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Paul Butler (politician)

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Northern Irish politician

Paul Butler

Member of theNorthern Ireland Assembly forLagan Valley
In office 7 March 2007 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by	Marietta Farrell
Succeeded by	Brenda Hale
Member of Lisburn City Council
In office 21 May 1997 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by	Patrick Rice
Succeeded by	David Bell
Constituency	Dunmurry Cross

Personal details
Born	Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Political party	Sinn Féin
Website	Sinn Féin

Paul Butler (Irish:Pól de Buitléir^[1]) is anIrish republican politician inNorthern Ireland. He is a former member of theProvisional Irish Republican Army, and served 15 years in prison after being convicted of murdering a police officer. He served as a member of theNorthern Ireland Assembly forLagan Valley from 2007 to 2011.^[2]^[3]

Involvement in the Troubles

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In 1974 (aged 17) Butler confessed to, and was convicted of, the murder of 50-year-old reserveRoyal Ulster Constabulary officer John Rodgers. Rogers was murdered in an IRA gun attack near the Glen Inn inGlengormley. Butler was given a life sentence, for which he spent 15 years in jail.^[4]^[5]

Lisburn City Council

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Paul Butler was the leader of the Sinn Féin group on theLisburn City Council. The party held four seats on the council at the time, making it the third party and the largest nationalist party.Butler had a served as aCouncillor for Lisburn City Council from 1997 until 2011 and was a member of their Strategic Policy, Planning and Finance Committees.^[6]^[7] Butler campaigned against discrimination on the council, culminating in theIrish Government sending a representative to witness council proceedings. Nationalists claim that the unionist majority on the council has prevented nationalists from taking council positions. Butler successfully campaigned for the town to gain city status.^{[citation needed]}

Westminster elections

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Butler stood in the UK general elections in 2001 and 2005 in the Lagan Valley constituency but was not elected.^[8]

In October 2023, he called onSinn Féin and theSDLP to not stand a candidate in Lagan Valley in the2024 general election.^[9]

Standing down

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Butler announced that he will not contest the May Assembly elections after only one term as an MLA. "I am standing down," confirmed Butler. "The Party's position on this is that anyone who is a councillor and an MLA should only have one job."^[10]

Assembly elections

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Results of the election to the Northern Irish Assembly, Lagan Valley, 2003

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	Candidate	1st Pref	Result
UUP	Jeffrey Donaldson	14,104	Elected
DUP	Edwin Poots	5,175	Elected
Alliance	Seamus Close	4,408	Elected
DUP	Andrew Hunter	3,300	Not Elected
Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	3,242	Not Elected
SDLP	Patricia Lewsley*	3,133	Elected
UUP	Billy Bell	2,782	Elected
Independent	Ivan Davis	2,223	Not elected
UUP	Norah Beare	1,508	Elected
UUP	Jim Kirkpatrick	675	Not elected
NI Conservatives	Joanne Johnston	395	Not elected
PUP	Andrew Park	212	Not elected
Workers' Party	Frances McCarthy	97	Not elected

Patricia Lewsley was appointed as Children's Commissioner and was replaced as an MLA byMarietta Farrell

Results of the election to the Northern Irish Assembly, Lagan Valley, 2007

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Butler became the first Sinn Féin member for Lagan Valley in the Northern Irish Assembly. He won the SDLP seat previously held by Patricia Lewsley and subsequently Marietta Farrell. Butler was the only nationalist elected in the six-seater constituency.

	Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
DUP	Jeffrey Donaldson	9,793	Elected	1
Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	5,098	Elected	6
UUP	Basil McCrea	4,031	Elected	7
Alliance	Trevor Lunn	3,765	Elected	7
DUP	Jonathan Craig	3,471	Elected	8
DUP	Edwin Poots	3,457	Elected	9
DUP	Paul Givan	3,377	Not elected	9
SDLP	Marietta Farrell	2,839	Not elected	5
UUP	Billy Bell	2,599	Not elected	6
UUP	Ronnie Crawford	1,147	Not elected	4
Green	Michael Rogan	922	Not elected	4
UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	853	Not elected	3
NI Conservatives	Neil Johnston	387	Not elected	2
Workers' Party	John Magee	83	Not elected	2

Notes and references

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^Microsoft Word – PC1928.doc Archived 17 July 2011 at theWayback Machine
^"Lagan Valley: Sinn Féin secure first seat".The Belfast Telegraph. 9 March 2007.
^"Lagan Valley: Election results". BBC. 9 March 2007.
^"Hansard – UK Parliament". Hansard. 10 June 1998. Archived fromthe original on 16 July 2011.
^Thompson, David (19 June 2024)."Police killer Ex-MLA endorses Alliance Lagan Valley candidate in general election after Sinn Fein pulls out of race".
^"Ard Fheis speech by Paul Butler, Sinn Féin councillor on Lisburn City Council".Sinn Féin. 10 March 2007. Archived fromthe original on 3 September 2012.
^"Candidate Profile – Paul Butler".The Guardian. UK. 10 March 2007. Archived fromthe original on 6 July 2008.
^"Lagan Valley election history". Ark. 10 March 2007.
^Breslin, John (23 October 2023)."Former Sinn Féin MLA calls on his party and SDLP to stand aside in Lagan Valley in general election".The Irish News. Retrieved8 December 2023.
^Baker, Pete."Slugger O'Toole - SF MLA Paul Butler to stand down". Slugger O'Toole. Retrieved29 August 2012.

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by Marietta Farrell	MLA forLagan Valley 2007–2011	Succeeded by Brenda Hale

Provisional Irish Republican Army

General

Organisation

Actions

1970–1979	Battle of St Matthew's Falls Curfew 1970 Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Red Lion bombing Balmoral showroom bombing Abercorn bombing Donegall Street bombing Battle at Springmartin Battle of Lenadoon Bloody Friday Claudy bombing Newry customs bombing Old Bailey bombing Honey Trap killings King's Cross & Euston bombings Coleraine bombings 1973 Westminster bombing M62 bombing Clogher attack Houses of Parliament bombing Tower of London bombing Guildford pub bombings Harrow School bombing Brooks's Club bombing Woolwich pub bombing British Airways bombing attempt Birmingham pub bombings London pillar box bombings Talbot Arms bombing Bristol bombing Telephone exchange bombings 1974 Oxford Street bombing Carlton Tower & Portman Hotel shootings Mountainview attack Bayardo Bar attack Forkhill attack Caterham Arms bombing Tullyvallen massacre London Hilton bombing Piccadilly bombing Trattoria Fiore bombing Scott's Oyster Bar bombing Walton's Restaurant bombing Drummuckavall ambush Balcombe Street siege Kingsmill massacre West Ham station attack Olympia bombing Walker's Bar attack Stag Inn attack Garryhinch ambush JonesboroughGazelle downing La Mon restaurant bombing Crossmaglen ambush Warrenpoint ambush Brussels bombing Dungannon attack
1980–1989	Dunmurry train bombing Lough Foyle attacks Glasdrumman ambush 1981 Bessbrook attack Chelsea Barracks bombing Hyde Park & Regent's Park bombings Harrods bombing Royal Artillery Barracks bombing Brighton hotel bombing Ballygawley land mine attack Newry mortar attack Ballygawley attack Enniskillen mortar attack RUC Birches barracks attack Rheindahlen bombing Loughgall ambush Operation Flavius Corporals killings Lisburn bombing AughanduffLynx shootdown 1988 Netherlands attacks Glamorgan barracks bombing Inglis Barracks bombing Ballygawley bus bombing Jonesborough ambush Clive Barracks bombing Deal barracks bombing Mayobridge attack Derryard attack
1990–1991	DerrygorryGazelle downing South Armagh sniper Downpatrick roadside bomb Operation Conservation 1990 Wembley bombing Carlton Club bombing London Stock Exchange bombing Honourable Artillery Company bombing Lichfield gun attack RFA Fort Victoria bombing Proxy bombings Downing Street mortar attack Paddington & Victoria station bombings Mullacreevie ambush Glenanne barracks bombing Coagh ambush Musgrave Park Hospital bombing Crumlin Road Prison bombing
1992–1997	Teebane bombing Clonoe ambush London Bridge bombing Staples Cnr bombing Baltic Exchange bombing Sussex Arms bombing Cloghoge attack Coalisland riots Forensic Science Laboratory bombing Stoke Newington Road bomb 1992 Manchester bombing Night of the Long Knives 1993 Harrods bombing Warrington bombings Cullaville occupation Camden bombing Bishopsgate bombing Finchley Road bombings Battle of Newry Road Shankill Road bombing 1993 Fivemiletown ambush Heathrow attacks CrossmaglenLynx downing Drumcree conflict Docklands bombing Aldwych bus bombing 1996 Manchester bombing Hammersmith Bridge bombing Osnabrück mortar attack Thiepval barracks bombing Coalisland attack 1997 Northern Ireland riots

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