Stephen Butler

Stephen Butler is the son of farmer Wilf Butler. Their farm, Butlers Farm was owned by Home Farm Estate, and Wilf was on the brink of becoming bankrupt. The pair struggled to accumulate the money to pay rent, however Jack Sugden paid the unpaid rent, costing him his job.
In May 2003, Ali Marsden began spreading a rumour that Stephen was gay. Donna Windsor, who had recently become his girlfriend, was furious and only caused the rumour to spread around further. When Stephen's friend Andy Sugden ended up believing the rumours, Stephen has words with him and leaves the village.
==List of appearances==
===2003===
*Fri 10th Jan
*Mon 13th Jan
*Fri 17th Jan
*Mon 20th Jan
*Mon 27th Jan
*Tue 28th Jan
*Wed 29th Jan
*Thu 30th Jan	
*Mon 3rd Feb
*Mon 10th Feb (1)
*Mon 10th Feb (2)
*Tue 11th Feb
*Thu 13th Feb
*Thu 27th Feb
*Fri 28th Feb
*Wed 19th Mar	
*Thu 20th Mar
*Fri 21st Mar
*Wed 2nd Apr
*Thu 3rd Apr
*Thu 10th Apr
*Mon 21st Apr
*Tue 6th May
*Wed 7th May	
*Thu 8th May
*Fri 9th May
*Sun 11th May
*Wed 14th May
*Fri 16th May
*Mon 19th May
*Tue 20th May
*Wed 21st May
Category:Emmerdale characters
Category:2003 minor characters
Category:Farmers
Category:Residents of Butlers Farm