Joyce Shore Butler | |
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| Member of Parliament for Wood Green | |
| In office 26 May 1955 – 7 April 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | William Irving |
| Succeeded by | Reg Race |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joyce Wells 13 December 1910 |
| Died | 2 January 1992 (aged 81) |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative Party |
| Spouse(s) | Vic Butler |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Woodbrooke College |
Joyce Shore Butler (née Wells; 13 December 1910 – 2 January 1992)[1] was a British Labour Co-operative politician.[2] She was the long serving MP for Wood Green and was the first woman to chair an ad hoc committee.[3]
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Early life
Butler was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Woodbrooke College.
Career
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.[4]
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 1965-67 but held no front-bench position. She served as vice-chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party and chair of the group of Co-operative Party MPs. She retired from Parliament at the 1979 general election.[2]
Personal life
She married Vic Butler, a Co-operative Party worker who became a councillor, the first mayor of the London Borough of Haringey and a parliamentary candidate. They had two children.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by William Irving | Member of Parliament for Wood Green 1955–1979 | Succeeded by Reg Race |
References
- ^ "Butler, Joyce Shore, (13 Dec. 1910–2 Jan. 1992), Chairman, Hornsey Housing Trust, 1980–88". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u171478. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ a b Featherstone, Lynne (4 September 2018). Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith (ed.). The Honourable Ladies: Volume I: Profiles of Women MPs 1918–1996. Biteback Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-78590-449-3.
- ^ ukvote100 (7 November 2017). "1957 – A glass ceiling shattered!". UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Mayors of Haringey | Haringey Council". www.haringey.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2020.