 This was a notable gain for the opposition Liberals against a Unionist candidate supported by the Coalition Government;

He was comfortably re-elected at the following general election;

Following re-union between Asquith and Lloyd George, he was comfortably re-elected at the next election;

He served as the Scottish Liberal Whip from 1923–1924.At the following general election, a Labour candidate intervened and split the anti-Unionist vote, which cost him his seat;

He switched to contest Banffshire for the 1929 United Kingdom general election.He comfortably re-gained a seat the Liberals had lost in 1924;

In 1931, following the formation of the National Government, he was returned unopposed at the general election as a supporter of the new administration.