Thomas Bolton (politician)

Thomas Dolling Bolton (c.1841[Note 1] – 16 December 1906), was a British Liberal Party politician.

He was a son of James Thomas Bolton, of Solihull, Warwickshire and Mary Ratcliffe, daughter of the Rev.

[1] He sat as Liberal MP for Derbyshire North East from the 1886 General Election until his death in December 1906.

He developed a good working relationship with the Derbyshire Miners Association and arranged, free of charge, for the conveyance of the land for the miners association new building in 1891, and advised them to register under the Trade Union Act 1871 introduced by Gladstone's Liberal Government, so that they could legally hold the property.

[2] In April, 1897, he presented to Parliament petitions in favour of the Eight Hours' Bill from the miners of the North-East Derbyshire division.