Bill Butler (politician)

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Bill Butler

Bill Butler (born March 30, 1956 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Labor Party .

Life

Butler attended St Mungo's Academy in Glasgow. He then studied at Stirling University and qualified to teach at Notre Dame College of Education in Bearsden . As a result, Butler worked as an English teacher, most recently at Notre Dame College of Education in Rutherglen . He is a longstanding member of the Labor Party, the GMB union and has served on the Glasgow District Council since 1992. Butler is married to his party colleague Patricia Ferguson , who holds the direct mandate of the constituency of Glasgow Maryhill or Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn .

Political career

In the 1999 Scottish general election , Labor politician and First Minister Donald Dewar won the direct mandate of the Glasgow Anniesland constituency . He died on October 11, 2000, which is why new elections were held in the constituency on October 23, 2000. Butler succeeded Dewar in Glasgow Anniesland and was given the direct mandate of the constituency by a large margin. In the parliamentary elections in 2003 and 2007 he ran again for Glasgow Anniesland and defended his mandate. In the Scottish parliamentary elections in 2011 , the SNP candidate , Bill Kidd , finally managed to win the direct mandate for Glasgow Anniesland with a lead of only seven votes over Bill Butler, which led to the latter losing his seat in parliament. This was the narrowest win of any constituency in this election. Since Glasgow Anniesland is the former constituency of the late Donald Dewar and a Labor stronghold, this victory has been given some significance for the SNP.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from August 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Information from the Labor Party ( Memento of May 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ The Daily Telegraph: Scotland mourns Donald Dewar , October 11, 2000
  4. ↑ BBC News: Anniesland double-header
  5. ^ The Guardian: Anniesland: Victors pay tribute to Dewar
  6. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website.
  7. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website.
  8. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website.
  9. ↑ Contribution to the election result in Glasgow Anniesland ( Memento from March 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

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SURNAME Butler, Bill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow