George Rennie Thorne (12 October 1853 – 20 February 1934) was a British solicitor and Liberal Party politician.

He was Mayor of Wolverhampton in 1902-03 representing the Liberal party,[2] and Chairman of South Staffordshire Joint Smallpox Hospital from its formation.

[4] In his election meetings and literature he declared himself a supporter of Free Trade, the proposed Bill on Old Age Pensions, restricting to eight the hours that miners could be made to work daily, women's suffrage, Irish Home Rule and any necessary reform of the House of Lords.

One of reasons it was such a narrow margin was the policy of the Suffragettes at this time to oppose the candidates of the Liberal government because they would not bring in a Bill to provide votes for women.

In 1919 he was appointed joint Chief Whip of the Independent Liberals led by H H Asquith (who was not a member of the House of Commons at the time, having lost his seat at the General Election) and held the post until 1923.