Preceded by Prentice Howarth Nationality British Succeeded by Walter Hall Political party Labour | Preceded by Michael Fidler Name Frank White | |
Full Name Frank Richard White Born 11 November 1939 (age 84) ( 1939-11-11 ) | ||
Succeeded by Constituency abolished | ||
Frank Richard White (born 11 November 1939) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
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Early life
He is the son of Arthur Leslie White, a Sapper with the Royal Engineers who died in 1943 as a Japanese Prisoner of War while working on the infamous Burma-Siam Railway, and Edna Mead. Following his education at Folds Road School, Bolton, and at Bolton Technical School, Frank worked in a mail order distribution firm; becoming an official in the General and Municipal Workers Union. In 1967, he married Eileen Crook at St Augustine's Church, Tonge Moor, Bolton.
Political career
His first elected political office was as a councillor to Bolton County Borough council, representing the Tonge ward from 1964 to 1974. On his second attempt, he was elected at the October 1974 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the marginal Bury and Radcliffe constituency. He was an assistant government whip from 1976 to 1978. His Bury and Radcliffe seat was abolished by boundary changes for the 1983 general election, instead he stood in the new Bury North seat, but lost to the Conservative candidate Alistair Burt. In 1986, he was elected as a councillor to Bolton Metropolitan Borough council, once again representing the Tonge ward, then, after ward boundary and name changes in 2004, represented the Tonge with The Haulgh ward. He attempted to re-enter Parliament at the 1987 general election for Bolton North East, but failed by 813 votes.
Between 2005-2006, he served as the Mayor of Bolton, with his wife, Eileen, as Mayoress. He was also the Chairman of Lancashire Co-operative Development Agency; a Magistrate, becoming Chairman of Bolton Magistrates Bench; and Chairman of East Bolton Regeneration Partnership.
A sometime amateur boxer and footballer, he is a keen supporter of Bolton Wanderers and a part-time football referee.