Robbie Butler

Robbie Butler
Butler in 2024
Deputy Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
Assumed office
27 May 2021
LeaderDoug Beattie
Mike Nesbitt
Chair of the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Assumed office
28 September 2024
DeputyDeclan McAleer
Preceded byTom Elliott
Ulster Unionist Party spokesperson for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Assumed office
28 September 2024
LeaderMike Nesbitt
Preceded byTom Elliott
Ulster Unionist Party spokesperson for Education
In office
24 May 2021 – 28 September 2024
LeaderDoug Beattie
Succeeded byColin Crawford
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley
Assumed office
5 May 2016
Preceded byBasil McCrea
Member of
Lisburn & Castlereagh Council
In office
22 May 2014 – 5 May 2016
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAlexander Redpath
ConstituencyKillultagh
Personal details
Born (1972-04-16) 16 April 1972 (age 52)
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
SpouseBelinda
Children2
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionFirefighter

Robbie Butler MLA (born 16 April 1972) is a Northern Irish unionist politician, serving as Deputy Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) since May 2021, and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley since 2016.

He has been the Ulster Unionist Party's representative for Agriculture, the Environment and Rural Affairs since 2024.[1] He is an officer in the Boys' Brigade at 1st Magheragall.[2]

  1. ^ "UUP Conference: Leader's speech". BBC News. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. ^ "I couldn't save victims of house fire - that is the one thing I can never forget: MLA Robbie Butler" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.