Margaret Elinor Burns (née Enfield; 17 May 1887 – 2 November 1978) was a British communist, co-operative activist and suffragist.
[3] The family moved to London around the end of World War I, where Elinor and Emile joined the Independent Labour Party.
[4] Starting in 1926, she wrote the Colonial Series of books for the Labour Research Department, about British imperialism.
She also argued that, in order to achieve emancipation, women should involve themselves in the co-operative movement and also join the CPGB.
[2][4][8] In 1956, although Burns again stood for the executive of the CPGB, she was not put on the party's approved list, and was one of two sitting members to lose their seats.