William "Bill" Samuel Hilton (21 March 1926 – 12 June 1999) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician and trade unionist who later went on to become director general of the Federation of Master Builders.
[1][2] He finally entered the Commons at the 1966 general election, succeeding Percy Holman as Member of Parliament for the safe Labour seat of Bethnal Green.
[1][2] In the same year, he published his second book Foes to tyranny: a history of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.
In 1968, his third book, Industrial Relations in Construction, brought him to the attention of the Federation of Master Builders, the trade association of small and medium-sized building contractors.
[2] As national director of the Federation of Master Builders, Hilton was responsible for introducing an industry-wide warranty scheme against defective workmanship, helped create the Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council and, following accession to the European Economic Community, worked to form the European Builders Confederation.