Russell Brown (Scottish politician)
| Russell Brown | |
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| Shadow Minister for International Security Strategy | |
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In office October 2010 – 8 May 2015 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
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Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries (1997-2005) |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Hector Monro |
| Succeeded by | Richard Arkless |
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17 September 1951 Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Christine Margaret Calvert |
Russell Leslie Brown (born 17 September 1951) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is former Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire (1997-2005) and Dumfries and Galloway (2005-2015). He lost his seat in the 2015 General Election to Richard Arkless of the Scottish National Party.
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. He made his maiden speech on 7 July 1997.
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