Hugh P. Bolton (died 1947) was a British trade union official who also served on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.
He focused on recruitment, and his organising trips to the West Country in 1927, which succeeded in greatly increasing membership in Plymouth, were held up as an example to the whole union.
[1] Bolton stood to become general secretary of the union in 1941, but took third place behind Ernest Bussey and Frank Foulkes, ahead of Walter Stevens and Paul McArdle.
When Bussey won the run-off election, Bolton stood for the vacant position of general president, defeating Stevens by 12,854 votes to 8,772.
He was elected to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in 1944, but was unable to attend any meetings, due to his health.