Peter Butler (born 10 June 1951) is a British
Conservative Party politician. At the
1992 general election, he became the first
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
(MP) for the new constituency of
North East Milton Keynes, winning the seat with a majority of over 14,000. A former solicitor, he served as a PPS to
Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Harry Clarke, Baron Clarke of Nottingham, (born 2 July 1940), often known as Ken Clarke, is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1992 to 1993 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997 as well as serving as de ...
.
Butler served only one term in Parliament. At the
1997 election, he lost the seat by only 240 votes to
Labour's
Brian White.
["Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1997 edition]
A
Freemason, Butler was Worshipful Master of the Oxford-based
Apollo University Lodge 357 from 1992 to 1993.
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1951 births
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Councillors in South East England
English solicitors
Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England
Living people
Members of Oxfordshire County Council
People educated at Adams' Grammar School
People from Newport, Shropshire
Politics of Milton Keynes
UK MPs 1992–1997
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