Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Brown waxaa loo doortay baarlamaanka xildhibaan ka tirsan xisbiga Shaqaalaha markii labaad ee uu isku dayay, wuxuu u doortay Dunfermline East doorashadii guud ee 1983. Ninkii ugu horeeyay ee la shaqeeya xafiiskiisa Westminster wuxuu ahaa xildhibaan cusub oo laga soo doortay Sedgefield, Tony Blair. Brown wuxuu noqday afhayeenka mucaaradka ee Ganacsiga iyo Warshadaha 1985. Sannadkii 1986, wuxuu daabacay taariikh nololeedka siyaasiga Xisbiga Shaqaalaha ee Madaxa-bannaan James Maxton, oo ah mawduuca shahaadadiisa doctorka. Brown wuxuu ahaa Xoghayaha Shadow ee Khasnadda 1987 ilaa 1989 ka dibna Xoghayaha Shadow ee Ganacsiga iyo Warshadaha, ka hor inta uusan noqon Xoghayaha Shadow 1992. Ka dib markii uu hogaamiyay ololihii "Horumarka Shaqaalaha Haa", isagoo diiday inuu ku biiro ololihii xisbiyada ee "Haa Scotland", intii lagu jiray doorashada
Aftidii dib u heshiisiinta ee Scotland ee 1979, halka siyaasiyiin kale oo sarsare oo ka tirsan Xisbiga Shaqaalaha <unk> oo ay ku jiraan Robin Cook, Tam Dalyell iyo Brian Wilson <unk> ay u ololeeyeen codka "Maya", Brown wuxuu markii dambe ka qeyb qaatay ka qeybqaadashada muhiimka ah ee Shirweynihii Dastuuriga ahaa ee Scotland, isagoo saxiixay Sheegashada Xuquuqda ee Scotland 1989.