Career
White was a miner and served as vice-president of the Derbyshire Mineworkers" Association for four years and as a branch secretary for 18 years. He was a councillor and alderman on Derbyshire County Council for many years and divisional party organiser. He was first elected to Parliament unopposed in a by-election in 1942, following the death of the sitting Member of Parliament Frank Lee.
He died in Chesterfield aged 73.