Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I kōwhiria a Brown ki te Pāremata hei mema Pāremata mahi i tana whakamātau tuarua, mō Dunfermline East i te pōtitanga whānui o te tau 1983. Ko tana hoa mahi tuatahi i Westminster he MP hou i pootihia mai i te rohe pooti o Sedgefield, Tony Blair. I noho a Brown hei kaikorero mo te Tauhokohoko me te Ahumahi i te tau 1985. I te tau 1986, i whakaputaina e ia he koiora mo te kaitōrangapū o te Rōpū Mahi Motuhake a James Maxton, te kaupapa o tana tuhinga tohungatanga. Ko Brown te Hekeretari Matua o te Taonga mai i te 1987 ki te 1989 a ko ia te Hekeretari o te Kawanatanga mo te Tauhokohoko me te Ahumahi, i mua i te riro i te Kaituku o te Kaituku i te 1992. I te mea i arahi i te kaupapa "Labour Movement Yes", ka kore e uru atu ki te kaupapa "Ae mo Scotland" i te wa o te pooti pooti o Scotland i te 1979
, i ētahi atu kaitōrangapū mahi matua <unk> tae atu ki a Robin Cook, Tam Dalyell me Brian Wilson <unk> i pakanga mo te pōti "Kāore", i muri mai ko Brown he kaiuru matua i te Scottish Constitutional Convention, i te hainatanga i te Whakaaetanga o te Tika mo Scotland i te 1989.