Alfred Booth


Alfred Booth was a British Congregational lay preacher and politician.
Booth served with the Lancashire Fusiliers during World War I. In 1933, he was elected to Bolton Borough Council, and he was Mayor of Bolton in 1941–42. He was also vice-president of the Cremation Society, and chair of the Bolton National Savings Committee.
Booth was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for Bolton East in 1950, but lost the seat in 1951, and failed to retake it in 1955.