Hilary Wainwright (born 1949) is a British sociologist, political activist and socialist feminist, best known for being a co-editor of Red Pepper magazine.

Wainwright was educated at the Mount School, York, and St Anne's College, Oxford, where she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE).

A researcher and writer, Wainwright is concerned with the emergence of new forms of democratic accountability within parties, movements and the state.

[citation needed] In July 2015, Wainwright endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election.

[2][3] Wainwright has written for The Guardian,[4] The Nation, New Statesman, openDemocracy, Jacobin, Carta, Il Manifesto and El Viejo Topo [es], as well as appearing as a commentator on the BBC.