Alfred Barry Williams (7 February 1928 – August 2005) was a British boilermaker, trade union official,[1] and Communist politician in the United Kingdom.
On returning to the UK he worked for various employers including shipbuilders and repairers Grayson Rollo and Clover and Cammell Laird and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board as a plater, a sub-division of boilermaker trade.
He was a leading figure in the UK labour movement in the second half of the 20th century,[3] twice running for general secretary of the Boilermakers' Society[4] against Jim Murray in highly contentious elections.
[6] Williams stood as the Communist Party candidate in the 1965 Liverpool Borough Council Elections, in the Childwall Ward, polling only 74 votes, or one percent.
As well as his political activity for the CPGB, he also wrote football reports on Everton FC for the Morning star under the nom de plume "Bill Morton".