Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I pōtitia 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", i kore e whakaae ki te uru atu ki te kaupapa "Ae mo Scotland", i te wa o te
I te tau 1979 i whai mana ai a Scottish i te pooti, i te wā i whai mana ai ētahi atu kaitōrangapū mahi, tae atu ki a Robin Cook, Tam Dalyell me Brian Wilson, i te pōti "Kāore", i whai wāhi nui a Brown ki te Huihuinga Ture o Scotland, i te wa i hainatia ai e ia te Whakaaetanga Tika mo Scotland i te tau 1989.