Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir John Valentine Butterfill FRICS (born 14 February 1941) is a British politician. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West from 1983 until he stood down at the 2010 general election. Born in Surrey, Butterfill was educated at Caterham School and the College of Estate Management in London. In 1962 he began his career as a valuer with Jones Laing Wootton, before becoming a senior executive with the Hammerson Group in 1964. He was a director at the Audley Properties Group (now the Bovis Homes Group) from 1969 until he became the Managing Director of the St Paul's Securities Group. He became a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1974. He was elected as the Chairman of the Guildford Conservative Association from 1976-1982. In 1977 he became a senior partner in Curchod & Co Chartered Surveyors, where he remained until 1992.