Eirene White, Baroness White

Eirene Lloyd White, Baroness White (née Jones; 7 November 1909 – 23 December 1999) was a British Labour Party politician and journalist.

Early life White was born in Belfast, the daughter of Dr Thomas Jones, commonly known as "TJ", a civil servant, educationalist and friend of the establishment. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School in London, and then read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Somerville College, Oxford.

White stood for the Labour Party at the 1945 general election in Flintshire without success. She was elected a member of Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) in the women's section in 1947. She was elected Labour MP for East Flintshire in 1950, becoming one of the first female MPs in Wales. Later posts included president of Coleg Harlech and governor of the National Library of Wales. She was chairman of the Land Authority for Wales (1976–80), deputy chairman of the Metrication Board (1972–76), and a member of the Royal Commission on Environment Pollution (1974–81). She was Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords from 1979 to 1989. She was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Bath in 1983.

On 10 June 2022, a purple plaque was unveiled at Flint Town Hall in her honour, recognizing the fact that she was one of the first three women to represent Wales in the UK Parliament, and indeed Wales's only female MP during ten years.

Personal life In 1948, she married fellow House of Commons lobby correspondent John Cameron White (1911–1968). They had no children.

Death She died, aged 90, in Abergavenny.

A viewfinder monument was erected on the summit of Allt yr Esgair at 393 metres/1290 feet (Grid Ref SO126243).