George Bolton (born 1934) is a Scottish former trade unionist and communist activist.
The son of Guy Bolton and nephew of John Bolton, both prominent Scottish communist miners, George joined the Communist Party of Great Britain at the age of sixteen, and was active in the 1959 strike against the closure of the Devon Colliery.
[3] He held both these posts during the UK miners' strike,[4] then succeeded Mick McGahey as president in 1987.
[5] Bolton was also a prominent Eurocommunist in the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB).
[9] In 1992, Bolton led a march of Scottish miners from Glasgow to London, in protest at proposals to close more mines in the nation.