Frank White

Frank Richard White (born 11 November 1939) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Early life He is the son of Edna Mead and 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. Following his education at Folds Road School in Bolton and Bolton Technical School, Frank worked in a mail order distribution firm, becoming an official in the General and Municipal Workers Union.

Political career His first elected political office was as a councillor to Bolton County Borough council, representing the Tonge ward from 1964 to 1974. 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. After ward boundary and name changes in 2004, he represented the Tonge with The Haulgh ward.

An occasional amateur boxer and footballer, he is a keen supporter of Bolton Wanderers and a part-time football referee.