Harry Dixon Longbottom

Rev. Harry Longbottom
Lord Mayor of Liverpool
In office 1950–1951
Preceded by	Sir Joseph Jackson Cleary
Succeeded by	Colonel Vere Cotton C.B.E.

The Reverend Harry Dixon Longbottom (1886–1962) was a British Baptist Minister and politician who served as Lord Mayor of Liverpool.

Biography

Longbottom was born in Yorkshire in 1886. He was elected to Liverpool City Council on 1 December 1925 as Conservative Protestant for Breckfield Ward.^{[citation needed]} In 1926 he lost his seat by only 46 votes but regained a council place for St. Domingo ward on 31 October 1930.^{[citation needed]}

He stood as a Liverpool Protestant Party candidate unsuccessfully for Kirkdale in the 1931 general election.^{[citation needed]} He tried again unsuccessfully in 1935. He was elected as an Alderman in 1935.^{[citation needed]}

He served as Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1950-51.^[1]

See also

• 1925 Liverpool City Council election
• 1930 Liverpool City Council election
• 1935 Liverpool City Council election
• Liverpool City Council
• Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present

References

1. "List of Lord Mayors of Liverpool" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.