Andrew Bathgate Clarke (5 February 1868 – 1 February 1940)
was a British
Labour Party politician who served as the
member of parliament
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(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
Events
January–February
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, with a 9.6% majority over the sitting
Conservative Party
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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.
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
1868 births
1940 deaths
Scottish Labour MPs
UK MPs 1923–1924
UK MPs 1924–1929
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