Eleanor Barton JP (née Stockton; 13 July 1872 – 9 March 1960) was a British co-operative movement activist from Manchester.

[2] In 1894, she married Alfred Barton, a librarian and active anarchist at the time, and the two moved to Sheffield.

[3] Barton went on a speaking tour of the United States in 1919, invited by the Labor Party of America, talking about child welfare.

[3] During the 1930s, Barton promoted the white poppy symbol for the Guild, and was prominent in the Peace Pledge Union and Hands Off Russia campaign.

[2][3] By 1949, Barton's husband and son had both died, and she moved to Papatoetoe, New Zealand to live with her daughter, Mrs. Linda Bennett.