John Lincoln Tattersall (16 April 1865 – 6 June 1942) was an English cotton merchant and Liberal Party politician.
[8] Tattersall first stood for Parliament at the 1922 general election as Liberal candidate at Stalybridge and Hyde in industrial Cheshire.
In a three-cornered contest he was runner-up to the Conservative candidate John Phillips Rhodes, with Labour’s P H Ward, bottom of the poll.
[9] At the 1923 general election, Tattersall had the advantage of a straight fight against Rhodes in Stalybridge, with Labour voters expected to switch their allegiance to the Liberals.
[10] Tattersall also made use of his position as a strong advocate of the traditional Liberal policy of Free Trade in an election called over the issue by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin[10] and he captured the seat with a majority of 2,374 votes.