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British politician (born 1951)

Russell Leslie Brown (born 17 September 1951) is a Scottish Labour Party politician.

He is a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire (1997–2005) and Dumfries and Galloway (2005–2015). He lost his seat at the 2015 general election to Richard Arkless of the Scottish National Party.^[1]

Early years

Russell Brown was born in Annan, Scotland, and attended the local Annan Academy.

Voting Record — Russell Brown MP, Dumfries and Galloway ().

First elected as MP for Paisley South in by-election.

The MP for Dumfries and Galloway, Russell Brown, marked Holocaust Day on Sunday (27 January) by joining members of the congregation of.

Russell Brown.

Vaccine Damage Payments Act. Debate between Jane Ellison and Russell Brown.

In 1974 he began work as a plant operative at ICI and remained with the company until his election to Westminster.

Political history

He was elected as a branch chairman within the Transport and General Workers Union 1979–1985.

In 1986, Brown was elected as a councillor to the Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council, and was the Labour Group Leader 1995–97. 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