Gavin Brown

Who is Gavin Brown?

Gavin Brown is a Conservative politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian since 2007.

He contested Edinburgh South at the 2005 UK general election, where he came third. He contested the same seat at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election finishing fourth, but was elected to Holyrood as a list member for the Lothians region.

He is currently the party's Tourism and Enterprise Spokesman and sits on the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee at Holyrood.

Gavin Brown worked as a solicitor at McGrigors before his election to Holyrood. Gavin is also a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and in 2008 ran the Edinburgh Marathon. He lives in the Fairmilehead area of Edinburgh and is married with one daughter.

He voted against allowing same sex couples the right to get married.