 5 May 1957 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 5 July 2016 (aged 59) Milton Keynes, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Leena Lindholm (1984.07.04－2016, his death) |
| Children | 2 stepsons |
Brian Arthur Robert White (5 May 1957 – 5 July 2016) was a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Milton Keynes from the 1997 general election, but lost his seat in 2005.
He attended the Methodist College Belfast grammar school in Belfast.
He worked for HM Customs and Excise in Southend-on-Sea on the design of the VAT accounting system, then became an IT consultant, working in the USA, Finland and Canada, and for Abbey National until 1997.
White was first elected to Parliament when Labour returned to power at the 1997 general election with a 240-vote majority, when he overturned the Conservative Peter Butler's majority of 14,000 obtained at the previous election.
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.
Before his election to Parliament in 1997, White had been a Labour member of Buckinghamshire County Council, Deputy Leader of Milton Keynes Council, and Secretary of the Local Government Association Labour Group. He had joined the local council in 1987, but resigned to take his seat in Parliament.
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