Education
Brown was educated in South London and at Borough Polytechnic.
Brown was educated in South London and at Borough Polytechnic.
He was the younger brother of George Brown, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1960 to 1970. He served as a councillor on Camberwell Borough Council and was leader of the council. He was the first leader of the London Borough of Southwark from 1964, on which he served as an alderman.
In 1966 he was challenged for his seat by the 1930s fascist Oswald Mosley, who had been interned without trial during the Second World War.
Following boundary changes for the February 1974 election, Brown was elected for Hackney South and Shoreditch. After 1979 he was sometimes confused with the new Scottish Labour Member of Parliament Ron Brown.
He lost his seat at the 1983 general election, polling 18% of the vote behind the Labour candidate Brian Sedgemore (who defected to the Liberal Democrats himself in 2005).
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Brown was first elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Shoreditch and Finsbury at the 1964 general election.