Andrew Bathgate Clarke (5 February 1868 – 1 February 1940) was a British Labour Party politician who served as the

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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

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, with a 9.6% majority over the sitting

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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 {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub