James White was a British

United Kingdom

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 Labour Party

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 politician. White was Member of Parliament

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 for Glasgow Pollok

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 from 1970 to 1987, when he retired. He served in the
Eighth Army

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 under
Field Marshal Montgomery

Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

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 during World War II

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. White was solidly anti-abortion

Abortion

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 and devoted many efforts to limiting it; for example, sponsoring legislation to tighten the restrictions on the Abortion Act 1967

Abortion Act 1967

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. He died on 19 February 2009. He is survived by his daughters, Ann and Doris and son Jim.