William Pickles (born October 1865) was a British trade unionist and political activist.
[2] Through this, he became active in the Labour Representation Committee, for which he was elected to Huddersfield School Board in 1901, and then to the town council, representing Lindley, in 1904, serving for six years.
[3] Pickles was a prominent supporter of T. Russell Williams in his contest for Huddersfield at the 1906 general election.
[6] Pickles remained active in the Labour Party, and stood again for it in Kingston upon Hull North West at the 1929 general election, taking second place with 30.1% of the vote.
His final contest was his home town of Huddersfield at the 1935 general election, where he managed 39.2% of the votes cast.