J. Batty Langley (20 March 1834 – 19 February 1914) was a British Liberal Party politician.

[1] He moved to Sheffield in the 1850s, and in 1863 commenced business on his own account as a timber merchant and became proprietor of the Sheaf Saw Mills.

[2] Claiming to represent the interests of the working class, he was elected as the Member of Parliament at the 1894 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election.

[3] He was re-elected for Sheffield Attercliffe unopposed at the 1895 and 1900 general elections[4] but in 1906, the Conservative Arnold Muir Wilson stood.

[5][6] Langley retained his Parliamentary seat until he retired in 1909, due to long-term ill health.