Arthur William Longbottom (25 May 1883 – 12 September 1943) was a Labour Party politician in the

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. Born at

Skircoat Green Skircoat Green () is an area to the south of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Skircoat is a ward of the Borough of Calderdale whose population at the 2011 Census was 12,712. In the 13th century, the land was granted to the Earl Warren, and ...

, near Halifax, Longbottom was educated at All Saints' National School and the Halifax Technical College. He worked as a railway townsman, and became active in the Labour Party. Longbottom served on Halifax County Borough Council from 1912, and as Mayor of Halifax in 1923. He was elected as

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for Halifax at a by-election in July 1928 in the

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seat of Halifax, following the resignation of the

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, John Henry Whitley, who had represented the seat as a Liberal since 1900. He held the seat with an increased majority at the 1929 general election. However, when Labour's vote collapsed at the 1931 general election, he lost the seat to the Conservative

Gilbert Gledhill Gilbert Gledhill (22 May 1889 – 2 September 1946) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1931 to 1945. He contested the 1929 general election in the West Yorkshire constituency of Hali ...

. He stood again in 1935, but failed to regain the seat.

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* 1883 births 1943 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from Halifax, West Yorkshire UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub