Robert Crofton Brown (16 May 1921 – 3 September 1996) was an
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Labour Party politician.
Brown was a district gas inspector with the Northern
Gas Board
The area gas boards were created under the provisions of the Gas Act 1948 enacted by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government. The Act nationalised the British gas industry and also created the Gas Council.
History
From the early 19th centu ...
and a branch secretary of the
National Union of General and Municipal Workers
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. He was secretary of his
Constituency Labour Party
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and a councillor on
Newcastle upon Tyne Borough Council.
Brown was elected as the
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Newcastle upon Tyne West in 1966, then following boundary changes, for
Newcastle upon Tyne North from 1983, retiring in 1987.
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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
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