The Lord Hanningfield | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 31 July 1998 – 20 October 2024 Life peerage | |
| Leader of Essex County Council | |
| In office February 2000 – February 2010 | |
| Deputy | Peter Martin |
| Preceded by | Mervyn Juliff |
| Succeeded by | Peter Martin |
| In office April 1998 – May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Mervyn Juliff |
| Succeeded by | Mervyn Juliff |
| Member of Essex County Council for Stock | |
| In office April 1970 – 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 |
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 the establishment of the Local Government Association. He was nominated for a life peerage in 1998 and served in frontbench roles in the House of Lords. In the parliamentary expenses scandal, Hanningfield was convicted of false accounting, sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and expelled from the Conservative Party. He was twice suspended from the House of Lords for expenses fraud.