Gavin Lindberg Brown (born 4 June 1975) is a

Scottish Conservative Party The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party ( gd, Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty), often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories, is a centre-right political par ...

politician. He was a

Member of the Scottish Parliament Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; gd, Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA; sco, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament, MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. Electoral system The ad ...

(MSP) for the Lothians region from 2007 to 2011, and then for the

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region from 2011 to 2016. He contested Edinburgh South at the 2005 UK general election, where he came third. He contested the same seat at the

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finishing fourth, but was elected to Holyrood as a list member for the Lothians region. He was the party's Tourism and Enterprise Spokesman and sat on the Economy, Energy and Tourism CommitteeThe Scottish Parliament: Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
at Holyrood. He announced in 2015 that he would not be standing for re-election as an MSP in 2016. Brown worked as a solicitor at McGrigors before his election to Holyrood. He is also a black belt in

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and in 2008 ran the

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. He lives in the

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area of

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and is married with one daughter.

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Scottish Conservative Party BiographyGavin Brown for Edinburgh South
1975 births Living people Scottish solicitors People from Musselburgh Conservative MSPs Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011 Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–2016 {{MSP-stub