Chris Butler (politician)

Christopher John Butler, known as Chris Butler (born 12 August 1950), is a former British Conservative Party politician.

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 to 1992, when he lost his seat by 191 votes to Labour Party candidate Mike Hall.

He is now a Partner at Butler Kelly; a cross-Party public affairs consultancy.