Born in Brighouse, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Tattersall left school when he was nine, and found work in a silk mill.
The two topped the poll, winning seats on the board, and this inspired the LEA to found the new Halifax Labour Union, with Tattersall as its president.
While he remained on the Liberal Executive until later in the year, he was now strongly opposed to the party, and at the 1892 UK general election, he chaired a meeting in support of Alfred Arnold, the Conservative candidate.
In November 1892 he stood for Halifax Town Council as a Labour Union candidate in the Northowram ward, and was elected unopposed.
[1][2][3] The Halifax Labour Union became part of the Independent Labour Party (ILP) in 1893, but the small ILP group on Halifax Town Council struggled with disagreements over whether to reorganise the town clerk's office, and John Lister withdrew from the 1894 council election, due to conflicts with Tattersall.