Percy Cottrell (1881 – 2 February 1948) was a British trade unionist.
He joined the Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees (AUCE) and in 1902 became the founding president of the Saddleworth Trades Council.
[1][2] Cottrell gradually rose in the Delph Co-op, until in 1923 he became president of the society.
The AUCE became part of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers, and Cottrell came to serve as the Manchester divisional representative on its executive.
He remained in post when, in 1947, it became part of the new Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, but died early in 1948.