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Christine Butler
Christine Butler
Member of Parliament ; for Castle Point
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by	Bob Spink
Succeeded by	Bob Spink
Member of Essex County Council; for Great Tarpots
	In office; 6 May 1993 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by	William Brum
Succeeded by	Alfred Goldsworth
Personal details
Born	14 December 1943; Nelson, Lancashire, England, UK
Died	19 September 2017 (aged 73); Suffolk, England, UK
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Robert Butler (m. 1964)
Children	3 sons

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.^[1] 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.^[2]