Christine Butler

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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]

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