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

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and a branch secretary of the

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. He was secretary of his

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and a councillor on Newcastle upon Tyne Borough Council. Brown was elected as the

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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 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub