Robert Tootill (22 October 1850 – 2 July 1934) was a British politician. He was a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) from 1914 to 1922 for the constituency of Bolton. Born in

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came pr ...

, Tootill worked as a Labour Correspondent to the Board of Trade, and also served on Bolton Town Council for many years from 1888. He became secretary of Bolton Trades Council, and was also secretary of the

Amalgamated Union of Machine and General Labourers The Amalgamated Union of Machine and General Workers was a general union representing workers in and around Lancashire in England. The union was founded in 1890 in Bolton as the Amalgamated Machine and General Labourers' Union, and quickly develop ...

. He was elected in a by-election held on 22 September 1914 following the death of his predecessor

Alfred Gill Alfred Henry Gill (3 December 1856 – 27 August 1914) was an English Labour Member of Parliament for Bolton. He was born in Rochdale, the son of John and Mary (née Stott) Gill, and educated at St. Mary's Elementary School, Balderstone. He sta ...

and held the seat in the 1918 general election. On the right-wing of the Labour Party, he served as vice-president of the British Workers' League from 1916 to 1918. He was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the

1918 Birthday Honours The 1918 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, 3 June a ...

for his work on the National War Aims Committee.

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* Councillors in Greater Manchester Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from Chorley Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 1850 births 1934 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub