William Holmes CBE (21 January 1873 – November 1961)[1] was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician.
[3] In 1905, Holmes was elected to Norwich City Council, becoming a Labour Party councillor when that organisation was established the following year.
Also in 1906, he worked with George Edwards to found the National Union of Agricultural Workers (NUAW).
[5] He stood unsuccessfully for the party in the 1920 Horncastle by-election and in Stafford at the 1922 United Kingdom general election.
[3] He continued in the post even though that year he was elected as President of the NUAW, but stood down in 1928 to become the union's General Secretary.