Career
This organisation affiliated to the Labour Party, for which he unsuccessfully contested Edinburgh Central at the 1935 general election, winning 41% of the votes. His majority was slightly reduced to 2,937 at the 1950 general election, and he stood down at the 1951 general election. Andrew was married to Annie Thomson (1877-1965).
Both were cremated at Warriston Crematorium and a plaque to their memory exists in the southern arcade.