Person Open DS/UK/3969 Clarke; Andrew Bathgate (1868-1940); Scottish Labour politician Clarke Andrew Bathgate 1868-1940 Scottish Labour politician Male

Andrew Bathgate Clarke (5 February 1868 – 1 February 1940) 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.[2] 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 1/21/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 02bb4809-a80a-49e1-9687-5700317fde33