Robert Crofton Brown (16 May 1921 – 3 September 1996) was an English Labour Party politician. Brown was a district gas inspector with the Northern Gas Board and a branch secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. He was secretary of his Constituency Labour Party and a councillor on Newcastle upon Tyne Borough Council. Brown was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne West in 1966, then following boundary changes, for Newcastle upon Tyne North from 1983, retiring in 1987. References External links 1921 births 1996 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Councillors in Tyne and Wear GMB (trade union)-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970