Nick Brown
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The Right Honourable Nick Brown MP |
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| Shadow Chief Whip of the House of Commons | |
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Assumed office 6 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Rosie Winterton |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 7 October 2010 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Patrick McLoughlin |
| Succeeded by | Rosie Winterton |
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Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
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In office 3 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Geoff Hoon |
| Succeeded by | Patrick McLoughlin |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Alastair Goodlad |
| Succeeded by | Ann Taylor |
| Minister for the North East | |
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In office 28 June 2007 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons Treasurer of the Household |
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In office 28 June 2007 – 3 October 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Bob Ainsworth |
| Succeeded by | Tommy McAvoy |
| Minister of State for Work | |
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In office 11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Des Browne |
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 27 July 1998 – 11 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Jack Cunningham |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Beckett (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) |
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Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Acting |
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In office 12 May 1994 – 21 July 1994 |
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| Leader | Margaret Beckett (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Margaret Beckett |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Beckett |
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Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne East Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (1997–2010) |
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Assumed office 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Thomas |
| Majority | 12,494 (31.9%) |
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Nicholas Hugh Brown 13 June 1950 Hawkhurst, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
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Official website Commons website |
Nicholas Hugh Brown (born 13 June 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East since 1983. He has served as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Minister of State for Work and Pensions, Deputy Chief Whip, and was the Government's Chief Whip from October 2008 to May 2010.
Brown was born in Hawkhurst, Kent, and brought up in nearby Tunbridge Wells, attending Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys before studying at the University of Manchester. After graduating, he worked in advertising for Procter & Gamble, but in 1978 he moved to be Legal adviser to the Northern Region of the GMBATU, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1980 he was elected to Newcastle City Council, representing Walker ward. His role in the union gave him a role in maximising the union's influence in Labour Party selections.
When Mike Thomas, the sitting Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East, defected to the SDP, Brown was chosen as the new Labour Party candidate for the seat, easily retaining it for Labour at the 1983 general election. He joined Labour's front bench in 1985 as a spokesman on Legal Affairs; from 1988 he was a Treasury spokesman and from 1994 he shadowed Health.
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