William Baxter (4 December 1911 – 20 April 1979) was a British Labour Party politician, building contractor and farmer. He was a conscientious objector in the Second World War. Having served as a councillor, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for West Stirlingshire from 1959 until he stood down at the October 1974 general election. He was asked to stand down by his Constituency Labour Party after the indecisive election of February 1974, when he appeared on television calling for an all-party government of national unity, and suggested that the Duke of Edinburgh could chair its meetings.