Christine Butler
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox officeholder Christine Margaret Butler (née Smith; 14 December 1943 – 19 September 2017) was a British politician who served as member of parliament for Castle Point, representing the Labour Party, between 1997 and 2001.
Early life
She attended Nelson Grammar School (became Walton High School in 1972) on Oxford Road in Nelson, then Middlesex Polytechnic, where she gained a BA.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She worked in the pharmaceutical industry then the NHS.
Political career
In 1993 she was elected to Essex County Council.
Parliamentary career
She was elected Labour Party member of parliament for Castle Point in Essex in 1997. She lost her seat in the 2001 election, to Conservative Party challenger Bob Spink, whom she had defeated, by under 1,000 votes.
Personal life
Butler married Robert Butler in 1964 in Uxbridge, with whom she had three sons. She died in September 2017 at the age of 73 after suffering from dementia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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- 1943 births
- 2017 deaths
- Alumni of Middlesex University
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Members of Essex County Council
- People educated at Walton High School, Nelson
- People from Nelson, Lancashire
- UK MPs 1997–2001
- 20th-century British women politicians
- 21st-century British women politicians
- 20th-century English women
- 20th-century English politicians
- 21st-century English women
- 21st-century English politicians
- Women councillors in England
- UK councillors 1993–1997