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Ron Brown
Unknown, 1985, Photograph
Ron Brown
Ron Brown
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Item no
38633
Title
Ron Brown
Description
Ronald Duncan Mclaren Brown a Labour M.P 1979-1992.
Artist / maker
Unknown
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Unknown
Date
1985
Size
8.9 x 10.0 cm
Type
Photograph
Ron Brown was a Labour MP for Edinburgh and Leith from 1979-1992.
He was banned from the House of Commons 3 times , the most notable of these when in 1988 he threw the the mace in the House of Commons during a debate on the Poll Tax. He was banned for 20 day's and had to pay a £1,500 repair bill. He was expelled by Labour in 1991. He died in 2007 after a long illness.
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Leith Miscellany XIII
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