 brian arthur robert white (born 5 may 1957 in belfast) is a labour party politician in the united kingdom. he was member of parliament (mp) for north east milton keynes from 1997 to 2005. ==early life== he went to the methodist college belfast grammar school on malone road in belfast. he worked for hm customs and excise in southend-on-sea on the design of the vat accounting system, then became an it consultant, working in the usa, finland and canada, and for abbey national until 1997. ==political career== ===parliament=== he was first elected to parliament in the labour victory at the 1997 general election with a 240-vote majority, when he overturned the 14,000-vote majority of the sitting conservative mp peter butler. he was returned at the 2001 election with a slightly increased majority of 1,829, but at the 2005 election he lost his seat to the conservative candidate mark lancaster whose 1,665 majority represented a 3.6% swing.  ===local government=== before his election to parliament in 1997, white had been deputy leader of milton keynes council and the secretary of the local government association labour group. he had joined the local council in 1987, but resigned to take his seat in parliament. in the local electi
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