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Biography
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.
Early life
Higginbotham was born in Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancashire. He studied at Hull University and briefly worked for the NHS. Before becoming an MP, he worked as a banker at NatWest.
Political career
While living in London, he unsuccessfully contested the Peninsula ward in the 2018 Greenwich London Borough Council election.
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.
Personal life
Higginbotham is openly gay and one of 20 LGBT+ Conservative MPs.
