James Stott (6 September 1884 – 18 April 1957) was a British trade union leader, who became secretary of the International Federation of Textile Workers.
Stott worked in the cotton industry in Bury, and he became active in his trade union, the Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers, becoming its assistant general secretary by 1930.
The Beamers were affiliated to the United Textile Factory Workers' Association (UTFWA), and this organisation sponsored him as a Labour Party in Heywood and Radcliffe at the 1931 UK general election.
[3] His increased profile led him to win election as vice president of the UTFWA, and also to the management committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions.
The post of general secretary of the International Federation of Textile Workers' Associations became available, and he won the role.