John Butterfill
| Sir John Butterfill | |
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| Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West |
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In office 10 June 1983 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | John Eden |
| Succeeded by | Conor Burns |
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14 February 1941 Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Pamela Ross-Symons |
| Occupation | Surveyor Business executive |
Sir John Valentine Butterfill FRICS (born 14 February 1941) is a British politician. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West from 1983 until he stood down at the 2010 general election.
Born in Surrey, Butterfill was educated at Caterham School and the College of Estate Management in London. In 1962 he began his career as a valuer with Jones Laing Wootton, before becoming a senior executive with the Hammerson Group in 1964. He was a director at the Audley Properties Group (now the Bovis Homes Group) from 1969 until he became the Managing Director of the St Paul's Securities Group. He became a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1974. He was elected as the Chairman of the Guildford Conservative Association from 1976-1982. In 1977 he became a senior partner in Curchod & Co Chartered Surveyors, where he remained until 1992. He was Director of ISLEF Building and Construction Ltd from 1985–91, and of the Pavilion Services Group from 1992-4.
In 1979 Butterfill contested London South East Inner at the European Parliamentary election but was defeated comfortably by Labour's Richard Balfe. He was selected to contest the Croydon North West by-election in 1981 which was caused by the death of Conservative MP Robert Taylor. It came as a great surprise when Bill Pitt won the seat for the Liberal Party, on a 24% swing and with a majority of 3,254. He was subsequently chosen to contest the south coast seat of Bournemouth West on the retirement of the veteran MP John Eden. Butterfill won the seat at the 1983 General Election with a majority of 13,331, and remained the MP there until 2010.
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