James William Whitworth (16 January 1898 – 10 April 1995) was a British trade union leader and politician.
Whitworth was educated at St Stephen's School in Audenshaw, and then the local college of technology.
[1] Whitworth was a supporter of the Labour Party, and in 1934 he was elected to the Ashton-under-Lyne council.
In 1946, he became an alderman on the council, which he remained until it was abolished in 1974, and he served as Mayor of Ashton from 1947 to 1949.
[3][4][5][6][7] Whitworth was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a Deputy-Lieutenant of Lancashire, and a freeman of Ashton-under-Lyne.