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Bill Butler (born March 30, 1956, Glasgow) is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician and former teacher. He represents Glasgow Anniesland in the Scottish Parliament, elected in the by-election following the death of First Minister Donald Dewar. He is a member of the Justice 2, Standards and Local Government & Transport Committees of the Parliament.
A graduate of the University of Stirling and Notre Dame College of Education, he taught at a number of schools in Renfrew District and in Rutherglen from 1980 to 2000. He is married to Patricia Ferguson, a fellow Labour MSP and Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport.
Recently, he has sought backing in the Scottish Parliament for a bill to make Scottish health boards part-elected. His efforts have won the backing of the Health Committee and Health Minister, Andy Kerr, has agreed to allow the scheme to be piloted.
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Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Glasgow region  |
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Elected in the 2007 election
Labour (9 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (1 seat), Lib Dems (1 seat), Greens (1 seat)
Constituency MSPs
Bill Butler (Lab, Glasgow Anniesland) • Margaret Curran (Lab, Glasgow Baillieston) • Charlie Gordon (Lab, Glasgow Cathcart) • Nicola Sturgeon (SNP, Glasgow Govan) • Pauline McNeill (Lab, Glasgow Kelvin) • Patricia Ferguson (Lab, Glasgow Maryhill) • Johann Lamont (Lab, Glasgow Pollok) • James Kelly (Lab, Glasgow Rutherglen) • Frank McAveety (Lab, Glasgow Shettleston) •Paul Martin (Lab, Glasgow Springburn)
Additional Members
Bashir Ahmad (SNP) • Bill Aitken (Con) • Robert Brown (Lib Dem) • Bob Doris (SNP) • Patrick Harvie (Green) • Bill Kidd (SNP) • Sandra White (SNP)
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