Andrew Bathgate Clarke
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Andrew Bathgate Clarke was a Scottish Labour Party
politician who served as the Member of Parliament
(MP) for Midlothian and Peebles Northern
for two short periods in the 1920s.
He first contested the seat at 1922 general election
, and won it in 1923
, with a 9.6% majority over the sitting Conservative Party
MP Sir George Hutchison
. At the 1924 general election
, Hutchison retook the seat, but died in office in December 1928. Clarke won the seat back at the resulting by-election in January 1929
, but only held it for 121 days until the general election in May 1929
. He unsuccessfully contested the seat one more time, at the 1931 election
.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician who served as the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Midlothian and Peebles Northern
Midlothian and Peebles Northern (UK Parliament constituency)
Midlothian and Peebles Northern was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950...
for two short periods in the 1920s.
He first contested the seat at 1922 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1922
The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...
, and won it in 1923
United Kingdom general election, 1923
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...
, with a 9.6% majority over the sitting Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
MP Sir George Hutchison
George Aitken Clark Hutchison
Sir George Aitken Clark Hutchison was a Unionist Party politician in Scotland who served as the Member of Parliament for Midlothian and Peebles Northern from 1922 to 1923, and from 1924 until his death....
. At the 1924 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1924
- Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...
, Hutchison retook the seat, but died in office in December 1928. Clarke won the seat back at the resulting by-election in January 1929
Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election, 1929
The Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election, 1929 was a parliamentary by-election held in Scotland on 1 January 1929 to elect a new Member of Parliament for the House of Commons constituency of Midlothian and Peebles Northern....
, but only held it for 121 days until the general election in May 1929
United Kingdom general election, 1929
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...
. He unsuccessfully contested the seat one more time, at the 1931 election
United Kingdom general election, 1931
The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...
.