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Paul Edward Winston, Baron Hanningfield (born 16 September 1940) is a British politician and a suspended member of the House of Lords. He served in various leadership roles in local government as a Conservative and was influential in the establishment of the Local Government Association. He achieved notoriety in the Parliamentary Expenses Scandal, when he was convicted of false accounting and sent to prison. Following his release he was suspended from the House of Lords. Hanningfield was born Paul Edward Winston White, but he became Paul Edward Winston White, Baron Hanningfield, ''of Chelmsford in the County of Essex'' on his being created a Life Peer on 31 July 1998, and is thus known as Lord Hanningfield. ==Biography== The son of Edward Ernest William White by his marriage to Irene Joyce Gertrude Williamson, Hanningfield was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, and received a Nuffield Scholarship for Agriculture. In 1962 Hanningfield was appointed Chairman of the Young Farmers, and at the same time became a member of the Executive of Chelmsford Conservative Association, a position he held until 1999. He was first elected to Essex County Council in 1970 and served as Chairman of the council from 1989 to 1992. He was also chair of the Council of Local Education Authorities between 1990 and 1992, and leader of the Association of County Councils between 1995 and 1997. In 1998 Hanningfield was given a peerage, in recognition of his work in helping to establish the Local Government Association of England and Wales. From 1997 to 2001, Hanningfield was deputy chair and Conservative Group Leader of the Local Government Association. He served as leader of Essex County Council from 2001 until his resignation in 2010. Hanningfield was also a member of the Court of Essex University and a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Essex. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul White, Baron Hanningfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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