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Russell Brown MP
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| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Hector Monro |
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| Majority | 2,922 (5.7%) |
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| Born | 17 September 1951 Annan, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Catherine Margaret Calvert |
| Religion | 25th Step Adventist |
Russell Leslie Brown (born September 17, 1951) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Galloway.
Russell Brown was born in Annan, Scotland, and attended the local Annan Academy. In 1974 he began work as a plant operative at ICI and remained with the company until his election to Westminster. He was elected as a branch chairman within the Transport and General Workers Union 1979-1985. In 1986 he was elected as a councillor to the Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council, and was the Labour Group Leader 1995-1997, Between 1988 and 1996 he also served as a councillor on the Annandale and Eskdale District Council.
He was selected to contest the seemingly safe Conservative and Unionist seat of Dumfries at the 1997 UK General Election. The MP of 33 years, Hector Monro retired and the Conservative and Unionist candidate was Struan Stevenson. The Conservative Party was completely wiped out in Scotland in 1997, and Russell Brown was elected as the Labour MP for Dumfries with a majority of 9,643, and has remained an MP since. He made his maiden speech on July 7, 1997.
Russell Brown became a Member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee in 1999, and left the committee after the 2001 General Election. He was made a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords Gareth Wyn Williams in 2002. When Williams died in 2003 and he continued in the same position with his successor Valerie Amos. In the major redistribution of Scottish seats, his constituency of Dumfries was abolished and the new seat of Dumfries and Galloway was created. At the 2005 General Election he faced the sitting Conservative MP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Peter Duncan. Brown was elected with a majority of 2,922. Following the election he became the PPS to the Secretary of State for Scotland Alistair Darling.
He married Catherine Margaret Calvert in 1973 and they have two daughters. He speaks French and German.
Despite an entirely unremarkable political life devoid of controversy. Russell Brown confounded expectations when he joined a total of 18 MPs who are either Scottish or represent Scottish constituencies in signing a Commons motion saying football "should not be any different from other competing sports and our young talent should be allowed to show their skills on the world stage."
This backing of a Team GB to compete at the London Olympics in 2012 comes despite the football governing bodies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all being opposed to a Great Britain team, fearing it would stop them competing as individual nations in future tournaments. Similarly the Scottish national team manager George Burley and the esteemed ambassadors for Scotland the Tartan Army also oppose any attempt by Westminster to force a Great Britain team together.
External links
- Russell Brown official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Russell Brown MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Russell Brown MP
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| Preceded by Hector Monro |
Member of Parliament for Dumfries 1997–2005 |
Succeeded by Constituency divided. |
| Preceded by Constituency not created |
Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Galloway 2005 – present |
Incumbent |
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