Joyce Butler

Joyce Shore Butler
Joyce Shore Butler
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]

Joyce Butler with Coretta Scott King at some point in the 1960s

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
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.
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.

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[1] "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.

[DaleSmith2018-2] 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.

[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.

[4] "Mayors of Haringey | Haringey Council". www.haringey.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2020.