Education
Butler was educated at King Edward"s School, Birmingham, and Woodbrooke College.
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They had two children. Butler became a councillor on Wood Green Borough Council in 1947, serving until the borough"s abolition in 1965. She was chairman of the Housing committee and Leader of the Labour Group on Wood Green Council.
She was an alderman and the first chairman of the new London Borough of Haringey in 1964.
Butler was first elected to Parliament at the 1955 general election, for the Wood Green constituency. She served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Land and Natural Resources 1965-1967 but held no front-bench position.
She served as vice-chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party and chair of the group of Company-operative Party MPs. She retired from Parliament at the 1979 general election.
Membership
41st United Kingdom Parliament. 42nd United Kingdom Parliament. 43rd United Kingdom Parliament.
44th United Kingdom Parliament.
45th United Kingdom Parliament. 46th United Kingdom Parliament.
47th United Kingdom Parliament.
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Political Party
Labour Party