Sir John Dominic Battle, KC*SG (born 26 April 1951)[1] is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West from 1987 to 2010.

Sir John became the national coordinator for Church Action on Poverty in 1983 and in 1986, was selected to contest the seat of Leeds West, which had seen a shock result at the previous general election.

Against the national swing, Sir John won fairly easily and regained the Leeds West constituency for Labour.

Within a year of entering the House of Commons, Sir John was promoted to the Opposition Whip's Office by Neil Kinnock in 1988, but resigned in protest at Labour's support for the Major ministry over the 1991 Gulf War.

Following Smith's death and the election of Tony Blair as Leader of the Labour Party in 1994, Sir John was moved in a reshuffle to the position of Spokesman on Science and Technology.

Sir John is a Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, and a patron of the International Young Leaders Network and of the St Vincent de Paul Society of England and Wales.