Christopher John Butler (born 12 August 1950) is a British former
Conservative Party
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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
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Richard Livesey. He later became the
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Warrington South
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Constituency profile
Warrington South is one of two seats covering the Borough of Warri ...
from
1987
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to
1992
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, 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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