George Ernest Winterton (17 May 1873 – 15 May 1942) was a British politician and journalist. Born in Oadby in Leicestershire, Winterton was educated locally, then at the Borough Road College in Isleworth, where he qualified as a teacher. He became involved in the temperance movement, and also concerned about the conduct of the police. After working in teaching, in 1920, he became a journalist on the Daily Herald, spending nine years at the paper.