<sod>He was elected at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1929|1929 general election]] as [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwick-upon-Tweed]]. Sitting as an "Independent Conservative" for part of the 1931-35 parliament, he held the seat until his narrow defeat at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1935|1935 general election]] by the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] candidate [[Hugh Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood|Sir Hugh Seely]]. He did not stand for [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] again.<ref name="Craig">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig  |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |origyear=1969 |edition= 3rd |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-06-X}}<eod>
<sod>He was elected at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1929|1929 general election]] as [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwick-upon-Tweed]]. <eod>