Christopher John Butler (born 12 August 1950) is a British former
Conservative Party politician.
Political career
Butler was the unsuccessful Conservative candidate in a
1985 by-election for the Welsh seat of
Brecon and Radnor, where the Conservative vote dropped by 20 per cent and the seat was taken by the
Liberal Richard Livesey. He later became the
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Warrington South from
1987
Events January
* January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency.
* January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
* January 3 – Afghan leader ...
to
1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
, when he lost his seat by 191 votes to the
Labour Party candidate
Mike Hall.
Later life
He is now a partner at Butler Kelly; a cross-party public affairs consultancy.
He stood for the
Brexit Party
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in
Cardiff North at the
2019 general election, and came in fifth place.
References
Bibliography
*''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'',
Times Newspapers Ltd
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, 1992
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External links
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1950 births
Living people
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1987–1992
Reform UK politicians
Reform UK parliamentary candidates
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