Antony Higginbotham | |
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Member of Parliament for Burnley | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Julie Cooper |
Majority | 1,352 (3.5%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Haslingden,Rossendale,England [1] | 16 December 1989
Political party | Conservative |
Education | Haslingden High School |
Alma mater | University of Hull City Law School |
Website | www |
Antony Higginbotham (born 16 December 1989) [2] is a British Conservative politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnley in the 2019 general election. [3]
Higginbotham was born in Haslingden,Rossendale,Lancashire. He attended Haslingden High School and went on to study British Politics at Hull University,becoming the first in his family to attend university. [4]
After graduating,he briefly worked for the NHS. He then went on to complete a Graduate Diploma in Law at City Law School. [5] Before becoming an MP,he worked for a trade organisation representing international banks. [6] He then worked as a banker,first for a Japanese bank then as a banker at NatWest. [7] [8]
While living in London,he unsuccessfully contested the Peninsula ward in the 2018 Greenwich London Borough Council election. [9]
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. [10] [11]
Higginbotham and the Burnley Council submitted a bid in June 2021 for £20m to improve constituency life through three construction projects. [12]
He is a member of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme,which includes 12 months of courses on military affairs to help improve parliamentary knowledge on the military. [13]
Higginbotham endorsed Liz Truss during the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election,citing her views on tax,education and 'levelling up'. [14]
Higginbotham is openly gay and one of 20 LGBT+ Conservative MPs. [15]
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