He led a successful campaign against the NMA leadership's plans to leave the Miners' Federation of Great Britain's (MFGB) political fund, and also began teaching classes on politics and economics to other miners; attendees included Jack W.
Booth returned to Nottinghamshire in 1922, when he was elected checkweighman at Annesley Colliery; in his absence, he had lost some support, and Spencer felt able to lead a major split in the union after the UK general strike.
[3] As president, Booth focused on promoting reunification with the rival Nottinghamshire Miners' Industrial Union (NMIU).
Later that year, the NMA merged with the NMIU to form the Nottinghamshire Miners' Federated Union; the rationalisation of posts in the new union led to Booth losing both his work as an agent and his position on the executive committee.
[3] Despite being temporarily sidelined, Booth remained a prominent figure among Nottinghamshire miners.