George Bryant Britton (1857 – 11 July 1929) was an English boot and shoe manufacturer and Liberal Party Member of Parliament.
He was head of G B Britton & Sons Ltd, boot and shoe manufacturers, founded in 1875[1] and the company developed into one of Bristol's most successful enterprises.
[6] A strong advocate of tramways, he played an active part in the initiation of an electric tram service to Kingswood[7] and also served as a justice of the peace.
As the 1918 general election approached, the MP for Bristol East Sir Charles Hobhouse announced he would not support the Coalition, claiming he had nothing in common with the Conservatives and no use for Bonar Law.
[8] In the general election, Britton faced Labour opposition from Luke Bateman, an active local member of the National Union of Railwaymen as well as from Hobhouse standing as an Independent Asquithian Liberal.