Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4501
browned@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Argyll and Bute 1992 general election. MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun 1997-2005, for Kilmarnock and Loudon (revised boundary) 2005-10
Parliamentary career
PPS to:
Donald Dewar as Secretary of State for Scotland 1998-99,
Adam Ingram as Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office 2000;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 2001-03;
Minister of State:
Department for Work and Pensions (Work) 2003-04,
Home Office (Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality) 2004-05;
Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2005-06;
Secretary of State for:
Defence 2006-08,
Scotland 2007-08;
Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Sri Lanka 2009-10
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for Scotland 2011-12
Select committees
Member: Northern Ireland Affairs 1997-98,
Public Administration 1999-2000,
Joint Committee on Human Rights 2001-09,
Joint Committee on National Security Strategy 2010
Political interests
Legal affairs, human rights, disability, education, Northern Ireland, constitution, international affairs
Countries of interest
Afghanistan, Burundi, Colombia, Rwanda, South Africa
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Browne of Ladyton, of Ladyton in Ayrshire and Arran 2010
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Chairman and Non-executive Director of MODA Alliance London Ltd and of that company’s wholly owned subsidiaries: MODA Solutions Ltd, MODA Adventures Ltd and MODA Online Ltd (business activities)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, Faculty of Advocates (non-practising)
6: Sponsorship
As Convenor of The Top Level Group for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (see category 10(d)), I receive secretarial and research services from the European Leadership Network for Multilateral Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (ELN); and funding for the purposes of the Group's activities from Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation. A joint project between ELN and the group is partly funded by Nuclear Threat Initiative.
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Moscow, 22-24 March 2012, to participate in a conference entitled "The Euro-Atlantic Security Community: Myth or Reality?" organised by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC); costs of visit met by RIAC
Visit to Washington DC, 16-19 April 2012, as part of a joint British and German group of Parliamentarians, to meet members of Congress, officials in the Obama administration and disarmament specialists to discuss multilateral nuclear disarmament; visit organised by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and European Leadership Network (ELN); costs of visit met by FES and ELN
Visit to Brussels, 27 April 2012, to participate in a Workshop at NATO: “Towards the Chicago Summit: Contributions to the Disarmament Agenda”, organised by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP); costs of visit met by GCSP
Visit to Warsaw and Prague, 4-7 June 2012, to participate in an Executive Board meeting of the European Leadership Network (ELN); a seminar entitled: “Implications of the NATO Chicago Summit for arms control/non-proliferation and prospects for NATO-Russia cooperation” organised by the Polish Institute for Foreign Affairs (PISM); meetings with Czech politicians and a Public Panel Discussion organised by the Council for International Relations in Prague; costs of visit met by PISM and ELN
Visit to Brussels, 14-17 August 2012, to participate in the Aspen Institute Congressional Program entitled The United States, Europe, and Russia: The Road Ahead and the Impact on US Foreign Policy, organised by the the Aspen Institute; costs of the visit met by the Aspen Institute
Visit to Beijing, 26 October - 4 November 2012, to participate in a Board Meeting of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a seminar on Regional Challenges co-hosted by NTI and the Chinese Institute for Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), to visit the Carnegie Centre at Tsinghua University and to participate in a Roundtable discussion with Chinese and Japanese experts and students, to meet officials in the Chinese administration and disarmament specialists to discuss multilateral nuclear disarmament and to attend a related conference; costs of visit met by NTI
Visit to Munich, 1-3 February 2013, to participate in the Munich Security Conference; costs of visit met by the Munich Security Conference and the European Leadership Network for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Limited (ELN)
8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
Accommodation and hospitality at Global Zero Summit in London, 22-23 June 2011; costs met by Global Zero
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Trustee and Director, St Luke's Centre (company limited by guarantee with charitable trust status offering psychological, spiritual and educational support to the clergy)
Director and Trustee, The European Leadership Network for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Limited (ELN), a company limited by guarantee and not for profit, which promotes and administers a network of senior European political, military and diplomatic figures, who have come together to advance education in, and to promote greater understanding of multilateral nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and related issues, in particular (but without limitation) by producing and disseminating independent research and analysis on such issues, and providing an independent platform for international dialogue and debate on such issues
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Board Member, Local Governing Board of Isaac Newton Academy, Ilford, IG1 1FY
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Convenor, The Top Level Group for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (an All Party Parliamentary Group until 7 May 2011; now a group of parliamentarians with restricted membership)
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Commission Member, Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative, an international commission sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace with the goal of laying the intellectual foundation for an inclusive Euro-Atlantic security system for 21st century
Director and Trustee, VERTIC (independent, not-for-profit non-governmental organization which supports the development, implementation and effectiveness of international agreements and related regional and national initiatives)
Board Member, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington DC