John Barton

John Barton was the husband of Moira Barton until his death and the father of Holly and Matty Barton (formerly known as Hannah). He was also believed to be the father of Adam, although after John's death it was revealed John's brother James was Adam's biological father.
==Storylines==
===2009-2011===
John, his wife, Moira, and their children, Holly, Adam and Hannah arrive in Emmerdale and move into Butler's Farm. John tries to help Aaron Livesy stop Rodney Blackstock's car after the brake is left on. They struggle and eventually the car crashes into the shop. When John catches Aaron playing with a lighter in his barn, he punches him and locks him in. After he is let out, Aaron reports John to the police. John is arrested, but after Moira pleads with the Dingles, Aaron drops the charges. When some lambs die on the farm, John is furious to discover there has been a chemical spill. Eve Jenson begins working on the farm and she is attracted to John. Eve and John share a kiss, which is witnessed by Cain Dingle. Cain tells Moira, who slaps Eve and kicks John out. Moira later forgives John and he moves back in. John and Moira help Holly battle her drug addiction. John is angry when he learns Moira was arrested for buying drugs, so she could give them to Holly. John and Moira are concerned when Holly goes missing and when she returns, John threatens to use heroin in front of her. Holly pleads with John not to do it and she starts a long road to recovery. After Declan Macey finds out Adam cheated on his daughter with his ex-wife, he begins making things difficult for John and the family. Declan tells John he is selling the farm, but John refuses to leave.
===2011-2012===
John is angry and devastated when Cain Dingle smugly informs him that he has been having an affair with Moira for weeks. John angrily confronts Moira and she later breaks down and confesses everything to him. He kicks her out and she goes to stay with her Marlon Dingle for a few weeks. During this time, John is provoked several times by Cain. When Moira returns home, John explains that their children have worked out her affair with Cain and John and Moira split up and she moves out. In December, John is provoked three times by Cain and this later leads into a violent showdown between the two men and John later pushes Moira to the ground. Later that night, Cain is brutally attacked and John is a suspect when he is found by Adam walking near the scene, with blood on his hands. John is arrested for the attack but he is cleared when the attacker turns out to be Cain's father Zak Dingle. He rebuffs Moira's attempts of a reconciliation and he starts flirting with Chas Dingle in front of Moira. Their relationship survives his children's attempts to break them up but when they come to sleep together, John couldn't go through with it and he realises that he is still in love with Moira, so Chas dumps him. John and Moira talk and they decide to put the divorce on hold and they later reconcile. They tell Adam, Holly and Hannah, who are so thrilled that they book a few nights in a hotel for them. However, on their way to the hotel, John loses control of Andy's Land Rover on some black ice and it rolls down a hillside. Declan and his girlfriend Katie Sugden discover them and Declan rescues Moira, but John is still inside the car when it falls down a cliff. He is rushed to hospital and undergoes surgery. However, he later dies with his family around him. 
==Residences==
Address 	Duration
Butlers Farm	17th July 2009 to 16th February 2012
==Other information==
*John and Moira Boyd married on 6th January 1990.
==Quotes==
"Ah, you must be, um... Andy, yeah?" - first line, to Andy Sugden.
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"It'd be nice." - final line, to Moira Barton.
==See also==
*Full list of appearances
Category:Emmerdale characters
Category:Residents of Butlers Farm
Category:Barton family
Category:2009 debuts
Category:2012 departures
Category:2012 deaths
Category:1990 marriages
Category:1970 births
Category:Farmers
Category:Boyd family