Peter Butler | |
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Member of Parliament for North East Milton Keynes | |
In office 9 April 1992 – 1 May 1997 |
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Preceded by | New Constituency |
Succeeded by | Brian White |
Personal details | |
Born |
Peter Butler 10 June 1951 Newport, Shropshire |
Political party | Conservative |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Solicitor |
Peter Butler (born 10 June 1951) is a British Conservative Party politician. At the 1992 general election, he became the first Member of Parliament (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.
Butler served only one term in Parliament. At the 1997 election, he lost the seat by only 240 votes to Labour's Brian White.
A Freemason, Butler was Worshipful Master of the Oxford-based Apollo University Lodge 357 from 1992-1993.