Alfred Booth

{{Short description|British Congregational lay preacher and politician}} {{for|the British businessman and shipowner|Alfred Allen Booth}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Alfred Booth | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Mayor of Bolton | term_start = 1941 | term_end = 1942 | predecessor = Walter Wharton Tong | successor = James Bleakley | constituency_MP1 = Bolton East | parliament = United Kingdom | term_start1 = 23 February 1950 | term_end1 = 25 October 1951 | predecessor1 = ''Constituency created'' | successor1 = Philip Bell | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1893|2|24}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1965|12|19|1893|2|24}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Labour | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation =  | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = British Army | branch_label = Service | service_years = 1914–1918 | service_years_label = | rank = | rank_label = | servicenumber = | unit = Lancashire Fusiliers | commands = | mawards = }}

'''Alfred Booth''' (24 February 1893 – 19 December 1965) was a British Congregational lay preacher and politician.<ref name="whoswho">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U56363 |title=BOOTH, Alderman Alfred |work=Who Was Who |publisher=A & C Black |date=1920–2008 |accessdate=2011-02-08}}</ref>

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.<ref name="stenton">{{cite book |last1=Stenton |first1=Michael |last2=Lees |first2=Stephen |title=Who's Who of British Members of Parliament |volume=IV |date=1981 |publisher=Harvester Press |location=Brighton |page=32}}</ref>

Booth was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton East in 1950, but lost the seat in 1951, and failed to retake it in 1955.<ref name="stenton" /><ref name="whoswho"/><ref>{{Rayment-hc|B|4|date=March 2012}}</ref>

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{{S-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{S-new | constituency }} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Bolton East | years = 1950 – 1951 }} {{s-aft | after = Philip Bell }} {{s-end}}

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