Ernest Walter Hampton

Ernest Walter Hampton (11 January 1885 – 1 January 1960) was a British co-operative activist.

Hampton was born in Bristol, to Joseph Hampton and Ellen Brown, and baptised Roman Catholic. He attended Ruskin College in Oxford, receiving a Diploma of Economics and Political Science accredited by the University of Oxford. He became involved in the co-operative movement, and served as the chairman of Co-operative Builders, based in Birmingham. While there, he became politically active with the Co-operative Party.

In 1919, Hampton was one of the first three Co-operative Party candidates elected to Birmingham City Council, winning the Balsall Heath ward, holding the seat for three years. The Co-operative Party soon allied with the Labour Party, and in 1921/22, Hampton was secretary of the Birmingham Labour Party group.

In 1928, Hampton wrote a history of co-operation in Birmingham.

He died in 1960 in Evesham, Worcestershire.