Rob Butler | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation | |
In office 20 September 2022 –27 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
Preceded by | Stuart Andrew |
Succeeded by | Damian Hinds |
Member of Parliament for Aylesbury | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | David Lidington |
Majority | 17,373 (28.7%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Butler 19 June 1967 Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire,England |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
Robert Butler OBE (born 19 June 1967) [1] is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury since the 2019 general election. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probations between September and October 2022. [2] [3]
Robert Butler was born in Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire. [4] His earliest years were spent in Bedgrove,until his family moved to Bicester. He attended the University of Sheffield,where he studied French and Economics. [5]
Butler's career began as a TV presenter at the BBC and later Channel 5,where he presented that channel's lunchtime news from its launch in 1997 until the end of 2004. [6] In 2005,he founded a communication and lobbying consultancy,which worked with large and small companies around the world, [7] such as the private healthcare company Bupa. [8]
In 2010,he joined the lobbying firm Pagefield at its launch,as an associate partner [9] and was still listed as a specialist partner in their senior advisory team at the time of the 2019 election. [10] During that time Pagefield worked with many clients including tobacco giants British American Tobacco, [11] Philip Morris International, [12] arms manufacturer and systems advisors BAE Systems,and the government of Azerbaijan,while its sister company Pagefield Global Counsel provides public relations services to clients such as the kingdom of Saudi Arabia in relation to the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. [13]
Prior to his election to Parliament,Butler was also a director of His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service.
At the 2019 general election,Butler was elected as MP for Aylesbury with 54% of the vote and a majority of 17,373. [14]
While never opposing it in votes or other action,Butler has criticised the HS2 project in words,calling it an "unwanted and ludicrously expensive railway". [15] Butler has served on the Justice Select Committee since March 2020 and is a member of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme for 2020 to 2022. [16] [17]
On 13 June 2022,Butler was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Liz Truss,the secretary of state for foreign,Commonwealth and development affairs. [18] He resigned this position on 7 July 2022 amid the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis. [19]
Butler was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 29 December 2023 in Truss's resignation honours list. [20] [21]
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