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Gordon Brown is a former MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.

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Former Labour MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 March 2015 — General election

Also represented Dunfermline East

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Defence
• Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• Health
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Radioactive Waste: Fife
• Sovereignty: Scotland
• Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay
• Dalgety Bay
• Military Bases: Radioactive Waste

Other offices held in the past

• The Prime Minister (28 Jun 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Leader of the Labour Party (24 Jun 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• The Chancellor of the Exchequer ( 2 May 1997 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (10 Apr 1992 to 1 May 1997)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry) ( 1 Jan 1989 to 9 Apr 1992)
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (12 Jun 1987 to 1 Jan 1989)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry) ( 1 Jun 1985 to 1 Jun 1987)
• Member, Standing Orders Committee ( 9 Jun 1983 to 15 May 1987)
• Member, Employment Committee ( 9 Jun 1983 to 26 Feb 1986)

Future MPs in this constituency

• Roger Mullin
• Lesley Laird
• Neale Hanvey

Recent appearances

• Elections for Positions in the House: Backbench Business — Valedictory Debate 26 Mar 2015

  I wish to start by thanking all those who have helped me during my time as a Member of Parliament. I thank you, Mr Speaker, for your stewardship of this House, your dedication to our parliamentary democracy and your unfailing courtesy to all sides, even when provoked. It is customary, of course, for the new Speaker to give up his previous party when he becomes Speaker. You, of course, had...

• Elections for Positions in the House: Backbench Business — Valedictory Debate 26 Mar 2015

  I have spoken today about what endures beyond anyone’s time in office and I want to leave here as I came here, with an unquenchable faith in the future—the future of a country that we can build and share together, a future in which we help shape the world beyond our shores, and a future in which we always demand the best of ourselves. That is a future worth fighting for.

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: South Sudan 25 Mar 2015

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to leaders in South Sudan on the recent abduction of children from a school in Malakal.

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