Ernest Stanford CBE (27 November 1894 – 14 April 1966) was a British politician.
Around the end of the war, he joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP), within which he became a prominent supporter of Ramsay Macdonald.
On nomination day, Stanford agreed to withdraw in favour of a National Liberal Party candidate, and he instead spent the election campaigning for Macdonald in Seaham.
He remained active in the party, and in 1939 was elected to its executive committee, as the representative of the National Labour Candidates' Association.
[1] From 1932, Stanford worked as National Appeals Organiser for the British Empire Cancer Campaign, then from 1939 until 1959 he filled the same role at St Dunstan's.