Sir John Valentine Butterfill FRICS (14 February 1941 – 7 November 2021) was a British Conservative politician and businessman who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West from 1983 until he stood down at the 2010 general election.

In 1979, Butterfill contested London South East Inner at the European Parliamentary election but was defeated comfortably by Labour's Richard Balfe.

He was selected to contest the Croydon North West by-election in 1981, which was caused by the death of Conservative MP Robert Taylor.

He was subsequently chosen to contest the south-coast seat of Bournemouth West on the retirement of the veteran MP John Eden.

In May 2009, as part of the Daily Telegraph's publication of details, the newspaper revealed that for five years, Butterfill owned a six-bedroom country house in Woking, Surrey, 80 miles from his constituency.

Said by Butterfill to have been purchased as a wreck, he submitted regular claims under the second home allowance for the cost of running the Woking house, which had a swimming pool and extensive grounds.

This included £17,000 on servants' quarters alone, contributing up to £1,778 a month towards the mortgage interest, and was also reimbursed for council tax bills for the "staff annex", where his housekeeper and odd-job man lived.

Butterfill allegedly told an undercover reporter that he would lobby to benefit a fictitious company and use his political connections for a payment of £35,000 a year.