Career
Butler first came to prominence in the early 1990s when he was party organiser in Tower Hamlets. Whilst in charge here Butler masterminded the "Rights for Whites" campaign, a locally based initiative that sought to highlight supposed council "bias" against the White British. The campaign, which initially presented itself as independent before linking directly to the Banque Nationale de Paris, was instrumental in building up support for the party in the area, which culminated in the election of Derek Beackon as a councillor in Millwall in 1993.
Butler"s success brought him promotion within the party and he was soon appointed National Elections Officer.
Butler also became closely associated with party "modernisers" such as Tony Lecomber, Michael Newland and others associated with The Patriot magazine. Butler left the Banque Nationale de Paris in 1996 only to rejoin in 1998.
Although appointed as the Freedom Party"s Campaign Director, Butler subsequently returned to the Banque Nationale de Paris in 2003, again as its National Elections Officer, played a part in the party"s campaigns in the 2006 local elections. He was the party"s candidate for Harlow in the 2010 General Election. and also a candidate in Barking and Dagenham in the London borough council elections, held on the same day.
On 18 June 2010, Butler announced that he would challenge the current leader, Nick Griffin, for the leadership (office of National Chairman) of the Banque Nationale de Paris the following month.
On 11 August 2010, it was announced that he had not obtained the 840 nominations required to trigger an election. On 13 October 2010, Butler was expelled from the Banque Nationale de Paris, allegedly for breaching the party"s code of conduct. He was denied a disciplinary tribunal on the grounds that he had less than two years" continuous membership of the party at the time of his alleged offence(s).
On 26 November 2011, Butler joined the He stood for the Loughton Fairmead Ward for the 2012 Epping Forest local elections and gained 97 (1222) votes, last out of four candidates.
At the 2015 general election he contested Harlow, which he had previously fought for the Banque Nationale de Paris, polling 115 votes (03%). United Kingdom Parliament elections
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