Edwin Marsden (26 April 1913[1] – 30 August 1975) was a British trade unionist and communist activist.
Born in the Openshaw area of Manchester,[2] Marsden trained as a draughtsman but instead became a steel erector.
[3] In 1935, Marsden joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), radicalised in opposition to the Italian invasion of Abyssinia.
[4] He also joined the Constructional Engineering Union, serving as a site steward for more than thirty years.
[2] Meanwhile, he became increasingly prominent in the CPGB, serving on its Lancashire and Cheshire District Committee,[2] and standing unsuccessfully for the party in the 1963 Manchester Openshaw by-election, and again in the seat in the 1964 and 1966 general elections.