Alexander Anderson (12 April 1888 – 11 February 1954) was a Labour Party politician in Scotland, who represented the Motherwell constituency in the House of Commons for nine years.
[1] The BSP affiliated to the Labour Party, and Anderson thereafter devoted his time to it, serving on Motherwell and Wishaw Town Council from 1929 until 1945.
[3] After his death, the London correspondent for The Glasgow Herald described him as "the very model of a good House of Commons man" and stated news of his "passing grieved M.P.s of all parties".
Indeed, it noted that his friends had been concerned that he had suddenly collapsed in the House of Commons the Tuesday before his death, but had insisted on remaining at Westminster for a session of the Scottish Grand Committee.
The article argued that his death in these circumstances raised issues about "whether the incessant strain of parliamentary life" was not becoming more than older MPs could cope with.