<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UBrown wakhethwa ePhalamende njengePhalamende labosebenzi emzamweni wakhe wesibili, eDunfermline East okhethweni jikelele lwango-1983. Umngane wakhe wokuqala ehhovisi laseWestminster kwakungummeli osanda kukhethwa ovela esifundeni saseSedgefield, uTony Blair. UBrown waba ngumkhulumeli weqembu eliphikisayo kwezohwebo nezimboni ngo-1985. Ngo-1986, washicilela i-biography yezombusazwe ye-Independent Labour Party uJames Maxton, isihloko somsebenzi wakhe wobudokotela. UBrown wayengunobhala omkhulu we-Shadow ku-Treasury kusukela ngo-1987 kuya ku-1989 wabe eseba nguNgqongqoshe Wezwe Wezokuhweba Nezimboni, ngaphambi kokuba abe nguNgqongqoshe Wezokuhweba ngo-1992. Ngemuva kokuhola umkhankaso we- Labour Movement Yes, wenqaba ukujoyina umkhankaso we-cross-party Yebo eScotland, ngesikhathi senhlolovo yaseScotland ka-1979  <response>: , ngenkathi abanye osopolitiki abaphezulu be-Labour kuhlanganise noRobin Cook, uTam Dalyell noBrian Wilson benza umkhankaso wokuvotela u-Cha, uBrown waba yingxenye ebalulekile eSithangamini soMthethosisekelo waseScotland, esayina i-Claim of Right for Scotland ngo-1989. 