John William Murby (June 1872 – March 1923) was a British trade unionist and socialist politician.
Born in Aylestone, Murby left school at the age of fourteen and initially began working as a printer's assistant.
[1][2] Like the majority of the ILP, Murby opposed World War I, and from 1917 until 1920 he served on the party's National Administrative Council, representing the Midlands Division.
He lost his seat on the council in 1919, and during the 1920s, he worked as the manager of NUBSO's National Health Insurance Department.
He died in March 1923, at which time he was the Labour Party's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Birmingham Ladywood.