Colin James Clark (born 20 May 1969) is a Scottish politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gordon from 2017 to 2019.
[4] During the 2015 UK general election campaign, Clark's Scottish National Party opponent in Gordon, Alex Salmond, recorded in his diary: "The Tory candidate, Colin Clark, cuts an impressive figure but his politics are far too dry for this area.
"[5] Clark then contested the East Aberdeenshire constituency at the 2016 Holyrood elections, and finished second to Gillian Martin of the SNP with a 29% share of the vote.
On 27 July 2019, Clark was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in the first Johnson ministry.
[7][8] Clark was unseated at the 2019 United Kingdom general election by the SNP candidate Richard Thomson, who won with a narrow majority of 819 votes.