Antony Higginbotham

Antony Higginbotham (born 16 December 1989) is a British Conservative politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnley in the 2019 general election.[2]

Antony Higginbotham

MP
Member of Parliament
for Burnley
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byJulie Cooper
Majority1,352 (3.4%)
Personal details
Born (1989-12-16) 16 December 1989
Haslingden, Rossendale, England[1]
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
EducationHaslingden High School
Alma materUniversity of Hull
City Law School
Websitewww.antonyhig.co.uk

Early life

Higginbotham was born in Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancashire. He attended Haslingden High School and went on to study British Politics at Hull University, after graduating he briefly worked for the NHS. He then went on to complete a Graduate Diploma in Law at City Law School.[3] Before becoming an MP, he worked as a banker at NatWest.[4]

Political career

While living in London, he unsuccessfully contested the Peninsula ward in the 2018 Greenwich London Borough Council election.[5]

He contested the Burnley seat for the Conservative Party in the 2019 general election, campaigning on a pro-Brexit platform in an area that voted 66.6% in favour of leave in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. He won the seat from incumbent Julie Cooper (9.7% swing, 3.4% majority), becoming the first Conservative MP for the constituency since Gerald Arbuthnot in 1910.[6][7]

Personal life

Higginbotham is openly gay and one of 20 LGBT+ Conservative MPs.[8]

References
  1. "Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  2. "Burnley parliamentary constituency - Election 2019" – via www.bbc.com.
  3. "About Antony Higginbotham". Antony Higginbotham MP. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  4. Bond, Daniel (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". Politics Home. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. Dominic Moffitt (7 December 2019). "All the Conservative Party General Election candidates standing in Lancashire". Lancs Live. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  6. Sophie-May Clarke (13 December 2019). "Burnley turns blue after more than a century". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  7. Bill Jacobs (20 November 2019). "Burnley: Who can seize Labour's divided former fortress". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  8. "The new UK Parliament reportedly has the highest number of LGBTQ MPs in the world". Attitude.co.uk. 16 December 2019.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Julie Cooper		 Member of Parliament for Burnley
2019–present		 Incumbent
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